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Retirement
History of USA
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| | 1951 | DiMaggio, Joe | |
| 16th Dec DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball |
| 1968 | Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Mar Washington Announces decision to retire |
| 1970 | Liston, Sonny | |
| 25th May Liston wins his last fight by knockout against Chuck Wepner |
| 25th May Winner of 50 fights out of 54 with 39 knock-outs |
| 1972 | Patterson, Floyd | |
| Patterson finally retires after a 1972 loss to Ali, 64 bouts, 55 wins, 8 defeats & 40 knockouts |
| 1976 | Frazier, Joseph William | |
| Frazier retires after defeat to Foreman |
| 1979 | Ali, Muhammad | |
| 27th June Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final and he vacates the title |
| 1981 | Ali, Muhammad | |
| Ali retires permanently with a career record of 56 wins (37 by knockout) and 5 losses, and as a three-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion |
| 1997 | Bowe, Riddick | |
| Bowe retires from boxing, 42 fights, 40 wins, 1 draw & 1 defeat |
| 2005 | Armstrong, Lance | |
| Retires from cycling |
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