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Drunk? It was the heatwave, officer!

ONE THING that boxing has plenty of is characters. Promoters, trainers and managers are frequently larger than life, with the boxers often more so. One such character was Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Eddie would fight anyone, anywhere and he barnstormed his way around the world in doing so. The Australians even recognised him as world middleweight champion.

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