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Died. Johnny Dundee, 71, onetime world featherweight boxing champion, the crowd-pleasing "Scotch Wop" (he grew up as Giuseppe Carrora in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen) who danced and jabbed his way through 321 professional bouts in 22 years, outpointing France's Eugene Criqui for the title in 1923, only to resign it one year later when he could no longer stay within the 126-lb. weight limit, finishing his career as a lightweight in 1932; of pneumonia; in East Orange...
Another old fighter, Johnny Dundee, set out to make a comeback. His real name is Joseph Carrora; he is 35; a year ago he was smashed by Tony Canzoneri. In Brooklyn last week he hooked and dodged, bounced in from the ropes, stepped away from Gaston Charles; in the last three rounds, he punched the surprised French man. The crowd cheered when Dundee was awarded the victory which would have been even more romantic had it been better deserved...
...favorite won and the crowd hooted. This was the unusual happening, last Monday, when Johnny Dundee (Guiseppe Carrora) regained his Junior Lightweight (130-pound) boxing title from Jack Bernstein in a bout at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan...
Johnny Dundee, christened Guiseppe, surnamed Carrora, nicknamed the "Scotch Wop," has been 13 years in the ring. He is normally a junior lightweight (about 129 pounds) and has fought all the con tenders for the lightweight title, including eight no-decision bouts with Benny Leonard. He is a gallery fighter specializing in the spectacular bound from the ropes which made him famous...
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