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	Battling Siki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battling Siki (September 16, 1897 – December 15, 1925), aka Louis Mbarick Fall, was a Senegalese light heavyweight boxer who fought from 1912-1925.
		Siki claimed that he had agreed to take a dive, but when he saw and heard the 50,000 cheering spectators suffered a change of heart and fought all out to win.
		Siki was known to fire his revolvers in the air in public as a means of prompting his two great danes to do tricks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battling_Siki (743 words)

	Irish Boxing
		Boxing historians are unanimous in their choice of Battling Siki as the greatest optimist in the sport's nearly 300-year existence.
		With the sole exception of Siki himself, no one was surprised when the referee raised the hand of the Irish challenger, Mike McTigue, after 20 closely contested rounds and proclaimed him the new light-heavyweight champion of the world.
		One of boxing's most bizarre characters, Siki (he was born Louis Phal in the French West African colony of Senegal) startled Parisians by parading along the fashionable boulevards with a young lion on a leash.
	www.irish-boxing.com /IBN_content/Mike_McTigue.htm (2540 words)

	The Swift Rise and Fall of Battling Siki
		Siki, a wild swinging brawler with a crude style (think Ricardo Mayorga), has not gone down in boxing annals as a great fighter, but his story is one the most intriguing ones in the sport’s history.
		Born in Senegal in 1897, Siki (born Baye Phal) moved to France as a youngster, where it was rumored that an actress had taken a liking to him and thus moved him in with her.
		Siki was also arrested for pulling a knife on a policeman and slashing his uniform (he was fined $5) and of being “dangerous” when drunk.
	www.maxboxing.com /Gerbasi/Gerbasi090604.asp (2077 words)

	Clare Museum: Riches of Clare: Kilnamona's World Champ
		Battling Siki was born Baye Phal on September 16, 1897 in Senegal, and moved to France when he was in his teens.
		Although Siki had proved himself to be popular with the public, as was typical of the time, he was often on the receiving end of ridicule and racism, even from his own handlers.
		Siki managed to gloss over the negative cruelty of the press, and relished his new found celebrity status, where he played the role of exhibitionist, often walking the streets of France with a pet lion on a leash.
	www.clarelibrary.ie /eolas/claremuseum/news_events/kilnamonas_world_champ.htm (924 words)

	:: - Legends Features - Fighter Bios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Battling Siki began life as a rich woman’s toy boy and ended it murdered in a darkened street in Hell’s Kitchen.
		Siki was strong, but crude, and therefore not considered too great a threat when he challenged the celebrated Georges Carpentier for the world light-heavyweight title in Paris in September 1922.
		But Siki shocked the complacent Carpentier with a sixth round knockout that was initially declared a disqualification win for the champion, and then reversed to the correct result when the Parisian crowd roared their disapproval.
	www.secondsout.com /Legends/bios.cfm?ccs=235&cs=8618 (412 words)

	The Cyber Boxing Zone
		Siki dropped a 15 round decision to Norfolk, and a month later he lost another decision, this one to Jack Taylor.
		Siki lost in the tenth round, and 1925 proved not only to be his last year in the ring, but his last on Earth.
		Siki claimed that he trained on "liquor and late hours", and his only sparring used to be in street brawls.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/sikibio.htm (1768 words)

	Mogusland Forums - Hack//Infection RPG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Siki and Tiir walk on through the dungeon fighting monsters hear and there, but mostly sneaking past the portals because they are too tired to fight all of them.
		Siki jumps back and yells to Tiir, but he couldn't hear her due to the effects of confusion.
		Siki frantically searches through her bags for a restorative, but realizes they used it to cook a monster in a stew the other night.
	forums.mogusland.com /printthread.php?t=4515 (2299 words)

	Mike Conroy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Thus, proclaimed Battling Siki from ring center at the beginning of the ninth round of his charity exhibit.ion bout with Mike Conroy.
		Conroy had closed one Siki's eyes in the sixth round and was clearing winning the contest.
		Siki may have gotten nothing for it, but Mike Conroy was using it as the cornerstone of his career.
	www.antekprizering.com /conroyflyer.html (65 words)

	Sports Illustrated: The fix was in - but then Battling Siki got mad.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		"Battling Siki" was a professional boxer who accepted violence as an occupational hazard, but only when absolutely necessary.
		As 88-year-old Stefan Lorant tells it, Siki knocked out Georges Carpentier to win the world light heavyweight championship in 1922 because Carpentier was hitting him too hard.
		Siki had promised to throw the fight, but when Carpentier began landing punches for real, Siki became angry and changed his mind.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:7521039&refid=ip_almanac_hf (214 words)

	HOME
		Siki, the unbeatable African hero, the intelligent 'savage', the fighter against racial discrimination.
		Siki the extravagant dandy, walking the boulevards of Paris with a leopard, the loving husband and father, the womaniser and bigamist.
		Siki will be screened with The Man who would kill Kitchner on Tuesday 27th at 8pm.
	www.encounters.co.za /archive/2000/films.html (3552 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- That Senegalese -- Jun. 25, 1923
		Siki's response named such an enormous figure that even the expansive Rickard held up his hands in horror.
		A day or two later Siki fouled Morelle, middleweight champion of France, in the sixth round of a fight in Paris.
		When Morelle went down Siki was so ignorant of the ethics of his profession that he began bowing to the crowd under the impression that he had scored a clean knockout.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,715930,00.html (335 words)

	www.myspace.com/battlingsiki
		Battling Siki is a Detroit-based band that connects the roots of various musical traditions-rock, blues and country-and plants them in a soulful, more contemporary ground.
		The band consists of four of the city's most seasoned, stout players, all whom carve out their own identity and spirit for the purpose of the song.
		From foot-stomping grooves to shivering ballads, Siki's performances are completely energetic and teeming with imagery and hope.
	www.myspace.com /battlingsiki (477 words)

	Battling - Battling Big Cola -- In These Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Battling Brothers: Celeron vs. Pentium 4 - Since its launch several months ago, the new Celeron has made a name for itself as an inexpensive processor that
		Official site of the Battling Bishops, with information about facilities, the department, and fall, winter, and spring intercollegiate sports.
		Table of contents for the Battling Obesity section of APA Monitor on Psychology (January 2004).
	askforlink.com /?q=battling (391 words)

	Jo Sports Inc.
		History: Battling Siki was born on Sep 16, 1897 in Senegal.
		Presented here is an antique wire photo of Battling Siki.
		Full description: This antique wirephoto of Battling Siki is 6 1/2" x 8 1/4." There is some light soiling in the center of the photo.
	www.josportsinc.com /catalog/view.php?id=2251 (96 words)

	Boxing in the 1920s (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Dempsey later learned his friend was dying of Bright's disease, and only accepted the fight to garner money for his children.
		September 24- Battling Siki becomes Senegal's first world boxing champion, recuperating from several knockdowns to win the world Light-Heavyweight title by knocking out Georges Carpentier in six rounds at Paris, France.
		Siki also became Africa's first world Light-Heavyweight champion in the process.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Boxing-in-the-1920s.htm (1287 words)

	TDA Book Review - East Side, West Side: Tales of New York Sporting Life
		Battling Siki was a Senegalese boxer who became the light heavyweight champ in 1922.
		After losing his title (to Mike McTigue, in Dublin, on St. Patrick's day), Battling Siki rapidly fell apart, not training or showing up for scheduled fights, instead fighting on the streets.
		The man who had been champ - and who played himself in a French film, about a man tormented by inner demons - was found face down on West 41st St., in a pool of blood in 1925, age 28.
	www.thediamondangle.com /books/eastside.html (810 words)

	AmazonBon's Xena Realm -- Old Ares had a Farm
		Siki: "Ares, prepare to die [Xena and Gabrielle appear] Who are you?"
		But if you don't want to be known as 'Dead Siki' you'll be moving on."
		Siki: "Alright, but the gold is mine, Ares."
	students.tripod.com /~AmazonBon/oldares.html (393 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Unwilling Siki -- Jun. 11, 1923
		Since being bitten by a lion in a Paris café, Battling Siki has faded from the public eye.
		He takes the opportunity to regain a place in the news columns by refusing publicly an alleged offer from Tex Rickard of $10,000 to fight Kid Norfolk, American Negro, in New York this summer.
		Siki explains that since his experience with Mike McTigue in a Dublin ring he has become convinced that he can get a square deal "nowhere in the world outside of continental Europe."
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,736154,00.html (303 words)

	☼ Power Knockout ☼ Boxing - Larry Holmes vs. Battling Siki
		Siki jumps up berserk and enraged, driving Holmes into the ropes with a wild
		Siki was a crude LH...Holmes was a polished heavyweight from a modern
		> Siki was a crude LH...Holmes was a polished heavyweight from a modern
	www.powerko.com /archives/boxing-p-3309.htm (570 words)

	50go.Net Results For : siki - siki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		"On any concert stage, Siki must be recognized as a major talent.
		teenager, Siki changed his name, and moved to France, where, by the age of 15...
		And popular justice was triumphant: Siki was proclaimed champion of the...
	www.50go.net /siki (131 words)

	Mogusland Forums - Hack//Infection RPG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		@Time's Ravenged Hypha is the area Tiir and Siki are battling some Lv.35 monsters.
		Tiir: "I did," Tiir dodges an attack by one of the creatures but is caught in another attack from under his feet by another.
		Tiir and Siki are going through the dungeon defeating monsters.
	www.mogusland.com /forums/printthread.php?t=4515 (2299 words)

	Index: Stories, Listed by Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Battling Buckaroo • Forbes Parkhill • (ss)
		A Battling Hindoo • Ralph Ellison deCastro • (ss)
		Battling Siki, the Singular Senegalese • Nora Johnston • (ar)
	users.ev1.net /~homeville/fictionmag/l66.htm (1233 words)

	Warsaw Autumn 2003 - composers
		Selected recent works: Lhow for orchestra (1990), Memory-Cendres for female voice, bass clarinet, percussion and double-bass (1991), Stances d1 orchestre for orchestra (1996), Ruine for soprano and orchestra (1998), hron for orchestra (2000), L1Ecarlate for bass guitar, percussion and computer (2001) Appars for small orchestra and sampler (2002), Battling Siki, opera (2003).
		msg#9 is an extract from the musical material for the opera Battling Siki, which I composed in February 2003 for the Bonn Opera.
		It can be called a collage of the Obest moments1 of that score or an Oorchestral suite1.
	www.warsaw-autumn.art.pl /03/composers/c59.html (339 words)

	JM Bruyere - Battling Siki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		I HAVE HAD THREE OFFERS ALREADY TO MEET SIKI, AND TO ALL OF THEM I HAVE REPLIED THAT I AM READY TO TALK BUSINESS AS SOON AS HE SIGNS A CONTRACT." MARTY KILLILEA, MANAGER OF WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION JOHNNY WILSON, ALSO THREW HIS HAT IN THE RING, OFFERING SIKI $50,000 TO FIGHT WILSON IN BOSTON.
		I ONLY HOPE POOR SIKI'S FATE WILL BE A LESSON TO ASPIRING PUGILISTS.” SIKI'S WAKE WAS HELD IN HARLEM, AND THE FORMER CHAMPION WAS VIEWED BY 400 TO 500 PEOPLE.
		OUR CIVILIZATION IS PERHAPS MORE TO BLAME FOR THESE MISTAKES THAN HE WASH.” BATTLING SIKI IS BURIED IN FLUSHING, QUEENS.
	epidemic.cicv.fr /geo/art/jmb/prj/boxe_opera/siki5.html (1585 words)

	On the Box
		Siki, the fighter against racial discrimination.” The descriptions are wide and varied and all add to story of Battling Siki.
		Siki, whose real name was M'Barick Fall, was born in Senegal and became the first fl to win the world light heavy weight title in boxing in 1922.
		With interviews and historical film, this documentary forms a moving portrait of a fascinating personality.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/1994/155/155p25b.htm (357 words)

	Africa (from boxing) -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Meanwhile, there was little administrative framework for professional boxing in Africa until 1973, when representatives of nine African nations created the African Boxing Union.
		One year later, on October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman did battle for the heavyweight championship in Kinshasa, Zaire.
		Ali defeated Foreman on an eighth-round knockout to regain the title in a bout of legendary proportions promoted as the “Rumble in the Jungle.”
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-229622 (988 words)

	Metro Times Detroit - Musicians - : Battling Siki
		Metro Times Detroit - Musicians - : Battling Siki
		Siki is — Scott Harrison — Vocals & Guitar Agostino Visocchi — Guitar Kevin Stripling — Upright Bass Mark Dawson — Drums
		Please attach events to this musicians listing by using our Self-Publishing interface online.
	www.metrotimes.com /metropolis/sonic/artistprofile.asp?id=10890 (245 words)

	Larry Holmes vs. Battling Siki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		= Holmes knocks Siki down at the beginning of = Round 7 = = Siki jumps up berserk and enraged, driving Holmes into the ropes with a wild = barrage, knocking him out cold.
		The only chance for Oscar to win by Scar TKO
		Holmes knocks Siki down at the beginning of Round 7 Siki jumps up berserk and enraged, driving Holmes into the ropes with a wild barrage, knocking him out cold.
	www.serious-fun.net /new-248644-27.html (154 words)

	George Foreman -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		In a dramatization, George Washington talks about his Pre-Revolutionary life as a Virginia land owner.
		In a dramatization, George Washington recalls crossing the Delaware, spending the winter at Valley Forge and defeating the British at the Battle of Yorktown.
		George Wallace ran for President in 1964 to protest Lyndon Johnson's stand on civil rights.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9343760 (757 words)

	PRIZEFIGHTINGBOOKS.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Being Authentic Memoirs of the Lives, Actions, Prowess, and Battles of the Leading Pugilists, from the Days of Figg and Broughton, to the Championship of Ward' Vol.
		Said to be based loosely on the life of Battling Siki.
		Contents include the ring records of the participants, and round by round detail of the fight including drawings of the fighters for each round with dots to indicate where contestants were hit during that round, and a listing of champions from 1857 to 1897.
	www.prizefightingbooks.com (17447 words)

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