January 21, 2025
Tag: boxing
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They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too
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Jack Dempsey and Sugar Ray Robinson were champion boxers — Dempsey as a heavyweight and Robinson as a middleweight and welterweight. While they fought in different eras of “the sweet science,” their post-fighting paths led them to New York City and the restaurant business.
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January 19, 2023 4 Comments
G. H. Grant was a symphony of contradiction. He was born in California but lived in New York. He was an American educated in Europe. His schooling included the art of oil painting, but he preferred watercolor. He painted ships but served in the army. He was well known, but few today know his name.