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The vertical heavyweights

THE BRONX, New York City, July 2, 1935. The spectacular Yankee Stadium, home to the New York Yankees, was playing host to 48,000 fight fans there to witness a special amateur show refereed by ex-world heavyweight king Gene Tunney.

New York’s Golden Gloves champions were about to test their mettle against a

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