Dennis Adams (26 December 1934 – 14 January 1971) was a

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/ bantam/

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of the 1950s and '60s who won the

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(South Africa) (

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) bantamweight title, South African flyweight title, South African bantamweight title, and British Empire flyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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1934 births 1971 deaths Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers Flyweight boxers Place of death missing Boxers from Johannesburg South African male boxers {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub