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curley lee chapman
of boxing illustrated from 1960 to 1962 as a xmas present.
The mags are a mine of information for that era and I will be rating fighters based on the extra info soon.
Just finished a great article on a heavyweight called Curley Lee who i had not previously heard of. The article said Lee a great young prospect may of been ruined by a terrible KO loss in the tenth round to Cleveland Williams!
anyway back to the mimnce pies and old boxing mags!
rgds
Dean[/quote]
dean,,i was at the olympic auditorium in about 1968 when i was getting a hot dog and bumped into a black gentleman and in conversation i learned from him that he was curley lee and he had suffered permanent brain damage due to being knocked out by cleveland williams,,,said he didnt want the fight as he was only 181 but his managers saw opportunity,,he got knocked out,,,,,postcript,,a short time later l learned an ex boxer named curley lee had snapped and killed family members in a los angeles incident,,sad story,,he never fought again after the knockout
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