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| | Obituary: Thomas P. "Tommy" Yarosz / Middleweight contender from a fighting family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | With the late Teddy Yarosz set to be enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in six weeks at the Canastota, N.Y., museum, the family of the youngest brother, Tommy, was planning to take him to the festivities. |
 | | Yarosz went 25-1 as an amateur, then turned professional in the mid-1940s, beating a fellow named Joe Pohasky in two bouts, one in East Liverpool, Ohio, and another in Millvale. |
 | | Yarosz, who earlier had won 54 consecutive fights and sported a 70-3 record despite missing 21 months while serving in World War II, was credited with winning the last four rounds, but he lost the fight. |
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