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and Bor's successful record, he was trained by two well known former contenders, Jimmy Duffy and ex-light heavy champ Tommy
Loughran. Before a substantial crowd of 4,000, Bor lost decisively, beginning in the second round when Marino began crowding him, and Bor could only land the occasional right hand to the chin which did little damage compared to the constant barrage he received from Marino. Marino was given every round but the sixth by the judges. The loss hurt Bor's chances of progressing to a title shot.
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Marines during World War II and served as a boxing coach stationed at Paris Island, the well-known Marine base in southeastern South Carolina. After the war, he returned to Massachusetts, where he first worked as a foreman at the Eastern Sportswear Manufacturing Company and then
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Bor won his first professional bout with a second-round knockout of Al Hope on
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Bedford, Massachusetts, after suffering a heart attack while on his dry cleaning route, leaving a wife, Leona, and two children. A memorial service was held at Fall River's Fisher Memorial Chapel.
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Bobby Allen fell to Bor on April 12, 1937, in a ten-round points decision in
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