Norman Marcus
24 articles · Boxing.com
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Jack Dempsey?s Double/Trouble in the Bronx
If you take a good look at a picture of the two ex-champs standing together, you really could be seeing double! It was Thursday, June 8th, 1933 and former heavyweight champion Jack…
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Noah Klieger: ?Boxing His Way Through Auschwitz?
It all started when he was arrested by the German Gestapo at a train station, on the Belgian-French border in late 1942. His crime was simple. He was a Jew? Many men…
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Is There a Fight Doctor in the House?
Chris and Angelo Dundee approached Ferdie with an offer. He would get free passes to all their bouts, if he would ?help stitch up their fighters?? Fernando Pacheco is of Spanish-Cuban decent.…
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What Ever Happened To Mills Lane?
He wound up the All-Far East welterweight champion. Later, while in college he became a NCAA boxing champion. He then turned pro? Judge Mills Lane really became famous in the fight world…
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Jack Sharkey aka the Fighting Fool
What makes one champ a legend (Dempsey) and the other (Sharkey) just a second tier champion in the record books? Jack Sharkey wanted to be known as the Boston Gob. But the…
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Schmeling vs. Louis 1936
?Joe Louis is the hardest puncher I?ve ever seen. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they are doing?? Max Schmeling, aka the Black Uhlan of the Rhine, bounded…
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Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali: From Anger to Peace
Ali was laid to rest in his native Louisville, Kentucky. His pallbearers included Mike Tyson, Lennox Louis, George Foreman and Larry Holmes? The young boxer was full of anger at times. A…
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Philadelphia?s Own Jimmy Binns
?I met Stallone when I was boxing commissioner. I met him at Bookbinder?s. He was making a new movie and asked me to be in it?? ?Jimmy?s a character straight out of…
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Max and Buddy Baer Go to War
Max would often whack a man on the butt if he wasn?t paying attention. In those days a welt from Max or Buddy was a badge of honor? It was December 15,…
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Floyd Patterson vs. Pete Rademacher
?The thousands rose with a mighty roar and got their money?s worth then and there. The rest was almost an anticlimax?? It was the only time in modern boxing history that an…
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Max Baer?s Last Big Win
The 1930s had been over for awhile now. It was time for Max to go home to Sacramento, California? On July 2, 1940, Max Baer faced Tony Galento in Jersey City, NJ.…
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The Long Count: Tyson vs. Douglas 1990
Teddy Atlas later said that Aaron Snowell and Jay Bright, working Tyson?s corner in Tokyo, ?couldn?t train a fish to swim?? When most fight fans hear the term ?the long count,? they…
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The End of an Era: Joe Louis vs. Rocky Marciano
To build the gate for another Charles fight, he first had to beat the top contender, Rocky Marciano. Joe had to show he still had something left? A huge amount of hype…
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Max Baer?s First Fight
Max?s new friend had spread the word all over town about the young giant, who had laid him out in the parking lot that night? Galt, California 1925 You would never know…
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Wyatt Earp: O.K. Corral to Square Ring
Wyatt Earp kept control of the situation, even though he had been forced to take off his Colt .45 when he stepped into the ring? What was Wyatt Earp, the most famous…
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The Golden Horde?Descendants of Genghis Khan
Gone are the shaggy little horses, fur hats and curved swords of the past. But no light beer or white wine for this bunch! What exactly was the Golden Horde? How is…
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Max Schmeling After the War
Max asked Hitler if he could find a hotel room for his Jewish manager. The Fuhrer?s eyes just glazed over and he turned to look out of the window? The old heavyweight…
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Tony Galento: The Beer Barrel that Walked Like a Man
He drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney. Tony worked out at night after he closed up his bar. Why at night? ?Cuz I fight at night!? What made this…
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The Pittsburgh Kid: ?You could have been another Billy Conn??
?You need to fight Louis every minute of every round, you need someone who can take his punches and give him some back?? Actor Rod Steiger spoke that line in the 1954…
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The Philly Phantom: Bernard Hopkins
?When people see the watch on my wrist, nobody would think it wasn?t real. Besides, that way I can keep that fifty grand in the bank?? It?s still dark out in Philly…