Sentence examples for former titleholder from inspiring English sources

heavyweight champion, dominated the former titleholder Samuel Peter and won in the 10th round in Frankfurt.

That is eight inches taller than the former titleholder, Bao Xishun of China.

— The former titleholder was standing behind the 18th green, waiting to greet Jason Dufner, the latest P.G.A. Championship winner.

I believe Washington now has a new Slick Willie, who may make the former titleholder look like a Cub Scout by comparison.

If there is a surprise in the first part of the season it is the former titleholder (2007) Kimi Raikkonen of Finland, who won the Australian Grand Prix and whose Lotus, also powered by Renault, has been competitive in all four events.

The former titleholder, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died Thursday night in New York City after being sick for the past 10 days. .

There is also a bout between a couple of former titleholders, Hasim Rahman and John Ruiz, for the interim heavyweight W.B.A. title, and a rematch of junior bantamweights, Luis Perez of Nicaragua defending the International Boxing Federation 115-pound title he won in January from Felix Machado of Venezuela.

"I thought he won maybe two or three more rounds," Gatti, 31, said of Branco, 33, a former European titleholder who was making his American debut.

Wielding his right hand like a club, the feisty former welterweight titleholder Ricardo Mayorga pounded out a unanimous decision last night against the last-minute replacement Eric Mitchell, a steel-chinned junior middleweight from Philadelphia.

For the sake of humor and equality, here are a few possible candidates... Who? Welterweight contender and former IBF titleholder.

But other titleholders have met a similarly disappointing fate, although far less drastic.