Browsing Tag Beau Jack

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  April 2, 1954: Olson vs Gavilan

  Kid Gavilan, aka “The Cuban Hawk,” had been a top ranked boxer for years before he won the world welterweight title, having bested such rough customers as Tommy ...

  On April 2, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  March 5, 1943: Jack vs Zivic II

  In decades past the boxing world was an even tougher and less forgiving place than it is today, not to mention more crooked. Fighters were fighters, not businessmen, ...

  On March 5, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Sugar And Steel

  Though it is almost impossible to overstate Sugar Ray Robinson’s greatness, so much has been written on the subject of that inarguable status that little can be said ...

  On December 1, 2020 / By Douglas Cavanaugh
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  Oct. 14, 1949: Gavilan vs Jack

  It was the classic clash of the old king vs the future king when the once-great Beau Jack met Kid Gavilan in Chicago Stadium in a ten round, non-title ...

  On October 14, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Aug. 4, 1947: Williams vs Montgomery

  Ike Williams and Bob Montgomery made no secret of the fact that they disliked one another and their animosity made for a pair of brutal clashes in Philadelphia, ...

  On August 4, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  July 12, 1948: Williams vs Jack

  By 1948, everybody knew the party was almost over for Beau Jack. The former lightweight king and the all-time champ when it came to headlining main events at Madison Square ...

  On July 12, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Lightweights

  We continue our periodic series ranking the all-time best boxers in the original eight weight classes by today casting our discerning eye on the lightweights. For simplicity’s sake, ...

  On January 10, 2020 / By Neil Crane