https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Straight_leftStraight left - Revision history2026-06-11T03:20:12ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.2https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Straight_left&diff=123204&oldid=prevRic: expanded on definition, from Mike DeLisa2007-06-18T23:12:15Z<p>expanded on definition, from Mike DeLisa</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first use of the straight left is credited to [[Gentleman Jackson]]. Jackson was an 18th Century boxer who "was the first to stand with the left hand left foot extended. Before that the men faced each other squarely and held their arms like wrestlers. Jackson was not only the first to use the present method of standing, but he also was the first to use the straight left, which has come to be the primary blow in scientific boxing." ''Tacoma News Tribune'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) Jan. 1, 1924 </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The first use of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''</ins>straight left<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''' </ins>is credited to [[Gentleman Jackson]]. Jackson was an 18th Century boxer who "was the first to stand with the left hand left foot extended. Before that the men faced each other squarely and held their arms like wrestlers. Jackson was not only the first to use the present method of standing, but he also was the first to use the straight left, which has come to be the primary blow in scientific boxing." ''Tacoma News Tribune'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) Jan. 1, 1924<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Richttps://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Straight_left&diff=52638&oldid=prevRic at 22:53, 1 July 20052005-07-01T22:53:21Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The first use of the straight left is credited to [[Gentleman Jackson]]. Jackson was an 18th Century boxer who "was the first to stand with the left hand left foot extended. Before that the men faced each other squarely and held their arms like wrestlers. Jackson was not only the first to use the present method of standing, but he also was the first to use the straight left, which has come to be the primary blow in scientific boxing." ''Tacoma News Tribune'' (Tacoma, WA, USA) Jan. 1, 1924 <br />
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