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Quaint Habit. Spike made Navy boxing his life. He taught all his midshipmen the same jabbing, skipaway style that saved Gene Tunney after Jack Dempsey flattened him for the famed long count in 1927. And he was a bug on conditioning. All Webb teams did road work before reveille; all Webb boxers developed washboard bellies. They needed them. Coach Webb had a quaint habit of slamming his fist into any abdomen within range, by way of greeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Baltimore Brawler | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

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