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(newest | oldest) View (newer 50 | older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- 15:01, 7 January 2023 Dan talk contribs created page Arthur Liebert (Created page with "Based in St.Louis, MO., Arthur Liebert managed Virgil Akins from 1948 to 1952.")
- 14:57, 7 January 2023 Dan talk contribs created page Bernie Glickman (Created page with "Bernard Glickman, a Chicago manufacturer with good boxing connections and co-manager of Virgil Akins.")
- 14:56, 7 January 2023 Dan talk contribs created page Eddie Yawitz (Created page with "St. Louis druggist who managed fighters. His star pupil was Virgil Akins")
- 14:46, 7 January 2023 Dan talk contribs created page Bill Farrell (Created page with "St. Louis, Missouri Trainer. Virgil Akins")
- 14:46, 7 January 2023 Dan talk contribs created page Lou Gross (Created page with "Trainer. * Virgil Akins")
- 14:44, 7 January 2023 Dan talk contribs created page Turuche (Chico) Larretz (Created page with "St. Louis, Missouri Trainer. * Virgil Akins")
- 21:47, 28 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119203 (Created page with "<Fight>1192023/fight> Virgil Akins of St. Louis and Johnny Brown, from Chicago plodded through an eight-round draw in the last match of the evening. The fight was dull one for the first four rounds and, if possible, grew duller. At the beginning of the sixth round Referee Jimmy Parker called the two men together in the middle of the ring and asked them if they could possibly speed up the action a little bit. The talk did some good, but not much. Most of the crowd began...")
- 21:34, 28 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119200 (Created page with "<Fight>119200</fight> Virgil Akins of St. Louis stopped Tommy Maddox of Chicago last night in the fourth round of a scheduled 10-round bout at Marigold Gardens. Akins, 148, floored Maddox, 149, twice in the first round and was in complete command before Dr. Irving Slot stopped the bout. '''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'''")
- 21:20, 28 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:72467 (Created page with "<Fight>72467</fight> Virgil Akins of St.Louis, won a unanimous eight-round decision over Henry Hank of Detroit last night in the featured bout at Motor City Arena. Akins, weighing 153, florred Hank, 149 ¼, twice – once in the first round and again in the third. Both were for nine counts. Hank made his best showing in the second round when he started a counterattack after barely surviving the first round knockdown. The veteran Akins was never in difficclult. He appear...")
- 21:10, 28 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119140 (Created page with "<Fight>119140</fight> Andrew Brown, local welterweight, successfully hurdled his most important pro ring test Saturday night at the Coliseum when he gained a split decision over Virgil Akins of St. Louis in a 10-round slugfest. Brown piled up a commanding lead in the early rounds only to have Akins come on strong in the last three stanzas. In the toe-to-toe sessions the youthful New Orleans welter had the better of some fierce exchanges which brought a warning from the r...")
- 20:51, 28 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119139 (Created page with "<Fight>119139</fight> Virgil Akins, ring-rusty after a 10-month layoff, still had enough to pound out an eight-round TKO over Joey Greenwood of Akron, Ohio in the last bout of the evening. Akins scored a knockdown in the fifth and two more in the seventh. He turned tiger in the seventh and really poured it on a game, but outclassed Greenwood, and the Akron boy couldn’t come out for the eighth. Greenwood weighed 143 1.2, just a half pound less than Akins who showed the...")
- 20:16, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Iggy Vaccari.jpg
- 20:16, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Iggy Vaccari.jpg
- 19:50, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Woodcock-Oma.jpg
- 19:50, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Woodcock-Oma.jpg
- 19:26, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Cerdan-TurpinTR0649.jpg
- 19:26, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Cerdan-TurpinTR0649.jpg
- 19:12, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Foster-PelloneTR0449.jpg
- 19:12, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Foster-PelloneTR0449.jpg
- 18:51, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Frankie Fernandez-Tommy Bell112348.jpg
- 18:51, 21 December 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Frankie Fernandez-Tommy Bell112348.jpg
- 20:24, 5 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119122 (Created page with "<Fight>119122</fight> In a round and a half, Akins dished out a terrific beating to Moore's mid-ribs which caved in Moore and that was that. A doctor was called in to examine Moore after the knockout and found a cracked rib. (Wichita Eagle)")
- 20:14, 5 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119116 (Created page with " <Fight>119116</fight> In a rematch, Virgil Akins won a unanimous decision in a highly action-packed six-rounder. There were no knockdowns, but both boys took plenty of punishment. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Apr 22,1948.")
- 20:07, 5 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119115 (Created page with " <Fight>119115</fight> Virgil Akins won on a foul for 10 minutes in a bristling battle with Charley Baxter of Cincinnati, but another commission decision reversed the verdict. Akins went down in the third round of a scheduled six from a left hook that appeared low. When he was unable to continue and seemed semi-paralyzed for several moments, Referee Paul Spic recommended the fight go to Virgil on a below-the-border clout. However, DR. Freedman said evidence showed Akins...")
- 19:21, 5 December 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:119114 (Created page with " <Fight>119114</fight> Virgil Akins, St. Louis’s outstanding amateur fighter during the past few years, will make his local pro debut against Albert Adams, Kansas City junior-welterweight, in a six-round match on Promoter Hans Bernstein’s boxing card Wednesday, March 10, at Kiel Auditorium. Akins won the local Golden Gloves titles in 1946 and 1947 and turned professional last November when he journeyed to Kansas City and fought under the names of “Jimmy Foxx.” He...")
- 18:48, 19 November 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:285723 (Created page with "<Fight>285723</fight> Joe DeNucci, 164 ½, of Newton stopped Buddy Cochrane, 168 ½, of Somerville on a fourth round TKO in a scheduled 10-rounder at the Rollaway Arena. The referee refused to let Cochrane continue after examining him after the third round before a sellout crowd. DeNucci opened cuts over Cochrane’s eye in the early rounds.")
- 15:43, 14 November 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Human:1052104 (Created page with "<boxer>1052104</boxer> Nienhaus, twice a runner-up in the National Golden Gloves, and twice Amateur Athletic Union champion, represented the famed South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis. He was a member of the only team which won four National Golden Gloves titles in the same tournament. He was described as nimble and agile and rarely got hit. He was great at making his opponent miss punches and being able to parry blows and catch them on his arms or elbows. Nienhaus,...")
- 17:24, 6 November 2022 Dan talk contribs moved page Human:25048 to Baltimore Jimmy Elliott
- 17:20, 6 November 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Human:25048 (Created page with "left <boxer>25048</boxer>")
- 17:18, 6 November 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Jimmy Elliott.jpg
- 17:18, 6 November 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Jimmy Elliott.jpg
- 20:45, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Caroline Svendsen.jpg
- 20:45, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Caroline Svendsen.jpg
- 20:37, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Caroline Svendsen Granted License.jpg
- 20:37, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Caroline Svendsen Granted License.jpg
- 20:18, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Svendsen-Lang-Photo.jpg
- 20:18, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Svendsen-Lang-Photo.jpg
- 20:17, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:820590 (Created page with "<Fight>820590</fight> right")
- 20:15, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Svendsen-Lang.jpg
- 20:15, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Svendsen-Lang.jpg
- 19:52, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:822443 (Created page with "<Fight>822443</fight> Caroline Svendsen walked through the casino of the Hyatt Lake Tahoe Hotel almost unnoticed. It was a different experience for the Virginia City, Nevada lightweight who became the first licensed women professional boxer in July 1975. “Things felt different,” she said. “It was just a feeling. Everyone isn’t cheerful as they were. I guess everyone likes to be involved with a winner.” Her loss by a second round knockout to Ersi Arvizo of Los A...")
- 14:23, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Human:266496 (Created page with "<boxer>266496</boxer> The Nevada State Journal reported on June 9, 1976, that Marion Bermudez had a degree in electronics from Arizona State and was a national karate champion who fought in karate for as much as $2,000 and appeared on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. She stated, “I got into boxing because my karate coach wanted me to learn to take a punch. I’ve been hit as hard as I’ve been hit in boxing. I like boxing. In karate before, you don’t know if you scored...")
- 13:50, 29 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:822442 (Created page with "<fight>822442</fight> Marion Bermundez, 128 ½. Scottsdale, Ariz., stopped Ersi Arvizu, 132, Los Angeles, in the third round. Miss Bermundez raised her pro record to 3-0. It looked as if she might be stopped herself in the second round after taking two left hooks to the head, but she recovered and became the attacker in the third. Miss Arvizu was knocked down once and took another standing eight count in the third before referee Mills Lane stopped the fight.[Nevada State...")
- 17:38, 27 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:646989 (Created page with "<Fight>646989</fight> The 33-year-old Brewer gained control midway through the fifth round and won when referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight with 1:49 remaining in the round. Brewer had landed a wide margin of punches over Barr and connected with a solid left that stunned Barr. Brewer followed with a right and two more lefts with Barr unable to counter.")
- 22:43, 26 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:38456 (Created page with "<Fight>38456</fight> California heavyweight champion Jack O’Halloran, holding a 40-pound weight advantage, unleashed a right uppercut, right hook and left hook in a furious eighth round to knock out the brother of Muhammad Ali in a scheduled 10-rounder. Rahamann Ali, younger brother of the heavyweight champion, danced, jabbed, and controlled the bout for seven rounds before O’Halloran scored his series of punches. O’Halloran, a 6-foot-6 inch strongman, weighed 244...")
- 23:04, 17 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:1014540 (Created page with "<fight>1014540</fight> The semi-final last night resulted in one of the greatest slam-bang affairs ever witnessed in a Brooklyn ring, even if it did only go four rounds. Originally Andy Thomas, the socking Manhattan lightweight, was carded to meet Red Cap Wilson, but at the last minute Jimmy Murphy, of Greenwich Village, protégé of Maxey Haugh, was substituted for Wilson. For three rounds the substitute gave Thomas the battle of his life. Time and again Murphy staggere...")
- 21:47, 17 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:1016180 (Created page with "<fight>1016180</fight> Andy Thomas has not received quite as much publicity as some other members of the Keyes ensemble, but he is quite a fighter at that. He is improving with every start, and is really one of the best lightweight prospects around here. He is a bit awkward and has a bit to learn yet, but how he can sock! And let it be said that a sock covers a multitude of shortcomings. Against Daly, last night he forced the milling from the start and as early as the fi...")
- 21:20, 17 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page Fight:1025524 (Created page with "<fight>1025524</fight> One of the most sensational bouts staged in a long time was the ten-round affair between Andy Thomas, the Brooklyn kayo king, and Willie Herman, lightweight champ of Jersey. The latter lived up to his reputation and got the judges’ decision. The first round was even. Both boys slugged toe to toe for three minutes. It seemed that one or the other must go out. In the third round Thomas was out on his feet. Herman kept after him but could not flatte...")
- 16:46, 16 October 2022 Dan talk contribs created page File:Andy Thomas.jpg
- 16:46, 16 October 2022 Dan talk contribs uploaded File:Andy Thomas.jpg
