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After endless hours of preparation and training, which included daily ten mile runs and plenty of sparring, Rawson finally found his moment to shine...
...captured the New England Lightweight Amateur Championship in 1929 just two years into his competitive boxing career. Rawson then traveled to the newly built Chicago Stadium, affectionately known as the Madhouse on Madison, with his New England club to compete in the national amateur tournament...
...sure if you kids remember who he is, but [Autry] came out right before the matches and did a rodeo routine," Rawson comments. "It was a great experience...
Shortly after the tournament, Rawson decided it was time to move on to the next level and turned professional. He left behind an amateur career that still stands as one of the most impressive ever...
...fought 227 fights as an amateur and won 223 of them," Rawson says with a hint of nostalgia in his voice. "And the four decisions that I lost, I beat those fellas afterwards. So you could say that I rectified the defeats that I had. I remember the one time I beat this one fella up pretty good and when someone asked him what happened the next day, he just said, 'I fought that Rawson...