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Clipped from The Winnipeg Free Press - September 1896....George Chuvalo knocks out Nick Burley at the Mutual Street Arena and later announces he's hanging up his gloves to help train young fighters in and around the Toronto area....In a packed Halifax Forum Sandy Ferguson stops a bloody and bruised George Godfrey in three rounds when he requests referee Hugh MacNeil to call a halt as Godfrey is unable to see to defend himself....On the undercard young Sam Langford wins a lopsided decision over Jake Kilrain who is packing a roll of fat around his middle....
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"...There were Giants in Those Days.."
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