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In a fictitious situation, renowned boxing promoter Mr Don King convinced eight of the world’s all time great heavyweight and middleweight boxers spanning four decades, to have a friendly round-robin competition from Christmas Eve of 2022 to New Years Day 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Mr Sugar Ray Robinson of USA, Mr Rocky Marciano of USA, Mr Iron Mike Tyson of USA, Mr Manny Pacquiao of Philippines, Mr Big George Foreman of USA, Mr Robert Duran of Panama, Mr Joe Frazier of USA and Mr Muhammad Ali of USA were the competitors.

According to the rules of the competition, every boxer was to fight all the others exactly once.

There would be no fixed number of rounds, and the fights would go on till one fighter loses on points, gets knocked out or concedes defeat.

The winner of every fight would win one million USD as prize money, while the loser would get nothing as prize money.

At the start of the competition all the eight boxers were bestowed world ranking numbers from world number one to world number eight, depending upon their performance and popularity in their prime.

Mr Rocky Marciano, who was the most senior of them all, was unanimously bestowed the rank of world number three.

However, contrary to general expectations, Mr Sugar Ray Robinson was not accounted among the top five rankers in the world.

Also at the end of the competition, it was found that by sheer co-incidence, all the boxers had won one million USD less than the world ranking number they were bestowed with.

The following incomplete table shows the results of some of the fights :

Boxers

Mr Iron Mike Tyson

Mr Robert Duran

Mr Rocky Marciano

Mr Manny Pacquiao

Mr Sugar Ray Robinson

Mr Big George Foreman

Mr Muhammad Ali

Mr Joe Frazier

Mr Iron Mike Tyson

X

Won

Won

Mr Robert Duran

X

Won

Mr Rocky Marciano

X

Won

Mr Manny Pacquiao

Won

X

Mr Sugar Ray Robinson

Won

X

Mr Big George Foreman

X

Mr Muhammad Ali

Won

Won

X

Mr Joe Frazier

Won

X

This chart is read as, for example, Mr Iron Mike Tyson won against Mr Manny Pacquiao and Mr Sugar Ray Robinson.

Question :

Who was bestowed the rank of world number one at the beginning of the friendly competition
Option: 1
Mr Sugar Ray Robinson

Option: 2
Mr Big George Foreman

Option: 3
Mr Manny Pacquiao

Option: 4
Mr Joe Frazier

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The final scenario is as below :

World No	Boxers	Mr Big George Foreman	Mr Joe Frazier	Mr Rocky Marciano	Mr Robert Duran	Mr Manny Pacquiao	Mr Sugar Ray Robinson	Mr Iron Mike Tyson	Mr Muhammad Ali	Prize money (million USD)
1	Mr Big George Foreman	X	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	X
2	Mr Joe Frazier	Won	X	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	1
3	Mr Rocky Marciano	Won	Won	X	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	2
4	Mr Robert Duran	Won	Won	Won	X	Lost	Lost	Lost	Lost	3
5	Mr Manny Pacquiao	Won	Won	Won	Won	X	Lost	Lost	Lost	4
6	Mr Sugar Ray Robinson	Won	Won	Won	Won	Won	X	Lost	Lost	5
7	Mr Iron Mike Tyson	Won	Won	Won	Won	Won	Won	X	Lost	6
8	Mr Muhammad Ali	Won	Won	Won	Won	Won	Won	Won	X	7

Hence, Mr Big George Foreman was bestowed the rank of world number one at the beginning of the friendly competition

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