Word: third-and
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...older, he graduated from a first-rate light heavyweight into a second-rate heavyweight. A few surprising victories over highly touted prospects like "Tuffy"' Griffiths and John Henry Lewis did him more harm than good by making managers of other fighters wary of him, limiting his adversaries to third-and fourth-raters. Several minor victories in a row brought Braddock's name up for discussion this winter in the heavyweight elimination tournament currently being conducted by Madison Square Garden Corp. He received the unexpected honor of being judged worthy of testing the qualifications of a promising young Jewish...