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Dwight Muhammad Qawi
(Dwight Braxton)
(the "Camden Buzzsaw")

BORN   January 5 1953; Baltimore, Maryland (Fought out of Lindenwold, New Jersey)
HEIGHT.. 5-6 1/2
WEIGHT 172 1/2-232 lbs
MANAGERS Wesley Mouzon, Quenzell McCall
RECORD 41-11-1 (25 KO)

Qawi was a short, stocky, muscular bundle of aggression who usually overwhelmed or wore his man down; He was a swarming, punching, infighting machine; He carried a good punch and was durable and game; During his career, he won the WBC Light-Heavyweight Championship of the World, the WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World and the WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight Championship

Dwight defeated such men as  Matthew Saad Muhammad (Mike Franklin), Leon Spinks, Mike Rossman, Lee Roy Murphy, Olian Alexander, Rickey Parkey, Jerry Martin, Eddie Davis, Johnny Davis, Pat Cuillo, Piet Crous, Michael Greer, James Scott, James Salerno and "Young" Joe Louis

 
1978
Apr 19 Leonard Langley            Washington, DC                      D  6
          -Some sources report  "W 6"
Jun  3 Lou Benson Jr.             Baltimore, Md                       W  6
Nov  2 Johnny Davis               New York, NY                        L  6

1979
Mar 25 Louis Butler               Baltimore, Md                       W  6
Jul  3 Louis Butler               Atlantic City, NJ                   W  8
Sep 26 Donald "Biff" Cline        Baltimore, Md                      KO  1
Nov 14 Johnny Wilburn             Baltimore, Md                       W  8

1980
Feb  4 Theunis Kok                Durban, Natal, SA                  KO 10
          -Some sources report "Johannesburg, Trans, SA"
Mar 29 Cornell Chavis             Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1
May  8 Leonard Langley            Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  2
Jun  5 Charles Smith              Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  4
Aug 14 Rick Jester                Chicago, Il                        TK  3
Nov  6 Tony Mesoraca              Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  6

1981
Jan  8 Johnny Davis               Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Mar  5 Al Bolden                  Philadelphia, Pa                    W 10
May 31 Mike Rossman               Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  7
Sep  5 James Scott                Rahway State Prison, NJ             W 10
Dec 19 Matthew Saad Muhammad      Atlantic City, NJ                  TK 10
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

          -Braxton changed his legal name to "Dwight Muhammad Qawi"

1982
Mar 21 Jerry Martin               Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  6
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug  7 Matthew Saad Muhammad      Philadelphia, Pa                   TK  6
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Nov 20 Eddie Davis                Atlantic City, NJ                  TK 11
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

1983
Mar 18 Michael Spinks             Atlantic City, NJ                   L 15
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
           WBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Sep 17 Johnny Davis               Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10

1984
Mar 21 Pat Cuillo                 Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Dec 12 Stanley Ross               Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10

1985
Feb 27 Michael Greer              Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Jul 27 Piet Crous                 Sun City, Bophtswana, SA           TK 11
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1986
Jan  8 Rick Enis                  Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1
Mar 22 Leon Spinks                Reno, Nv                           TK  6
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World
Jul 12 Evander Holyfield          Atlanta, Ga                         L 15
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1987
Feb  6 Narcisco "Sixto" Maldonado Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  4
May 15 Osvaldo "Ossie" Ocasio     Las Vegas, Nv                       L 10
Aug 15 Lee Roy Murphy             St. Tropez, France                 TK  6
Dec  5 Evander Holyfield          Atlantic City, NJ                  LK  4
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World;
           IBF Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1988
Mar 19 George Foreman             Las Vegas, Nv                      LT  7
Nov 23 Olian Alexander            Philadelphia, Pa                   TK  3

1989
Feb 15 Tyrone Booze               Philadelphia, Pa                    W 10
          -Some sources report 2/16/89
Apr 18 Andre McCall               Scranton, Pa                        W 12
          -WBC Continental Americas Cruiserweight Championship
May 22 Everett "Big Foot" Martin  Atlantic City, NJ                   W 10
Nov 27 Robert Daniels             Nogent-Sur-Marne, France            L 12
          -WBA Cruiserweight Championship of the World

1990
Mar 16 Mike Hunter                Newark, NJ                          L 12

1991
Mar  2 Bert Gravely               Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  3
Apr 20 Tommy Richardson           Atlantic City, NJ                  KO  1
Jun 11 James Salermo              Miami Beach, Fl                     W 10
Jul 23 "Young" Joe Louis          Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  4
Nov  7 Rickey Parkey              Washington, DC                     TK  8

1992
Apr  7 Ric Lainhart               Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  1
May  8 Arthur Williams            Las Vegas, Nv                       L 10
Jul 18 Dave Fiddler               Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  2
Oct 13 Nate Miller                Philadelphia, Pa                    L 10

1997
May  8 Earl Clark                 Paterson, NJ                        W  6
Jun 27 Tyrone Demby               Atlantic City, NJ                  TK  2

1998
Nov 25 Tony LaRosa                Rosemont, Il                        L  8
Record courtesy of Matt Tegen, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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