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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...partner to get back,” he says. “His nose got bloodied up a little bit.” This is an understatement; the mouthguard and “brain bucket”—slang for helmet—can only protect a boxer so much. As blood streams from his partner’s nose, Yaffi tells him, “If you’re real worried about it, you can?...

Author: By Véronique E. Hyland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

...irreverent Plimpton was best known as the author of more than two dozen books about his eclectic stints as a boxer, hockey goalie, orchestral percussionist, trapeze artist and pyrotechnic...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Legendary Humorist, Poonster Dies at 76 | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

Rawson was born into a family of boxers in East Boston, Mass., his father a former boxer and boxing instructor in the area...

Author: By Mary M. Mooney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Longtime Mentor, Boxing Coach Dies | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

...stand-out boxer in his amateur career, Rawson was the national amateur junior lightweight champion in 1929 in the 135-pound class...

Author: By Mary M. Mooney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Longtime Mentor, Boxing Coach Dies | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

During his 11 years as a professional boxer, Rawson garnered an impressive 74-5 record before his retirement in 1941. In 1936, he won New England’s professional lightweight championship...

Author: By Mary M. Mooney, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Longtime Mentor, Boxing Coach Dies | 9/22/2003 | See Source »

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