Word: firpo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Questioned regarding the revival of boxing in South America, and the evident adulation accorded Firpo after his meteor-like rise in American boxing circles, Mr. Hopkins declared that much of Firpo's popularity has vanished after his humiliating defeat by the American champion...
...Firpo vs. Reich. In Buenos Ayres, Luis Firpo knocked out New York Al Reich by a blow to the jaw, in the first round. Twenty-five thousand South Americans cheered their champion's "absolutely last appearance in the ring...
...sporting fraternity was given to understand that Wills would box Firpo (Pampas Bull) in Jersey City on June 28 or July 5. If Firpo holds to his announced intention of retiring, Rickard is likely to select either Romero-Rojas the Chilean, or Spalla the Italian, or both, to take the Negro's blows. Unless the Negro is knocked out, Rickard will let him have at Dempsey in September...
Luis Angel Firpo, heavyweight boxing champ of South America, and Erminio Spalla, heavyweight champ of Europe, decided to have a fight at the Football Stadium in Buenos Aires. Benito Mussolini cabled Spalla: "Keep the Italian colors aloft." Thirty thousand Argentinians went out to see the fight. The fighters hit each other for 13 and a fraction rounds, until finally only Firpo hit Spalla, and Spalla sank by the ropes, and they counted...
Arguing for a development of boxing as an intercollegiate sport four years ago, Dr. Paul Withington declared: "It is as clean as any other sport we have, and if conducted properly, should develop the same good sportsmanship as football or track." And probably even the giant Firpo will now admit that its essence is skill and not brute strength. If comparison is made with other sports, boxing is certainly to be preferred to wrestling and is less dangerous than football. But its organization on an intercollegiate basis offers inherent difficulties as exemplified by the recent ruling of Yale authorities that...