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	Billy Conn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conn debuted as a professional boxer on June 28, 1934, losing to Dick Woodard by a decision in four rounds.
		Conn defended his title against Bettina, and twice against another world Light-Heavyweight champion, Gus Lesvenich, each of those three bouts resulting in 15 round decision wins for Conn. Conn also beat Bob Pastor, former world Middleweight champion Al McCoy, and Lee Savold in non-title bouts during his run as world Light-Heavyweight champion.
		Retiring from the ring as a boxer did not mean retiring as a public figure for Conn. As he became an older citizen, he participated in a number of documentaries for HBO, and he was frequently seen at boxing related activities until his death in 1993, at the age of 75.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Conn (650 words)

	Billy Conn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William David Conn (October 8, 1917-May 29, 1993), better known in the boxing world as Billy Conn, was a boxer who was world's Light-Heavyweight champion.
		Conn debuted as a professional boxer on June 28, 1934, losing to by a decision in four rounds.
		Conn defended his title against Bettina, and twice against another world Light-Heavyweight champion,, each of those three bouts resulting in 15 round decision wins for Conn. Conn also beat, former world Middleweight champion Al McCoy, and in non-title bouts during his run as world Light-Heavyweight champion.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Billy_Conn (670 words)

	RingSideReport.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Billy Conn was born on October 8, 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
		Conn later said, "I knew I had the fight won, but the wiseass in me got cocky and tried to knock him out." Conn was knocked out again by Louis in the 8 th round of their much anticipated rematch.
		Billy Conn died in 1993 at the age of 75.
	ringsidereport.com /conn.htm (608 words)

	IBHOF / Billy Conn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Conn won the 175-pound crown in 1939 established himself as an all-time great.
		Conn is clearly one of the greatest light heavyweight champions in boxing history.
		Winning easily, Conn increased his attack in the 13th round and that was ultimately his undoing.
	www.ibhof.com /conn.htm (245 words)

	BILLY CONN FACTS AND INFORMATION
		William David Conn (October_8, 1917 in Pittsburgh-May_29, 1993), better known in the boxing world as Billy Conn, was a boxer who was world's Light-Heavyweight champion.
		Conn debuted as a professional boxer on June_28, 1934, losing to Dick_Woodard by a decision in four rounds.
		Conn attempted to become the first world Light-Heavyweight champion in boxing history to go up in weight and win the world's Heavyweight championship when he and Louis met on June_18 of that year.
	www.witwib.com /Billy_Conn (603 words)

	David VS Goliath: The Night Billy Conn Almost KO'd Joe Louis
		Conn started his career as a welterweight and fought his way up through the weight classes until he was a serious threat to take the title from the greatest heavyweight champion of them all.
		Conn went into the fight an 11-5 underdog, but it was the closest margin of any Louis opponent since the second fight with Max Schmeling.
		Conn knew it, but in the heat of the moment, with the dazzling victory shining before him, he choose to forget.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /boxing-news/bearden2702.php (2073 words)

	WAIL! The CBZ Journal (March 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was the Light Heavyweight Titleholder's "Conn fidence", combined with incredibly poor judgment and a corner that did a less than satisfactory job of keeping their charge focused on the enormity of the task at hand, that snared defeat from the jaws of victory..
		Billy saw himself in the light of Max Schmeling during the latter phases of Max' first KO triumph over Joe, in total control of the bout with a KO outcome in his favor inevitable.
		Billy Conn cost himself the Heavyweight Championship in a act of carelessness and foolish pride on the greatest night he ever saw.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/w0202-dc.htm (1107 words)

	Louis-Conn fighttoy
		Conn would be counted out in this, the eighth round, as a result of this barrage...
		Conn also had put in four years of Army service, but hadn't retained as much of his former skill as had Louis.
		Joe had an easy time of it in the return bout; Conn offered feeble resistance and was knocked out in the eighth round of a slow, disappointing affair.
	www.fighttoys.com /Louis-Conn.htm (192 words)

	Brash Conn let title bid slip away in '41 loss to Louis - The Washington Times: Sports - June 14, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For 12 rounds, Conn bamboozled and bloodied a supposedly invincible opponent who outweighed him by 25 pounds and was at the height of his considerable powers.
		Conn, who started his pro career as a welterweight in 1934, won 19 straight bouts while defending the light heavyweight crown he had won from somebody named Melio Bettina in 1939.
		Conn wrestled the kid to the floor and got in a few licks before the would-be burglar escaped — without his own wallet.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20040614-125309-9221r.htm (1167 words)

	History repeats at sports museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mary Louise Conn poses with husband Billy Conn's 1939 Light Heavyweight Champion of the World Title belt on display during the opening of the Western Pennsylvania Sports History Museum at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center in the Strip District, Downtown.
		Conn's son, Tim, said the belt disappeared after the death of a Chicago restaurateur, Tom Bowler, who had custody of it.
		Mary Louise Conn poses with husband Billy Conn's 1939 Light Heavyweight Champion of the World Title belt on display during the opening of the Western Pennsylvania Sports History Museum at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center.
	www.postgazette.com /pg/04319/411657.stm (996 words)

	HBO PPV.com > Web Exclusives > Bert's Boxing Beat
		Conn’s performance gave heart to his adherents and credence to the rumor that Conn was a slow starter because of an unusually slow heartbeat, which required a warm-up period—in this case, the first two rounds.
		The champion hurt Billy with a left to the stomach and then, in close quarters, landed a vicious left hook to the challenger’s jaw which staggered Conn. Louis followed with a torrent of punches to the unprotected flanks of the challenger, who, at the bell, staggered off to the wrong corner.
		Conn greeted the purposeful champion with a right and left to get his attention, the right cutting Louis’ ear, and waded into the belly of the beast with a left to the stomach followed by a right that just missed Louis’ chin.
	www.hboppv.com /web_exclusives/bert_sugar/june04.shtml (2107 words)

	The Big Picture: Conn-Louis fight gets 'Classic' ring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Billy Conn tried to go where no pugilist had ventured before, attempting to introduce heavyweight champion Joe Louis to the canvas via knockout.
		Conn got his kelly-green Irish up, and Louis put him down, and their New York night made ring history that provides compelling theater still.
		"Sadly, Billy Conn is someone known more for giving Louis a run for his money and losing instead of being a great fighter in his own right," Daniel Bowen, the coordinating producer for ESPN Classic's "Game of the Week," said this week.
	www.post-gazette.com /sports/columnists/20010614thebigsptcolp2.asp (704 words)

	ESPN Classic - Louis stuns Conn with 13th round KO
		The light heavyweight champion, Conn, uses his speed to dominate the early rounds of the fight.
		Billy Conn, the former light-heavyweight champ, gives up 25½ pounds to Joe Louis, but he doesn't give up anything else.
		The 174-pound Conn uses his quick jab to outbox the heavyweight champion; he also shows he can punch, especially in the 12th round when he hurts Louis.
	espn.go.com /classic/s/classic_louis_conn.html (326 words)

	Irish Boxing
		His Parents were Billy Conn Sr., a working class labourer who dabbled in the bootlegging business (it was the era of Prohibition in America) and Maggie McFarland, a sweet woman who emigrated to Philly from county Cork, Ireland as a young girl.
		Billy was beating Joe Louis through the first twelve rounds of their historic meeting despite giving up thirty pounds.
		Billy Conn would not take his place alongside John L. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney and the other Irish legends in claiming the title that was once a hereditary right passed along from one generation of fighting Irishmen to the next for decades.
	www.irish-boxing.com /history.htm (1530 words)

	Of all the sad words of tongue or pen
		On the eve of its sixtieth anniversary, guest columnist Paul Drolet revisits the epic bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn on June 18th, 1941.
		Conn was to be his 18th title defense, and the seventh in seven months.
		Conn then gave up the light-heavy crown to vie among the big boys, where the real money was.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-25-2001-3399.asp (660 words)

	Billy Conn - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Billy Conn was the world light heavyweight champion from 1939-41 and almost upset heavyweight champ Joe Louis in 1941 title bout.
		Conn finished with a career record of 63-11-1.
		Lightheavyweight champ Billy Conn,who weighed in at 169 pounds in his first fight with Joe Louis,was winning,until he got cocky and went for the kayo;Louis got him in the thirteenth.
	www.rateitall.com /i-71657-billy-conn.aspx (102 words)

	Morning Edition (NPR): Funeral Services Held for Boxer Billy Conn@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BOB EDWARDS, Host: Funeral services were held yesterday for Billy Conn, the former light heavyweight boxing champion who died Saturday.
		Conn was better known for a fight he lost rather than his many victories.
		Fifty-two years ago, Conn fought the seemingly invincible Joe Louis for the heavyweight title in a bout that became legendary.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:28004839&refid=ip_almanac_hf (174 words)

	Billy Joel Checks Out Of Connecticut Rehab Center @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
		NEW CANNAN, Conn. (Billy Joel Fans Website) - Singer Billy Joel checked out of the Silver Hill Hospital substance abuse and psychiatric center in New Canaan, Conn., on Wednesday (June 26).
		The 53-year-old singer checked in on June 14 to "deal with a specific and personal problem that had recently developed," according to his spokesperson at the time.
		Billy Joel's song "To make you feel my love ", is the greatest love song I've ever heard.
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=3161 (250 words)

	straub0
		After 12 rounds before almost 55,000 people at the Polo Grounds in New York City, Conn was ahead of perhaps the greatest of them all, Joe Louis, the fabled ''Brown Bomber,'' on points.
		For some inexplicable reason, Conn decided to go toe-to-toe with Louis in the 13th round.
		As might have been expected, Joe Louis put Billy Conn away with a right hand and the almost champ became little more than a footnote in boxing history.
	www.cincypost.com /opinion/1998/straub061998.html (782 words)

	Billy Conn
		BILLY CONN WAS MORE THAN A 1-BOUT LOSER (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
		BILLY CONN, BOXER WHO ALMOST BEAT JOE LOUIS, DIES AT AGE 75 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
		Brash Conn let title bid slip away in '41 loss to Louis.(SPORTS)(THE WAY IT WAS) (The Washington Times)
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109095.html (179 words)

	Boxing Memorabilia, Boxing Autographs, Boxing Collectibles, Boxing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Joe Louis and Billy Conn picturing them in the ring after their famous fight with Louis' arm around Conn. Only signed by Louis.
		Conn is pictured on a separate page to complete this picture.
		An 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 picture of Joe Louis slugging it out with Billy Conn. On the back is a similair signed picture of Joe Louis.
	members.aol.com /richsprt/page4.htm (1324 words)

	1940
		Jack Dempsey won the trophy in 1938 and Billy Conn last year.
		The award is named in honor of the late Edward J. Neil, Associated Press war correspondent who was killed during the war in Spain, and lead written sports for the AP it is made usually to the boxer contributing most of the sport.
		Billy Speary, Nanticoke Golden Glover, who thrice won the national amateur championship and won 19 bouts since turning pro and has yet to taste defeat was given special recognition among the featherweight challengers.
	www.speary.com /1940.htm (298 words)

	The NCAA News: News & Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It took Dagai only one touch to loft the ball into the left corner of the goal past Rifles goalkeeper Jeff Negalha.
		Owls goalkeeper Billy Gatti tallied two saves to gain the shutout.
		Corner kicks: Seattle Pacific 3, Southern Conn. St.
	www.ncaa.org /news/1998/19981221/active/3539n24.html (514 words)

	Joe Louis
		The most notable were those with Billy Conn. Conn was a large light heavyweight with outstanding boxing skills.
		In their 1941 fight (discussed in The Ring magazine shown above) Conn was winning for 13 rounds.
		He would fight Billy Conn the second time.
	www.duboislc.org /ShadesOfBlack/JoeLouis.html (1093 words)

	Conn
		1993 Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
		1965 Lucy Han, born in Hartford, Conn, WPVA volleyballer, Nationals-7th-1994
		1930 Conn Findlay, born in Stockton, California, coxswain, Oly-2 gold/bronze-56, 64, 76
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/c/conn.html (592 words)

	The Love Machine
		For bookings call Billy Conn at 970 379-0647 or Steve Skinner at 970 948-6974.
		The Love Machine features Skinner on vocals and guitar, Dead Bob Fick on lead guitar, Billy Conn on Bass and vocals, Steve Jueneman on guitars and Captain X on Drums.
		Some might recognize Conn and Jueneman from the country band "Scooze," and Captain X is an accomplished Los Angeles session player and former member of the hit band, "The Chambers Brother."
	www.flyingdogrecords.com /lovemachine/lovemachine.html (293 words)

	Boxing: Would Conn really have beaten Louis?
		Fistic lore tells us that Billy Conn's Irish Pride got in the way of a certain title winning effort against the great Joe Louis in their first encounter.
		At a time when America was on the precipice of war and Pearl Harbor was less than six months away, the first Joe Louis-Billy Conn title bout remains entrenched in the top five Heavyweight Title clashes of the 20th Century.
		There remains a minority of boxing historians who contend that, contrary to the accepted argument that Conn was nine minutes away from dethroning Louis, that Louis could have halted Conn any time he wanted to and was in no serious jeopardy of being unseated.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/12-10-2001-8100.asp (650 words)

	Newsday: Former Champion Billy Conn Dies@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Newsday: Former Champion Billy Conn Dies@ HighBeam Research
		Conn, who won the light heavyweight title from Melio Bettina in a
		spokesman for the Veterans Affairs hospital where Conn died.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:5954245&refid=ip_almanac_hf (163 words)

	CGTalk - Machineflesh 3D Challenge Entry: Billy Conn
		CGTalk - Machineflesh 3D Challenge Entry: Billy Conn
		- - Machineflesh 3D Challenge Entry: Billy Conn (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=132281)
		Billy Conn has entered the Machineflesh 3D Challenge.
	forums.cgsociety.org /printthread.php?t=132281 (134 words)

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