Champion died in Orlando in November 2011 after he collapsed following what prosecutors say was a savage beating during a hazing ritual.

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The sordidness of the sport is undeniable yet somehow nobility occasionally breaks through, as it did in the savage beating Braddock suffered when he lost his title to Joe Louis.

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Issey Miyake, beating out Kate Middleton's wedding gown and the blockbuster "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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