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Word: cuckoschay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...prize-fighting's many trite adages says that a good big man can beat a good little one. The fight between Jack Sharkey (Josef Paul Cuckoschay) and Michael Patrick ("Mickey") Walker in Boston last week seemed designed to be one more illustration of this adage. Sharkey, a 198-lb. heavyweight, was still considered a good fighter despite sloppy performances against Risko, Christner, Stribling, Scott and World's Heavyweight Champion Max Schmeling. The New York State Boxing Commission considered him good enough to call heavyweight champion of the U. S. Mickey Walker was welterweight, then middleweight champion before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big v. Little | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

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