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1039:21 Nov 1947
995:25 Nov 1947
945:30 Dec 1947
857:13 Jan 1948
813:29 Jan 1948
769:19 Apr 1948
725:16 Apr 1948
681:10 May 1948
637:13 Jul 1948
628:Henry Jones
554:Round, time
503:By decision
492:By knockout
465:
456:
454:
447:
439:
427:
413:
411:
379:
377:
360:Hans Schmidt
357:
354:Later career
344:
336:Frank Sexton
333:
316:
305:, he became
283:
276:
275:
264:Heavyweight
207:Medal record
168:Total fights
161:
120:
84:(1966-03-17)
1639:1966 deaths
1634:1925 births
1451:Herb Jones
1268:Gibbs Pike
901:6 Jan 1948
848:Al Timmons
593:9 Aug 1948
133:Heavyweight
95:Nationality
1628:Categories
1584:January 1,
1502:References
716:Al Hunter
184:Wins by KO
121:Statistics
59:1925-08-25
1315:Al Small
560:Location
548:Opponent
487:4 losses
422:(2 times)
309:in 1950.
299:Kahnawake
281:ring name
128:Weight(s)
109:Don Eagle
67:Kahnawake
18:Don Eagle
1490:See also
484:16 wins
466:(1 time)
414:(Boston)
286:, was a
151:Orthodox
98:American
73:, Canada
1274:5 (6),
989:2 (4),
545:Record
542:Result
1480:, U.S.
1459:2 (4)
1427:, U.S.
1409:1 (4)
1365:2 (4)
1227:2 (4)
1180:2 (4)
1103:, U.S.
1082:2 (4)
959:, U.S.
766:2 (6)
722:3 (6)
678:2 (6)
590:4 (8)
563:Notes
525:Draws
457:(Ohio)
396:Boxing
303:Quebec
288:Mohawk
235:
219:Men's
192:Losses
147:Stance
139:Height
71:Quebec
1255:Loss
1017:Loss
926:10–2
882:11–2
838:12–2
794:12–3
791:Loss
750:13–3
706:14–3
662:15–3
618:16–3
574:16–4
571:Loss
557:Date
551:Type
374:Death
291:boxer
1586:2024
1560:2011
1531:2011
1441:1–0
1438:Win
1393:2–0
1390:Win
1349:3–0
1346:Win
1318:PTS
1305:4–0
1302:Win
1276:0:54
1271:TKO
1258:4–1
1211:5–1
1208:Win
1164:6–1
1161:Win
1130:PTS
1117:7–1
1114:Win
1064:8–1
1061:Win
1020:8–2
991:1:18
973:9–2
970:Win
939:PTS
923:Win
895:PTS
879:Win
851:PTS
835:Win
807:PTS
763:TKO
747:Win
719:TKO
703:Win
659:Win
631:PTS
615:Win
378:The
293:and
176:Wins
79:Died
49:Born
1406:KO
1362:KO
1224:KO
1177:KO
1078:TKO
1033:DQ
1014:10
986:KO
967:11
920:12
876:13
832:14
788:15
744:16
700:17
675:KO
656:18
612:19
587:KO
568:20
538:No.
495:10
1630::
1576:.
1539:^
1521:.
1510:^
1476:,
1455:KO
1435:1
1387:2
1343:3
1321:4
1299:4
1252:5
1205:6
1158:7
1133:4
1111:8
1099:,
1058:9
1036:1
942:6
898:4
854:6
810:6
634:6
528:0
520:1
517:0
509:2
506:6
498:1
342:.
301:,
187:10
179:16
171:20
69:,
1588:.
1562:.
1533:.
195:4
61:)
57:(
20:)
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