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Fighting Trim. In Nottingham, England, Scottish Flyweight Champion Vic Herman found himself an ounce too heavy before he defended his title, reduced immediately by taking out his dental plate and its single tooth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 19, 1952 | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

Hirata first came to the U.S. mainland in 1929 to attend the University of Michigan, where he was flyweight and bantamweight boxing champion and 118-lb. wrestling champion. After his graduation in 1933, he went to Princeton University for his master's degree in politics, then studied law for a year at the University of Chicago. In 1935 he joined an international law office in Tokyo and a year later transferred to the Nippon Electric Co., where he worked in the law and documents department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 3, 1952 | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...World's Flyweight Champion Dado Marino, Hawaii's aging (35) "Little Brown Doll," a 15-round decision in a return title bout with Britain's Challenger Terry Allen; in Honolulu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

...states (New York excepted) by the National Boxing Association. *The champions: Heavyweight Ezzard Charles, Light-Heavyweight Maxim, Middleweight Robinson, Welterweight Bratton, Lightweight Ike Williams, Featherweight Sandy Saddler. South Africa's Vic Toweel, a white man, holds the bantamweight title, and Hawaii's Dada Marino the flyweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New Champion | 3/26/1951 | See Source »

...Boxing divisions, with top weights: heavyweight, unlimited; light-heavyweight, 175 Ibs.; middleweight, 160; welterweight, 147; lightweight, 135; featherweight, 126; bantamweight, 118; flyweight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Bull Meets the Best | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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