The vertical heavyweights
May 20, 2021
2 minutes
Alex Daley
@thealexdaley
Historian & author
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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