Preston Brown - Revision history

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	Brown was a good fighter of African-American descent~~. He was from Philadelphia and~~ had most of his fights in that city.~~fought mainly out of Philadelphia. According to Chuck Hasson in (IBRO #38),~~ Brown was sometimes referred to as "~~The~~ Negro Featherweight Champion of America" ~~(but this "title" had no real validity).~~		'''Preston Brown''' was considered a "good" fighter from Philadelphia. Of African-American descent, he had most of his fights in that city. Brown was sometimes referred to as the "Negro Featherweight Champion of America."

	Many of the entries in ~~this~~ record ~~appeared in a record for Brown~~ by Chuck Hasson (IBRO #38~~), which he compiled from the <i>Philadelphia Record</i>~~. To this ~~record~~, there have been ~~added~~ extensive corrections and additions by Luckett Davis ~~from~~ the <i>Philadelphia Item</i> and the <i>Philadelphia Public Ledger</i>, the latter being provided by Paul Zabala.
			<small>Many of the entries in the linked career record come from research by [[Chuck Hasson]], as contributed to [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 38]]. To this early research, there have been extensive corrections and additions by [[Luckett Davis]], who researched the <i>Philadelphia Item</i> and the <i>Philadelphia Public Ledger</i>--with the latter being provided by [[Paul Zabala]].</small>

	[[Category: African American Boxers\|Brown]]		[[Category: African American Boxers\|Brown]]

Sid schneck at 15:22, 29 August 2008

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	Brown was a good fighter of African-American ~~decent~~. He was from Philadelphia and had most of his fights in that city.fought mainly out of Philadelphia. According to Chuck Hasson in (IBRO #38), Brown was sometimes referred to as "The Negro Featherweight Champion of America" (but this "title" had no real validity).		Brown was a good fighter of African-American descent. He was from Philadelphia and had most of his fights in that city.fought mainly out of Philadelphia. According to Chuck Hasson in (IBRO #38), Brown was sometimes referred to as "The Negro Featherweight Champion of America" (but this "title" had no real validity).

	Many of the entries in this record appeared in a record for Brown by Chuck Hasson (IBRO #38), which he compiled from the <i>Philadelphia Record</i>. To this record, there have been added extensive corrections and additions by Luckett Davis from the <i>Philadelphia Item</i> and the <i>Philadelphia Public Ledger</i>, the latter being provided by Paul Zabala.		Many of the entries in this record appeared in a record for Brown by Chuck Hasson (IBRO #38), which he compiled from the <i>Philadelphia Record</i>. To this record, there have been added extensive corrections and additions by Luckett Davis from the <i>Philadelphia Item</i> and the <i>Philadelphia Public Ledger</i>, the latter being provided by Paul Zabala.

	[[Category: African American Boxers\|Brown]]		[[Category: African American Boxers\|Brown]]

Ric: African-American Category

2006-05-17T19:30:15Z

African-American Category

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	Brown was a good fighter of African-American decent. He was from Philadelphia and had most of his fights in that city.fought mainly out of Philadelphia. According to Chuck Hasson in (IBRO #38), Brown was sometimes referred to as "The Negro Featherweight Champion of America" (but this "title" had no real validity).
			Brown was a good fighter of African-American decent. He was from Philadelphia and had most of his fights in that city.fought mainly out of Philadelphia. According to Chuck Hasson in (IBRO #38), Brown was sometimes referred to as "The Negro Featherweight Champion of America" (but this "title" had no real validity).

	Many of the entries in this record appeared in a record for Brown by Chuck Hasson (IBRO #38), which he compiled from the <i>Philadelphia Record</i>. To this record, there have been added extensive corrections and additions by Luckett Davis from the <i>Philadelphia Item</i> and the <i>Philadelphia Public Ledger</i>, the latter being provided by Paul Zabala.		Many of the entries in this record appeared in a record for Brown by Chuck Hasson (IBRO #38), which he compiled from the <i>Philadelphia Record</i>. To this record, there have been added extensive corrections and additions by Luckett Davis from the <i>Philadelphia Item</i> and the <i>Philadelphia Public Ledger</i>, the latter being provided by Paul Zabala.

			[[Category: African American Boxers\|Brown]]

Luckett at 04:00, 15 March 2006

2006-03-15T04:00:51Z

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	~~A very talented~~ fighter of African-American decent--He fought mainly out of Philadelphia.		Brown was a good fighter of African-American decent. He was from Philadelphia and had most of his fights in that city.fought mainly out of Philadelphia. According to Chuck Hasson in (IBRO #38), Brown was sometimes referred to as "The Negro Featherweight Champion of America" (but this "title" had no real validity).
	According to ~~research by~~ Chuck Hasson in ~~Ibro journal~~ 38 Brown was ~~often~~ referred to as
	"The Negro Featherweight Champion of America." Many of the ~~additions to~~ this record		Many of the entries in this record appeared in a record for Brown by Chuck Hasson (IBRO #38), which he compiled from the <i>Philadelphia Record</i>. To this record, there have been added extensive corrections and additions by Luckett Davis from the <i>Philadelphia Item</i> and the <i>Philadelphia Public Ledger</i>, the latter being provided by Paul Zabala.
	~~curtesy of~~ Chuck Hasson ~~and are taken from Ibro~~ #38. ~~All~~ the ~~newspaper decisions are~~
	~~from his research from~~ the Philadelphia ~~Record~~.

Sid schneck at 05:25, 31 March 2005

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	A very talented fighter of African-American decent--He fought mainly out of Philadelphia.		A very talented fighter of African-American decent--He fought mainly out of Philadelphia.
	According to research by Chuck Hasson in Ibro journal 38 Brown was often referred to as		According to research by Chuck Hasson in Ibro journal 38 Brown was often referred to as

Sid schneck at 03:03, 15 March 2005

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	A very talented fighter of African-American decent--He fought mainly out of Philadelphia.		A very talented fighter of African-American decent--He fought mainly out of Philadelphia.
	According to research by Chuck Hasson in Ibro journal 38 Brown was often referred to as		According to research by Chuck Hasson in Ibro journal 38 Brown was often referred to as
	"The Negro Featherweight Champion of America."		"The Negro Featherweight Champion of America." Many of the additions to this record
			curtesy of Chuck Hasson and are taken from Ibro #38. All the newspaper decisions are
			from his research from the Philadelphia Record.

Sid schneck at 02:30, 15 March 2005

2005-03-15T02:30:22Z

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A very talented fighter of African-American decent--He fought mainly out of Philadelphia.
According to research by Chuck Hasson in Ibro journal 38 Brown was often referred to as
"The Negro Featherweight Champion of America."