WHICH JOE GANS?

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enrique
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WHICH JOE GANS?

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I HAVE SEVERAL FIGHTS IN CUBA -ALL IN THE MID-TWENTIES- WHICH FEATURE "MOCHO" JOE GANS. THE MOCHO REFERENCE IS BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR GANS WAS MISSING ONE OR MORE FINGERS. THE MULTIPLE CHOICES HERE ARE ALLENTOWN JOE GANS OR YOUNG JOE GANS, BOTH OF WHOM FOUGHT IN CUBA. I DISCARDED PANAMA JG AS A CHOICE, BECAUSE A COUPLE OF DATES OF HAVANA FIGHTS ARE WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS OF RECORDED NEW YORK FIGHTS AND AT THE TIME, COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY WITH MOST FIGHTERS TRAVELING BY SHIP OR TRAIN. SO DOES ANY ONE OUT THERE KNOWS WHICH ONE IT WAS?
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According to the record that Laurence Fielding and Luckett Davis compiled for Allentown Joe Gans, he had several undated without location bouts from 1921 to 1924. He fought as a middleweight and light heavyweight if that helps any.
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ACTUALLY, ONCE I FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE OF THE THREE WAS MISSING A DIGIT, I'M IN BUSINESS. ONE OF THE FIGHTS IS WITH JUAN CARLOS CASALA, A SPANISH BORN URUGUAY CITIZEN THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD FIGHTER.
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