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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Rough-&-tumble, 20-year-old Willie Pep (real name Papaleo) of Hartford, Conn.: the world's featherweight boxing championship; dethroning cagey, aging Chalky Wright of Los Angeles after a 15-rounder that drew a crowd of 19,000 (and a $71,000 gate); at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Pep, who has won 54 fights in a row, is the third featherweight champion to come from Hartford. His predecessors: "Kid" Kaplan and "Bat" Battalino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Nov. 30, 1942 | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

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