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| | Nevada Historical Society - Labor Day Blowout: Baer vs. Murphy |
 | | Somehow, unfortunately, the mill between former world heavyweight champion Max Baer and "Big Ed" Murphy at Silver Peak on Labor Day, September 4, 1939, has been forgotten. |
 | | Baer had fought in Nevada previously, losing a twenty-rounder to Paolino Uzcudun in Reno on July 4, 1931, and winning over Kingfish Levinsky just a year later. |
 | | One June 14, 1934, he defeated Primo Carnera in New York City to take the championship, but his career was all downhill from there. |
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