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Jewish athlete Daniel Mendoza gained fame in this sport in 18th century England. Tex Rickard (20[1])capitalized on the 1920 Walker Law legalizing this sport in New York. A star in this sport triggered 1910 race riots (20[1])and (20[1])was arrested for violating (20[2])the (20[1])Mann Act (20[2])with Lucille (20[3])Cameron. (20[1])Eva (20[1])Braun (20[2])was obsessed (0[1])with a star of this sport named (*) Max Schmeling. (10[3])John (10[1])Graham (10[1])Chambers (10[1]0[1])authored rules for this sport more commonly named for the Marquess of Queensberry. (10[2]0[1])Mobutu Sese (10[1])Seko hosted (10[1])a (10[1])1974 (10[2])match (10[1])in this sport (10[1])in Zaire. Black champions in this sport include Jack Johnson and an athlete who struggled to get reporters to not call (10[1])him by his (10[1])"slave name" of Cassius Clay. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this sport of Muhammad Ali. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: boxing [or prizefighting or pugilism; accept heavyweight boxing; prompt on fighting]
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