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...interim" world featherweight (126 Ibs.) championship was settled last week in Paris. With the champion, Pvt. Sandy Saddler, as a ringside spectator, Philadelphia Negro Percy Bassett pounded France's Ray Famechon into submission with a fourth-round technical knockout. Famechon was not the only loser. French bookies, who backed their favorite against the weight of the money bet at the fight, lost an estimated 800 million francs ($2,288,000) on the fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fallen Idol | 2/23/1953 | See Source »

European featherweight champ Ray Famechon of France, won a unanimous ten-round decision over Glen Flanagan in Madison Square Garden last night. The fight marked the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Garden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 12/16/1950 | See Source »

...FAMECHON DEFEATS DEVINO...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 12/2/1950 | See Source »

...Famechon, the fast French feather weight, dazzled Archie Devino in Madison Square Gardon lost night before he finally stopped Devino with a TKO in 2:48 of the seventh round...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 12/2/1950 | See Source »

Boxing (Fri. 10 p.m., ABC and NBC-TV). Featherweight championship fight: Willie Pep v. France's Ray Famechon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Mar. 20, 1950 | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

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