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	Boxing - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boxing, however, probably grew most specifically out of the demonstrations held at the Fives Court and the Tennis Court in London in the early 19th century.
		In amateur boxing (the version of the sport found at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games) the primary emphasis is on landing scoring punches rather than concern with doing actual physical damage to one's opponent (though it still occurs).
		In the late 19th and early 20th century, amateur boxing was encouraged in schools, universities and in the armed forces, but the champions, in the main, came from among the urban poor.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /boxing.htm (3928 words)

	Boxing
		Boxing in the 1920s Professional boxing in the 1920s was basically a sport that was practiced only in the women.
		Boxing in the 1950s During the 1940s conflict returned to their homes and many of them were back in the ring.
		Boxing the compass Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two principal points of the compass in clockwis...
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/boxing.html (703 words)

	Boxing in the 1940s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boxing in the 1940s in many ways reflected worldwide situations that affected other endeavors as well.
		Television was in its infancy in the 1940s, but nonetheless, viewers were treated to many 10-round, non title fights, and many crown challengers became household names under the absence of so many world champions.
		March 1- Henry Armstrong, attempting to become the first world champion in four different divisions in boxing history, is held to a ten round draw (tie) by world Middleweight champion Ceferino Garcia, who retained the title, at Los Angeles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxing_in_the_1940s (2274 words)

	boxing in TutorGig Encyclopedia
		Boxing training is a training method that has been often called by medical doctors, boxing trainers and writers alike, one of the most spartan forms of sports training.
		Boxing in the 1930s was affected by one of the biggest economic struggles in the history of the United..., during 1930 to 1937 in particular, could be compared to the Heavyweight division of the Boxing in the 1980s 1980s.
		Shooto boxing & 12471 & 12517 & 12540 & 12488 & 12508 & 12463 & 12471 & 12531 & 12464 is a new martial....
	www.tutorgig.com /es/boxing (962 words)

	New Georgia Encyclopedia: Beau Jack (Sidney Walker, 1921-2000)
		Sidney "Beau Jack" Walker was one of the greatest lightweight boxers of the 1940s and 1950s.
		Noted for his swarming style and high punch volume, the 5-foot-6-inch, 133-pound Jack boxed a record twenty-one main events at Madison Square Garden in New York and twice held the New York Boxing Commission world lightweight title.
		He was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1979, and he is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
	www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?path=/SportsRecreation/IndividualandTeamSports/BoxingWrestling&id=h-834 (587 words)

	Boxing In 1940s - Big Boxing Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boxing in the 1940s Boxing in the 1940s in many ways reflected worldwide situations that affected other endeavors as well.
		In boxing, changes connected to these developments could be seen too, as boxers who fought at the 1940s conflict returned to their homes and many of them were...
		Boxing Helena Boxing in the 1920s Boxing in the 1930s Boxing in the 1940s Boxing in the 1960s Boxing in the 1970s Boxing in the 1980s Boxing Legends boxing...
	www.bigboxingguide.com /boxing-in-1940s.html (714 words)

	UglyTown - Books - The Distance by Eddie Muller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A well-known and respected boxing reporter in 1940s San Francisco inexplicably risks everything to protect an up-and-coming prizefighter from a murder investigation.
		Boxing throughout the city, he's an insider's insider who plucks and polishes his pearl-like stories from the nonstop hustle of the city's nightclubs, gambling dens, and ringside seats.
		The Distance is a strong, complex, intriguing performance, mining the heyday of boxing when fights were still a feature of urban nightlife.
	www.uglytown.com /thedistance (396 words)

	BBC SPORT \| BOXING \| Lewis: Good but not great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		But his victory over the fearsome George Foreman in 1974 was truly astounding, bringing out of him reserves of guile and guts that Lewis has yet to find.
		Boxing historians rate highly intimidators like Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey and Sonny Liston.
		Links to more Boxing stories are at the foot of the page.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/1662849.stm (549 words)

	Memories of a Golden Era in Boxing Up Close and Personal with Former 1940s Lightweight Contender Billy Banks by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Banks, who campaigned in the late 1930s and 1940s, was a truly classy gentleman who is a pillar of strength and success in his community.
		I think the entire sport of boxing has moved forward on all levels to include safety, better training for referees and the money of course is much better for the fighters as it should be.
		Boxing is a full-time job for any fighter who is trying to become a world champion, and then wanting to stay one once they win the title.
	www.ringsidereport.com /bbb9102004_2.htm (3129 words)

	MSG: Boxing
		John L. Sullivan became the first heavyweight champion to box in the original Madison Square Garden when he defended his title against Joe Collins in 1882.
		In the 1940s, Henry Armstrong and Joe Louis were Garden fixtures.
		Be there for the next great boxing moment.
	www.thegarden.com /sports_boxing.jsp (205 words)

	Boxing in the 1940s - TheBestLinks.com - Adolf Hitler, August 27, August 7, Army, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boxing in the 1940s - TheBestLinks.com - Adolf Hitler, August 27, August 7, Army,...
		Boxing in the 1940s, Adolf Hitler, August 27, August 7, Army, April 18, August...
		October 20- Rinty Monaghan regains the world Flyweight title (National Boxing Association version) with a fifteen round decision over Dado Marino, in London, England.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Boxing_in_the_1940s.html (2305 words)

	Remembering Newarkers from Golden Age of the American-Jewish Boxer
		Rappaport, who boxed from 1923 to 1927, had a career of 15 fights, ten of which were fought in Newark arenas.
		In the mid to late 1940s he was boxing coach at the Newark Athletic Club.
		After he fought his first pro fight as "Kid Meyer" he quit boxing at the urging of his widowed mother who, then with five children, depended on her only son for his earnings.
	www.virtualnewarknj.com /memories/sports/bodianajboxing.htm (1152 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1949 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar.
		The Douglas DC-3 is a fixed-wing, propeller-driven aircraft which revolutionised air transport in the 1930s and 1940s, and is generally regarded as one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made (also see Boeing 707 and Boeing 747).
		Marcel Cerdan (July 22, 1916 - October 27, 1949) was a French world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be Frances and Europes greatest boxer, and by many more fans to be one of the best to come out of that continent.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1949 (9697 words)

	Big crowds were common during golden years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This story is the second of a two-part series on the history of athletics at Chico State University.
		The "Bash" began in the 1940s under boxing coach Willie Simmons and drew huge crowds.
		Boxing was a sport that had little trouble drawing fans.
	orion.csuchico.edu /Pages/vol39issue08/s.historical.html (889 words)

	The Baltimore View \| Guest Columnist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Unlike team sports boxing is fought by a lone competitor, and therefore highlights the individualism at the heart of the American character.
		Furthermore, boxing eschews the complex rules and strategies that disguise and distance the combat motif at the core of all sports.
		Boxing offers a stripped down presentation of pure combat, a concentrated dose of the struggle we Americans face every day competing within a winner-take-all economy.
	www.baltimoreview.com /joe11.htm (983 words)

	HBO.com: Boxing: Columns: Ron Borges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Good question because few people outside of boxing's inner circle knew much about the hard-punching wildman from Nicaragua until last Saturday night, when he knocked out the shoo-in for 2002 Fighter of the Year in the third of what was supposed to be Forrest's debut as an HBO house fighter.
		Forrest ignored both bits of advice and paid the ultimate price for it, being knocked down by a glancing blow when he was off balance in the first round before being driven to the floor by two right hands to the temple and a closing left as he fell into the ropes in the third.
		With a cigarette in one hand, a slice of pizza in the other and a knockout on his mind with every punch he was the embodiment of a showman in a vicious business where miscalculation can lead to only one thing - title belts.
	www.hbo.com /boxing/columns/borges/20030131.shtml (1631 words)

	Boxing Quotes
		Henry Cooper was once confronted by a boxing abolitionist, Baroness Edith Summerskill, about the brutalities of his sport.
		The following conversation was heard during an amateur boxing match in the 1940s between a boxer who wanted to give up and his trainer trying to dissuade him from doing so.
		At the start of the seventh round he extended his glove to Thompson (this was the usual ritual done in the final round of a boxing match) who was quite puzzled.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/books/845/boxer.htm (569 words)

	Definition of 1940s
		7: [[Television]] was in its infancy in the 1940s, but nonetheless, viewers were treated to many 1...
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		23: [[Close harmony]] duets had grown popular in the 1940s, and were made mainstream in the mid-1950s by the...
	www.wordiq.com /search/1940s.html (379 words)

	1940s
		"Keynesian Economics in the 1940s." DISCovering U.S. History.
		"Education in the 1940s: Overview." DISCovering U.S. History.
		"Supreme Court in the 1940s." DISCovering U.S. History.
	cms.westport.k12.ct.us /cmslmc/Grade7/decades/1940s.htm (412 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Boxing \| He who would be king
		But in the eyes of boxing's experts and historians, this fight was the one that decided who was the man to succeed Lennox Lewis, who vacated the WBC belt earlier this year after announcing his retirement.
		American boxing magazine The Ring - which bills itself as The Bible of Boxing - believes that when a linear title is vacated it can be filled by the winner of a fight featuring the number one (Klitschko) and three (Sanders) contenders.
		After Joe Louis retired from boxing in the mid-1940s (he would come back, of course), Ezzard Charles beat a number of contenders to establish himself as the best heavyweight in the world.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/3640083.stm (568 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Boxing - Jimmy looks back on his bouts with 'Raging Bull'
		Jimmy Scott, who began boxing aged 14 in 1938 at the long vanished Portobello Kings Cross amateur boxing club, also swapped leather with British world champions like Freddie Mills and Randolph Turpin and even met Scottish flyweight legend Benny Lynch.
		Turning pro aged 16 in 1940, Scott soon boxed at Capital venues such as the Eldorado Leith - were he beat the last man to box a 20-round championship fight in Scotland, former Scottish champion Frank Markey.
		The Danderhall ring veteran also boxed at the Oddfellow’s Halls in Forrest Road where he shared a bill with Joe Gans, father and coach of future 1960s vintage world flyweight champion from Hamilton, Walter McGowan.
	sport.scotsman.com /boxing.cfm?id=38492003 (719 words)

	The Cyber Boxing Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Blinky Palermo was one of boxing's certifiable bad guys.
		Although this Philly hustler was only five feet tall, he was a giant at assault and battery, big at bootlegging, jobbing and racketeering.
		This trio arranged Jake LaMotta's dive against Billy Fox in 1946 (as Jake so eloquently put it to the Kefauver Commission investigating boxing in 1960: "Win some, throw some.") and eventually owned a piece of Sonny Liston, Carmen Basilio, Ike Williams, Kid Gavilan, Don Jordan, Tony DeMarco and Johnny Bratton.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/bio-palermo.html (169 words)

	IBHOF / Angelo Dundee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Again, Dundee was instrumental in building a boxing legend and hall-of-famer.
		Few boxing fans could ever forget his "Your're blowing it son" pep talk to Leonard just before he knocked out Thomas Hearns to unify the welterweight crown.
		The Boxing Writers Association of America named Dundee its Manager of the Year in 1968 and 1979.
	www.ibhof.com /adundee.htm (236 words)

	Obituary: Sammy Adragna, Top-ranked boxer in the 1940s
		Sammy Adragna was a prominent Pittsburgh welterweight who fought the world's finest boxers from Duquesne Gardens to Madison Square Garden, from the World War II Allied Forces boxing tournament overseas to Fritzie Zivic's gym in Millvale.
		Adragna found his 147-pound self in the finals of the Allied Forces boxing tournament opposite the heftier Marcel Cerdan, the middleweight champion from France.
		After boxing, he went to work with Union Electric Steel.
	www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/19991027adragna9.asp (508 words)

	IBHOF / Ike Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		After a dispute with his original manager in the mid-1940s, Williams was fllisted by the Boxing Managers Guild.
		He later testified in 1960 during a Senate investigation into organized crime and boxing that it was Palermo who kept the money.
		Williams also testified that he was offered bribes to throw his fight against Carter and the second fight against Gavilan.
	www.ibhof.com /ike.htm (294 words)

	Kentucky Boxing 1940s - Big Boxing Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Boehm boxed in the 1940s and trained at the Waterloo Regional Boxing Academy.
		In the 1940s Christian moved his family from Kentucky to New York, where he became...
		PO Box 323, Franklin, KY 42135, 12121181@msn.com, (270) 586-0099...
	www.bigboxingguide.com /kentucky-boxing-1940s.html (483 words)

	Al Bruce Webb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In the mid-1940s boxing was very big in our area.
		He has continued his interest in physical fitness and boxing, helping boxers work out at the Warren YMCA where he is a 40-year member.
		He was on the boxing team when he joined the Army in 1948 until the Korean War broke out.
	www.artgally.com /taa/al_bruce_webb.htm (321 words)

	GREAT DAMES / Film Noir Festival puts the focus on females
		By 16, he was hanging out in boxing gyms, observing the seedier elements firsthand.
		Muller's father was a sportswriter for the old San Francisco Examiner, then the flagship publication of the Hearst newspaper empire, and young Eddie was enthralled by the frenzy of the newspaper offices and the "brutal excitement" of the boxing rings.
		His novel "The Distance," with a protagonist based on Muller's father, who prowls the crime-tinged boxing world of 1940s San Francisco, was selected as best first novel of 2002 by the Private Eye Writers of America.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/01/11/PKGD343R4V1.DTL&type=printable (883 words)

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