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...world in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day to Mike McTigue, third-rate American fighter. In the 17th round of the scheduled 20, the Senegalese faltered about the ring, groggy before McTigue's punches, finally falling into a clinch to hug himself safe from a knockout. The American received the decision on points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: McTigue-Siki | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

...hairy, blood-stained form of Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight boxer, pounded its blundering way to a knockout over Bill Brennan in the twelfth round of a scheduled fifteen round fight at Madison Square Garden. Showing nothing but courage and a vicious right, Firpo battered through the superior defense of the veteran to win by assault rather than strategy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Firpo Bests Brennan | 3/17/1923 | See Source »

...HAVEN, CONN., March 16. The Yale boxing team defeated the Queens College boxers, five bouts to one, this afternoon, Funk and Butterworth of Yale each scoring a knockout. Holmes, the Queens captain, won his bout scoring the only points for Queens...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eli Boxers Defeat Queens | 3/17/1923 | See Source »

Madison Square Garden was jammed for the battle, which went the full fifteen rounds without the suggestion of a knockout. Tunney carried the thumping to his opponent's ribs and body until they were a mass of fevered blotches. Greb, who resides in Pittsburgh, employed his traditional plunging roughness and was warned repeatedly for butting Tunney with his head. Tunney took the decision on points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Greb vs. Tunney | 3/3/1923 | See Source »

...Freedman '23, last year's champion in the 125-pound class, did not enter the tournament. Harry Brenner '23 won the championship easily by terrific hitting to the head resulting in a technical knockout over G. G. Tunell Jr. 4E.S. after one minute of fighting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE CHAMPIONS RETAIN TITLES IN BOXING MATCHES | 3/18/1922 | See Source »

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