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Originally Posted by bear
When the Trunzo Brothers introduced Title Bout to the public as a board game back in the 70s the game included fighter cards for all time greats and top rated active fighters. Among the retired all timers a single tomato can card was included--Mel Turnbow. Consequently, in terms of tomato cans, Mel has a special place in the memories of old time Title Bout players.
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Actually, Mel wasn't alone. Heavyweights Tom McNeeley and Willie Besmanoff were also OR-1 in the board game. Mel was a little worse than they, but he had some company near the bottom.