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2 unusual facts about Boxer


Boxer, Beetle

The finder of the note, “Fishy”, so called because of a rare medical condition that causes the sufferer’s sweat to smell of rotten fish, appeals to the users of a Nazi memorabilia message board to help in solving the mystery.

The initial connection between the two narratives occurs in 2010 when a Nazi memorabilia collector discovers a hand-written note from Adolf Hitler.


Agnaldo Nunes

Agnaldo Nunes Magalhães (born March 7, 1976 in Piracicaba, São Paulo) is a Brazilian boxer, who represented his native country twice in the lightweight division at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.

Albert Wright

Chalky Wright (1912-1957), born Albert Wright, Mexican-American featherweight boxer and world champion

Apartment Story

The video is reminiscent of the Boxer cover photo, which depicts the band performing at producer Peter Katis's wedding.

Beibis Mendoza

Beibis Antonio Mendoza (born 1974-06-20 in Arboletes, Antioquia) is a professional boxer from Colombia.

Bowie Tupou

He began his boxing career training with Johnny Lewis, the Australia’s most well-known boxing coach, having trained Jeff Fenech, Jeff Harding, Virgil Hill and Kostya Tszyu.

Cut and Shoot, Texas

The town of Cut and Shoot gained fame when local boxer Roy Harris, a heavyweight contender, fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title in 1958.

Daniel Brizuela

Daniel Eduardo Brizuela (born December 29, 1985 in Las Heras, Mendoza) is a male featherweight boxer from Argentina.

Duilio Spagnolo

He scored his only three career knockout wins during this streak, beating Mike Fisher in five, Louis Clark in three and Jim Lake in five.

Ed Robinson

He is a regular on Saturday Fight Night and other boxing broadcasts on Sky Sports & currently fronts the popular weekly Toe 2 Toe internet podcast alongside former professional boxer Spencer Fearon.

Eleoncio Mercedes

He debuted as a professional boxer on July 2 of 1978 with a win over Darryl Jones in Stockton.

Elio Rojas

Elio Enai Rojas (born September 25, 1982, in Villa Riva, Duarte, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican Republican professional boxer.

Essau Kanyenda

Essau Boxer Kanyenda (born 27 September 1982 in Dedza, Malawi) is a Malawian international footballer who plays as a striker for South African side Polokwane City F.C..

Felix Bwalya

Felix Bwalya (born October 27, 1970 in Chingola – died December 23, 1997 in Lusaka) was a boxer from Zambia, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Frida Wallberg

Frida Wallberg born April 28, 1983 in Åtvidaberg in Östergötland, Sweden, is a Swedish boxer.

Fritzie Zivic

He never challenged for a world title again, but from 1941 to 1946, he fought Sugar Ray Robinson, Lew Jenkins, Jake LaMotta, Beau Jack, Bob Montgomery, Tommy Bell, Billy Arnold and Freddie Archer.

Hugo Rafael Soto

Hugo Rafael Soto (born 16 August 1967 in Catamarca, Argentina) is a former professional boxer.

Hy Peskin

Another of Peskin's photographs is said to have inspired the set design for the film "Rocky": boxer Carmen Basilio leaping into the arms of his cornermen after knocking out Tony DeMarco in their 1955 welterweight title fight.

Jabberwocks

Kid Beyond, a singer, beat boxer and live looper based in the San Francisco area

Jesús Salvador Pérez

Jesús Salvador Pérez Llerena (born December 25, 1971 in Córdoba, Bolívar) is a retired male boxer from Colombia, who competed in the bantamweight division (– 54 kg) during his career.

John Francis Wheaton

He served as an adviser to heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, worked as a community organizer with Vaudeville entertainer Bert Williams, and served as counsel for Marcus Garvey's first wife in a publicized and contentious divorce.

John H. Stracey

There is a Public House in the Village of Briston, Norfolk called the John H Stracey in tribute to the boxer.

John Kalbhenn

John Kalbhenn (born April 14, 1963 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Johnny Kilbane

Kilbane was a distant relative of the Irish boxer John Joe Nevin, the footballer Darren Fletcher, the wrestler Giant Haystacks and the Irish footballer Kevin Kilbane.

José Payares

He won the South American Games 2006 against Rafael Lima, at the Central American Games 2006 he finished second behind Osmay Acosta.

Kaliesha West

Kaliesha West is a professional female boxer and the former 3 time WBO Female Bantamweight and current IFBA super Bantamweight Boxing World Champion.

Kwamena Turkson

Papa Kwamena Andze Turkson (born 17 January 1976 in Bäckaby, Vetlanda, Jönköping) is a retired male boxer from Sweden.

Laurens, South Carolina

Laurens is home to Gary Davis and Pink Anderson, acoustic blues musicians who were born in the city, as well as Redtop Davis, lightweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s.

Love Ranch

Oscar Bonavena – murdered real-life model for boxer Armando Bruza

Main Intequam Loonga

Footage from this film was used in the 2007 film Apne also starring Dharmendra as a retired boxer.

Marcin Gortat

His father Janusz Gortat was a Polish boxer and a bronze medalist in light heavyweight during the Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976 Olympics, and his mother Alicja Gortat was a representative of the Polish national team in volleyball.

McLaglen

Victor McLaglen (1886– 1959), English boxer, World War I officer and actor

Michael Kenneth Finney

Michael Kenneth Finney (born October 7, 1991 in Smiths Station, Alabama) is an undefeated professional boxer in the Welterweight division.

Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno

Tyson would go on to defeat Henry Tillman, Alex Stewart and Donovan Ruddock twice before being arrested and sentenced to prison for rape.

Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times

Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times is an award-winning biography of the boxer Muhammad Ali, written in 1991 by Thomas Hauser.

My Favorite Year

In Benjy's case, it's his Jewish mother (Lainie Kazan), who is married to a Filipino former bantamweight boxer, Rookie Carroca (Ramon Sison), and Benjy's embarrassing relatives, such as uncouth Uncle Morty (Lou Jacobi).

Négritude

Novelist Norman Mailer used the term to describe boxer George Foreman's physical and psychological presence in his book The Fight, a journalistic treatment of the legendary Ali vs. Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) in October 1974.

Remigio Molina

Remigio Daniel Molina (born November 6, 1977 in Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina) is a former Argentine professional boxer in the Lightweight division.

René Jacquot

René Jacquot (born July 28, 1961 in Toul, France) is a former professional boxer and world title holder.

Ripa Teatina

Rocky Mattioli is another boxer from Ripa Teatina, born in 1953.

Rover's Morning Glory

On Saturday, July 16, 2005 Dieter fought professional boxer Eric “Butterbean” Esch in a bout billed as “War on the Shore”.

Rubalcaba

Alexis Rubalcaba (born 1972), retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the Super Heavyweight division

Ruelas

Rafael Ruelas (born April 26, 1971), Mexican professional boxer.

San Luis High School

Germán Altamírano, a two-time Arizona amateur champion and an undefeated boxer signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions

Speculator, New York

After World War I, famous athletes came to practice in the isolated communities, such as Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, and Max Baer who arrived to train for the heavyweight championship fight.

Sport in Samoa

Several boxers and kickboxers are of Samoan descent, including former heavyweight contender David Tua, former middleweight champion Maselino Masoe, K-1 World Champion Mark Hunt as well as K-1 Super Heavyweight contenders Ray Sefo, Jason Suttie and also Jimmy Thunder.

Ted Rhodes

The PGA also has granted posthumous honorary membership to boxer Joe Louis.

The Kid Comes Back

The title may be meant to remind audiences of Kid Galahad, a smash hit prizefight movie released the previous year starring Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, and Wayne Morris in the title role as a young boxer very similar to his part in The Kid Comes Back.

Victor Young Perez

Victor "Young" Perez, tells the astonishing, harrowing and poignant story of a Tunisian Jewish boxer, who became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932.

Wonkwang University

Shin Joon-Sup, retired boxer who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1986 Summer Asian Games

Zivic

Peter Zivic (1901–1987), American boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics


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