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Word: carrora (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hoots | 12/24/1923 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dundee vs. Criqui | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

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