the former heavyweight champion of the world died today at age 71.he was suffering from prostate cancer and alzeimer's.he won the title when he defeated archie moore in 1956.when he retired in 1972 at age 37 he had a record of 55-8-1 with 40 ko's.he was de youngest heavyweight champ at 21 years 10 mth b4 tyson came and beat berbick to win at 20 years 4 mth.
