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Died on this day: Terry Downes

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06
Oct

Died on this day: Terry Downes

Former amateur star and US Marine. Ring middleweight champ, after beating some of the great ones of his era. Actor,...

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23
Aug

Hall of Fame promoter and manager Jarvis Astaire passes away at 97

Hall of Famer Jarvis Astaire, one of Great Britain’s most influential promoters and managers, died this weekend at age 97. Born...

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08
Oct

Best I Faced: Terry Downes

Terry Downes died on October 6 at the age of 81. This "Best I Faced" was originally published in the...

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06
Oct

Terry Downes, former champion who defeated Sugar Ray Robinson, dies at 81

Terry Downes, who was England’s oldest surviving former world champion, died Friday.

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16
Feb

Former world champion Walter McGowan passes away

Scottish boxing has lost one of its most decorated and talented practitioners in Walter McGowan who won THE RING and WBC flyweight titles during the 1960s.

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23
Mar

Tributes are being paid to former boxer, manager, promoter Mickey Duff

From The Telegraph: Mickey Duff, Britain’s most prominent boxing promoter between 1965 and the early 1980s, has died at the age of 84. Duff was a former boxer, manager and promoter.

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