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...something to do with bootlegging. "Bill" Brennan, aged 31, became famed when he stood up to Jack Dempsey at Madison Square Garden for 12 rounds in 1920, a feat which he repeated against Luis Angel Firgo at the same place last year. He was, however, never considered a front-ranker in the fistic world and retired after his disastrous fight last Fall with "Billy" Miske (now dead), when he was knocked out in the fourth round...