Word: ancil
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...knocked out in two rounds. After 19 easy victories, Baer fought Frankie Campbell in San Francisco, knocked him out in the fifth round. Campbell failed to recover consciousness, died the next day. Baer was suspended for a year. When he returned to the ring, he had a new manager, Ancil Hoffman, and the reputation of being the hardest hitter since Jack Dempsey. After a year in which he lost fights to Ernie Schaaf, Tommy Loughran, Johnny Risko and Paulino Uzcudun he began to justify that reputation. In a return fight with Ernie Schaaf, he gave his opponent a terrific drubbing...
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