FOUGHT ABOVE WEIGHT
BOXER WHO CARRIED FISHING SINKERS lUPA.-ISV blerli'ic le.leni» u»* tout mgtit NEW YORK 20th December. The New York Boxing Commission has suspended Tommy Loughran, in: real life Kid Galahad, and a protege, of Matt Raymond, for 60 days, because Raymond fought at Madison Square with lead fishing sinkers in his pants. Raymond, though actually weighing only 11.10. and scarcely a middleweight, beat Henry Cooper (13.13). The purse is forfeited. Raymond has beaten 30 heavyweights. including Nick Fiorentino, 14.11.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 22 December 1938, Page 9
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81FOUGHT ABOVE WEIGHT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 22 December 1938, Page 9
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