Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; April 7, 1896 – April 18, 1947) was an American professional boxer who held the world lightweight championship for...
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Davis, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Gans, Artur Grigorian, Benny Leonard, Ray Mancini, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Márquez, Sugar Shane...
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clarinetist and bandleader Benny Leonard (1896–1947), American world champion Hall-of-Fame lightweight boxer born Benjamin Leiner Benny Parsons (1941–2007),...
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Britton/Benny Leonard fight the previous June in the Bronx Hippodrome where Leonard lost in what appeared to be an intentional foul. Leonard was specifically...
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featherweight division; Ad Wolgast, Willie Ritchie, Freddie Welsh, Benny Leonard and Rocky Kansas in the lightweight division; and Jack Britton, and...
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Square Garden on 8th Avenue, in the 1920s. The champions he trained were Benny Leonard, Ezzard Charles, Jim Braddock, Barney Ross, Bob Olin, Tony Zale, Billy...
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Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels Andrew Leonard, American technology journalist Andy Leonard, baseball Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard"...
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Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence...
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championship. January 14 – Benny Leonard retains the world Lightweight title with a sixth-round knockout of Richie Mitchell, at New York. Leonard suffered a first...
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boxing, the term was historically associated with fighters such as Benny Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson who were widely considered to be the most skilled...
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