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Floyd Patterson

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Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1956 to 1962. [1]

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time.

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Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing (also called Olympic Boxing) is a variant of boxing practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations.

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Archie Moore

Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1916 – December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (December 1952 – May 1962).

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Brian London

Brian Sidney Harper (born 19 June 1934), known professionally as Brian London, is an English retired heavyweight boxer.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chicago Stadium

Chicago Stadium was an indoor arena located in Chicago, Illinois that opened in 1929 and closed in 1994.

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Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)

Civic Arena (formerly the Civic Auditorium and later Mellon Arena) was an arena located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Cleveland Arena

Cleveland Arena was an arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Comiskey Park

Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square community on the near-southwest side of the city.

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Cus D'Amato

Constantine "Cus" D'Amato (January 17, 1908 – November 4, 1985) was an American boxing manager and trainer who handled the careers of Mike Tyson, Floyd Patterson, and José Torres; all went on to become members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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Donovan Ruddock

Donovan "Razor" Ruddock (born December 21, 1963) is a Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 2001, and in 2015.

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Eastern Parkway Arena

Eastern Parkway Arena was a sports venue located in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

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Eddie Machen

Edward Mills "Eddie" Machen (June 15, 1932 – August 8, 1972) was born in Redding, California, on June 15, 1932.

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Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie is a city in and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Ezzard Charles

Ezzard Mack Charles (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975) was an American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion.

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Fight of the Year

Fight of the Year is an award given to the boxing match considered to be the best fight that year.

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Fort Erie, Ontario

Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.

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George Chuvalo

George Louis Chuvalo, CM (born September 12, 1937) is a retired Canadian professional boxer who was a five-time Canadian heavyweight champion, and two-time world heavyweight title challenger.

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Grand Olympic Auditorium

The Grand Olympic Auditorium is the name of a former sports venue in southern Downtown Los Angeles, California.

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Greg Page (boxer)

Greg Page (October 25, 1958 – April 27, 2009) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2001, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1984 to 1985.

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Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

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Henry Cooper

Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was an English heavyweight boxer.

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Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn) is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built in 1962 and designed by Puerto Rican architect Pedro Miranda.

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Indiana Farmers Coliseum

The Indiana Farmers Coliseum (originally Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum and formerly Pepsi Coliseum and Fairgrounds Coliseum) is an indoor multi-use arena, located on the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Ingemar Johansson

Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson (22 September 1932 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963.

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International Boxing Club of New York

The International Boxing Club of New York was a corporation formed by James D. Norris and Arthur M. Wirtz in 1949 to promote boxing bouts at Madison Square Garden, Polo Grounds, Yankee Stadium, St. Nicholas Arena, Chicago Stadium and Detroit Olympia.

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International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame, located in Canastota, New York, United States, honors boxers, trainers and other contributors to the sport worldwide.

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James J. Braddock

James Walter Braddock (June 8, 1905 – November 29, 1974) was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937.

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Jerry Quarry

Jerry Quarry (May 15, 1945 – January 3, 1999), nicknamed "Irish" or "The Bellflower Bomber", was an American heavyweight boxer.

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Jersey Joe Walcott

Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994), best known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1930 to 1953.

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Jimmy Ellis (boxer)

James Albert Ellis (February 24, 1940 – May 6, 2014) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1961 to 1975.

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Jimmy Jacobs (handballer)

James Leslie Jacobs (February 18, 1930 – March 23, 1988) was an American handball player, boxing manager, Academy Award nominee and comic book and fight film collector.

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Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981), best known as Joe Louis and nicknamed the "Brown Bomber", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.

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Joey Maxim

Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli (March 28, 1922 – June 2, 2001) was an American professional boxer.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

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Kaiser Convention Center

Kaiser Convention Center is a historic, publicly owned multi-purpose arena located in Oakland, California.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Knockout

A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo, and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games.

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Las Vegas Convention Center

The Las Vegas Convention Center (commonly referred to as LVCC) is a government building in Winchester, Nevada.

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Lennox Lewis

Lennox Claudius Lewis,, (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003.

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Light heavyweight

Light heavyweight, or junior cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports.

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List of heavyweight boxing champions

This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions since the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules in about 1884.

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List of lineal boxing world champions

This is a list of lineal boxing world champions.

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List of United States national amateur boxing middleweight champions

Below is a list of National Amateur Boxing Middleweight Champions, also known as United States Amateur Champions, along with the state or region which they represented.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is an American outdoor sports stadium located in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often called "MSG" or simply "The Garden", is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Maple Leaf Gardens

Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas)

Memorial Hall is a multi-purpose auditorium located in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Miami Beach Convention Center

The Miami Beach Convention Center (originally the Miami Beach Exhibition Hall) is a convention center located in Miami Beach, Florida.

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Miami Beach, Florida

Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.

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Middleweight

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005.

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Moncton

Moncton is the largest city in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans by a group, including, W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey.

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New Britain, Connecticut

New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

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New Paltz (village), New York

New Paltz is in Ulster County located in the U.S. state of New York.

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New Paltz, New York

New Paltz is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New York City.

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New York Golden Gloves

The New York Golden Gloves boxing tournament was considered by many boxing aficionados as one of the most elite Golden Gloves titles, along with the Chicago Golden Gloves.

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New York State Athletic Commission

The New York State Athletic Commission or NYSAC, also known as the New York Athletic Commission, is a division of the New York State Department of State which regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of New York, including licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, professional wrestlers, seconds, ring officials, managers, and matchmakers.

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Newcastle, New Brunswick

Newcastle is an urban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.

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North American Boxing Federation

The North American Boxing Federation (NABF) is a not-for-profit regional sanctioning body that awards regional boxing titles.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Orthodox stance

In combat sports such as boxing, an orthodox stance is one in which the boxer places his left foot farther in front of the right foot, thus having his weaker side closer to the opponent.

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Oscar Bonavena

Oscar Natalio "Ringo" Bonavena (September 25, 1942 – May 22, 1976) was an Argentine heavyweight professional boxer with a career record of 58 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw.

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Peace Bridge Arena

Peace Bridge Arena was the main sports arena located in Fort Erie, Ontario.

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Peek-a-boo (boxing style)

Peek-a-boo is a boxing style where the hands are placed in front of the boxer's face, like in the baby's game of the same name.

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Pete Rademacher

Thomas Peter "Pete" Rademacher (born November 20, 1928) is a retired American heavyweight boxer.

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Phil Jackson (boxer)

Phil Jackson (born May 11, 1964) is a retired professional heavyweight boxer, best known for challenging Lennox Lewis for the WBC Heavyweight Title in 1994.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia Arena

The Philadelphia Arena was an auditorium used mainly for sporting events located at 46th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County.

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Polo Grounds

The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 until 1963.

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Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center

The Portland Expo Center is a convention center located in the Kenton neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Professional boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is a regulated, sanctioned boxing.

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Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the development of cancer in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system.

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Råsunda Stadium

Råsunda Stadium (also known as Råsunda Fotbollsstadion, Råsundastadion or just Råsunda) was the Swedish national football stadium.

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Rocky Marciano

Rocco Francis Marchegiano (September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969), best known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955.

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Roy Harris (boxer)

Roy Harris (born 29 June 1933) is a retired American heavyweight boxer, whose nickname derived from his place of birth, Cut and Shoot, Texas.

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Ruby Goldstein

Reuven "Ruby" Goldstein (October 7, 1907 – April 23, 1984), the "Jewel Of The Ghetto," was an American boxer and prize fight referee.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan (Saint John) is the capital and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.

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Sick's Stadium

Sick's Stadium, also known as Sick's Seattle Stadium and later as Sicks' Stadium, was a baseball stadium in the northwest United States in Seattle, Washington.

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Singer Bowl

The Singer Bowl was the former name for a stadium in the northeastern United States, located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Sonny Liston

Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (unknown – December 30, 1970) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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St. Nicholas Rink

The St.

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Stig Sjölin

Stig Karl Olof Sjölin (21 December 1928 – 9 January 1995) was a Swedish middleweight boxer.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Sugar Ray Robinson Award

The "Sugar Ray Robinson Award" (previously known as the Edward J. Neil Trophy) is given to the Boxing Writers Association of America's Fighter of the Year.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Ring (magazine)

The Ring (often called The Ring magazine) is an American boxing magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing and wrestling magazine.

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The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year

The Ring magazine was established in 1922 and has named a Fighter of the Year since 1928, which this list covers.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Tom McNeeley

Thomas William McNeeley Jr.

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Tommy Jackson (boxer)

Height 6' 3½ Trainer Whitey Bimstein --> Thomas "Tommy" Jackson (August 9, 1931 – February 14, 1982), often known as "Hurricane" Jackson was an American professional boxer who competed from 1951 to 1961.

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Toronto

Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.

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Tracy Harris Patterson

Tracy Harris Patterson, (born on December 26, 1964 in Grady, Alabama), is a former boxer who became a two weight world champion.

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Turner's Arena

Turner's Arena was the name given to a 2,000 seat arena, located near the northeast corner of 14th and W Streets, NW in Washington, DC, and originally owned by local wrestling promoter Joe Turner.

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Ulster County, New York

Ulster County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York.

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Undisputed champion

In professional boxing, the undisputed champion of a weight class is usually a boxer who is recognized as the world champion at that class by each boxing organization, However, there are no officially declared necessary conditions needed to become an undisputed champion, as the major boxing organizations refer to all boxers holding at least two world titles in their respective division as unified champions.

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V (2009 TV series)

V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009, to March 15, 2011.

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Vasile Tiță

Vasile Tiţă (21 February 1928 – 24 June 2013) was a Romanian amateur middleweight boxer.

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Waco, North Carolina

Waco is a town in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Wembley Arena

Wembley Arena (originally the Empire Pool and, since 1 July 2014, currently known as The SSE Arena, Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena in Wembley, London.

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Winchester, Nevada

Winchester is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) and part of Las Vegas Township in Clark County, Nevada, United States that contains part of the Las Vegas Strip.

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Winterland Ballroom

Winterland Ballroom (often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland) was an ice skating rink and music venue in San Francisco, California.

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World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association (WBA) is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the IBF, WBC, and WBO.

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Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)

Wrigley Field was a ballpark on the West Coast of the United States, located in Los Angeles, California.

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Yankee Stadium (1923)

Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, a borough of New York City.

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Yvon Durelle

Yvon Durelle (October 14, 1929 – January 6, 2007), was an Acadian Canadian champion boxer.

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1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952; Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Patterson

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