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The Final Bell Rang for Chicago Boxing Historian J.J. Johnston
on November 4, 2022

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By Doug Cavanaugh (With comments by Dan Cuoco, DS Cogswell, and Mike Silver) I received word that the Final Bell rang for Chicago boxing historian J.J. Johnston last month. He passed away in his beloved Chicago on November 4 at age 89. J.J. had been in deteriorating health in the past couple of years and

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RIP Luckett Davis

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Luckett Davis October 16, 1932 – December 1, 2022 Luckett Vanderford Davis, age 90, passed away December 1, 2022. He was born in Smyrna, Tennessee on October 16, 1932 to Warmuth L. and Florence Vanderford Davis. Luckett graduated from Smyrna High School in 1951, then received his B.S. from Middle Tennessee State University (1955), M.S.

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Rest in Peace Eder Jofre

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Rest in Peace Eder Jofre, Former Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion and Hall of Fame Inductee By Chris Smith Eder Jofre, former world bantamweight world champion (1960-1965) and featherweight champion (1973-1974), passed away in the early hours of Sunday, October 2, 2022 in his native Brazil. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia which Jofre

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Gaspar Ortega Passes at Age 86

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Gaspar Ortega (October 31, 1935 – December 13, 2021) By Henry Hascup Gaspar Ortega passed away In Naples, Florida, on December 13, 2021, at the age of 86. Ortega turned pro on New Year’s Day 1953 at 17, scoring a first-round knockout over Miguel Ocana in Mexico City.  Half Indian, half-Mexican, Ortega was a top-rated

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A Snapshot of Hall of Fame Boxer Tony DeMarco Who Has Passed Away at Age 89

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By Arne K. Lang (Courtesy of The Sweet Science, October 11, 2021) The Sweet Science Former world welterweight champion Tony DeMarco, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame with the class of 2019, passed away October 11, 2021, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston at age 89. A Boston native, born Leonardo Liotta to immigrants

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