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...Pepper" Martin. Having thus taken a gallant flyweight, Death laid a bleak forefinger on the throat of Vincent ("Pepper") Martin, stopped his breath. Martin-a boring, windmill, hell-for-leather youth-first came to fame as a bantamweight, put on weight, entered the junior lightweight division. A fortnight ago he was beaten by Alike Ballerino, Junior Lightweight Champion. During the bout he whispered to his handlers that he had a pain in his chest. He was defeated, went to a hospital with pneumonia, was defeated again...
Died. Francisco Gellido (Pancho Villa), 24, flyweight boxing champion of the world; in San Francisco, following an operation on his throat...
Born. To Pancho Villa, champion flyweight boxer (108 lb.), a son (10 lb.); in Manila...
...ringdom was baffled and confused last week when Johnny Dundee, world's champion featherweight, voluntarily surrendered his title to the N. Y. State Athletic Commission, high parliament of fistiania. There have been only two precedents for Dundee's action: Jack McAuliffe, lightweight, retired in 1893; Jimmy Barry, flyweight...
...Flyweight 108-112 Pancho Villa Bantamweight 116-118 Abe Goldstein Featherweight 122-126 Lightweight 133-135 Benny Leonard Welterweight 142-147 Mickey Walker Middleweight 158-160 Harry Greb Lightheavyweight 175 Mike McTigue (Cruiser) Heavyweight unlimited Jack Dempsey