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Boxing's Best of the Century

Dateline: 12/30/99

Junior Welterweight Fighter of Century as chosen by a five-member panel for The Associated Press:

1. Aaron Pryor, 39-1, 35 KO's. 1976-90. 13 years active.

2. Barney Ross, 72-4-3, 22 KO's, 2 ND. 1929-38. 10 years active.

3. Tony Canzoneri, 137-24-10, 44 KO's, 4 ND. 1925-39. 15 years active.

4. Wilfred Benitez, 53-8-1, 31 KO's. 1973-90. 15 years active.

5. Antonio Cervantes, 66-12-1, 36 KO's. 1964-83. 20 years active.

Note: Career denotes years of first and last fights; years active is number of years with at least one fight.

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