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Former heavyweight champ Big John Tate dies in crash
Former WBA heavyweight champion John Tate, 43, was killed when his pickup hit a utility pole near his Ivy Glenn training camp in Knoxville Tennessee. Two passengers were injured, investigators consider possible alcohol or drug involvement, Tate lost the title to Mike Weaver five months after beating Gerrie Coetzee for the crown in 1979.
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Big John” Tate
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