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Originally Posted by Jersey-Jim
Looks like he was one of those fighters who was right at the door of history but fell through the cracks. There's so many stories out there waiting to be discovered, that's what's so great about boxing history.
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He beat Schmeling, and took him out of the heavyweight picture. Hamas was the #1 contender in The Ring. There was no need for his manager to take him to Germany to face The Black Uhlan in a rematch. Nothing for Hamas to prove or gain in doing so. When his football injuries acted up, there was even good grounds for either postponing or cancelling the bout, but no, he went into the ring vs. Schmelling and was destroyed. He was a fullback at Penn. State in the 20's during the single platoon era. On the basketball and boxing teams as well and maybe also track. Hurt his knee or back (or both) on the gridiron and these injuries would act up, from time to time.
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