BRITISH BOXER WINS WORLD MIDDLE-WEIGHT TlTLE,—Randolph Turpin ducks to avoid a left Dom Ray Robinson in the recent bout for the world middle-weight title at Earls Court, London. Turpin, who is 23, is the first British boxer to hold this title since Bob Fitzsimmons won it at the end of last century. Turpin and Robinson will fight another championship bout in New York on September 12.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26477, 19 July 1951, Page 7
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66BRITISH BOXER WINS WORLD MIDDLE-WEIGHT TlTLE,—Randolph Turpin ducks to avoid a left Dom Ray Robinson in the recent bout for the world middle-weight title at Earls Court, London. Turpin, who is 23, is the first British boxer to hold this title since Bob Fitzsimmons won it at the end of last century. Turpin and Robinson will fight another championship bout in New York on September 12. Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26477, 19 July 1951, Page 7
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