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RIP Greg Page, former heavyweight champ, age 50

"Page lifted the WBA belt in 1984 during the post-Ali, pre-Tyson era that struggled to recognise a true champion - beating Tim Witherspoon on a majority decision."

"But in his last fight in 2001, Page suffered a 10th round knockout loss to Dale Crowe from which he would never fully recover. He fell into a coma for a week and during post-fight surgery suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left side and wheelchair-bound."

The clip below shows Page knocking down Tyson while they were sparring. That was a big deal at the time, when Tyson was near his peak! This was before the Buster Douglas fight, when Tyson was 37-0 and had never been knocked down.