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  • They Were Champion Boxers Once, and Restauranteurs Too

    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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George “Burt” Martin
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Pole sitting has come from fad to fantasy. Those who were once vagrants and villains are now thought of as folk-heroes and gentlemen of high moral standards and noble causes. Oh, what a difference a century makes. The gloves have come off so many social standards that today – everything is fair!

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