FILE - This Feb. 2, 1993 file photo shows former World Boxing Association heavyweight boxing champion Michael Dokes talking to reporters about his upcoming fight against Riddick Bowe, at The Plaza Cafe in New York. The Rhoden Memorial Home in Akron, Ohio said Dokes died Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. The Akron Beacon Journal reported that the boxer died in an Akron hospice from liver cancer. He was 54. (AP Photo/Teddy Blackburn, File)