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Tom Molineaux, 19th century bare-knuckle fighter and likely ex-slave born on a Virginia plantation who only fought for five yearsin England and Scotland but made an incredible impression #boxing#history
Johnny "Honey Boy" Bratton, a Chicago-based welterweight who won the welterweight title in 1951 and lost it later that year against Kid Gavilán #boxing#history
1888 cigarette card featuring 1800s middleweight George LaBlanche, Levi, Quebec native known as "Le Marin." The "LaBlanche blow" is also named after the time he knocked out Jack Dempsey "The Nonpareil" with a spinning backfist in 1889 #boxing#history