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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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Edward Cleveland
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Postcard History welcomes Dr. E. R. Cleveland as a new contributor. Ed is a retired history professor with a wide range of interests. His first piece focuses on arm wrestling, a topic with many variants but practiced by young and old alike. Postcards are few and modern, but the competitors are countless.

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