Word: firpo
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Omaha, Homer Smith (Kalamazoo heavyweight) took 16 knockdowns from Luis Angel Firpo in ten rounds. He managed to keep afloat despite the heavy pounding. It was the first fight since Firpo invaded America that he has failed to win by knockout...
...Firpo, Argentine ape and heavyweight boxer, has the hardest punching knuckles in the business. The inside of his hand, too, is unique. The palm itches more severely than any other fighter's. At present Firpo is making dollars knocking down " set-ups." Last week he disposed of Joe Burke, of Detroit, in two rounds at Grand Rapids. He fights Charlie Weinert in Philadelphia, Aug. 13. Meanwhile he is on an exhibition tour...
...money rolls in Sept. 14. Firpo has agreed, after prolonged haggling, to fight Jack Dempsey at the Polo Grounds, New York. Firpo will receive 12½% of the receipts with a $100,000 minimum guaranteed. By the time he returns to the Argentine he will be a millionaire -in pesos...
...Firpo pronounces his name "Fear-po" and not " Fur-po "?as it comes most naturally to the North American tongue...
...hundred thousand people awaiting the arrival of the principals in the Firpo-Willard boxing match were entertained by an aeronaut who released large masses of advertising bills so that they were carried by the wind into the arena. As the current overhead was strong and steady, he found that best results could be obtained by zooming close to the east side of the stands. Those near him booed; those on the west side of the arena applauded his marksmanship and scrambled for the advertisements...