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JACK DEMPSEY The Nonpareil

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By F. Daniel Somrack Jack Dempsey The Nonpareil is the life and career of the first World Middleweight Boxing Champion of the modern era. Dempsey was champion in the 1880’s during the transition period between bare-knuckle fighting under the London Prize Ring rules and the gloved era of the modern Marques of Queensberry rules. Jack […]

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PANCHO VILLA The Filipino Legend

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PANCHO VILLA: The Filipino Legend ~ First World Boxing Champion from the Philippines Born Francisco Guilledo in Iloilo City, Philippines in 1901, he rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Flyweight Champions in history. As Pancho Villa, he began his professional boxing career in Manila in 1919, winning the Flyweight Championship of

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