William Patrick "Billy" McCarthy (August 8, 1854 – October 28, 1931) was an English-born Australian professional boxer who was also known by the nicknames...
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surname McCarthy are located. The surname, meaning "son of Cárthach" originated in Ireland. Commons variants of the name include McCarty and MacCarthy. Sixty...
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Billy Murray (April 18, 1892 – March 4, 1926) was an American boxer in the early 20th century. Although initially starting off rather weak, with 3 wins...
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Billy "Spider" Kelly (21 April 1932 – 7 May 2010) was a boxer from Derry, Northern Ireland whose career highlight was winning the Commonwealth (British...
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Sammy McCarthy (5 November 1931 – 10 February 2020) was a British professional boxer who was the featherweight champion between 1954 and 1955. He also...
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Jack McAuliffe (March 24, 1866 – November 5, 1937) was an Irish boxer who fought mostly out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Nicknamed "The Napoleon of the Ring...
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Walter Cartier (category American male boxers)
his grandfather had changed the family surname from McCarthy. Cartier became a professional boxer after World War II and fought against four world champions...
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the war.: 27 In the epilogue, Kid McCarthy has been killed in service. Billy Hale returns home and delivers McCarthy's medal for bravery to his girlfriend...
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derived its name from the month of August. Both McCarthy and Sanderson were born in August, as was McCarthy's brother, James. James' story is one of the major...
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Hogan Bassey (category Nigerian male boxers)
on 18 March 1959. Other opponents include Billy "Spider" Kelly, Percy Lewis, Tommy Profitt, Sammy McCarthy, Ricardo Moreno, and Willie Pep.[citation needed]...
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Young Griffo (category Boxers from Sydney)
bouts against champion Torpedo Billy Murphy a total of four times, twice in World Featherweight title matches. A prolific boxer of great opponents, after coming...
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as "Mysterious" Billy Smith, "Mysterious Billy" Smith, Billy Smith, and William Amos Smith. He is not to be confused with another boxer around this time...
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Luther Quinter McCarty (March 17, 1892 – May 24, 1913) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1913. He was considered by most to...
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Canterbury-Bankstown, St. George and the Gold Coast Giants. Johnstone also was a boxer, with 21 wins and 6 losses in 27 bouts. Johnston won the Brisbane Rugby...
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Nonpareil Jack Dempsey (category Irish male boxers)
Kelly (December 15, 1862 – November 1, 1895) was an Irish-born American boxer, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, who was the first holder of the...
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List of British world boxing champions (category British boxers)
This is a list of British boxers who have won a world championship by one of the four major sanctioning organisations – the World Boxing Association (WBA)...
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George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer. After winning the bantamweight title in 1890, he became the first ever...
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Thomas Hearns (category African-American boxers)
Thomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 2006. Nicknamed the "Motor City Cobra", and more...
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The Kids may refer to: The kid (Blood Meridian), a character in Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel Blood Meridian The Kid (The Matrix), a character in the Matrix...
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Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single "Me and...
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Gerry McAvoy (born 1951), musician Christopher McCafferty, DJ, club promoter Gerard McCarthy (born 1981), actor and television presenter John McCrea (born...
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1956 KSHSAA Class B State Championship in Cross Country. Mills was both a boxer and a runner in his youth, but he gave up boxing to focus on running. He...
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Lee Daniels (redirect from Billy Hopkins)
from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2013. McCarthy, Todd (December 3, 2008). "Sundance unveils competition lineup". Variety...
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American football coach Vince Lombardi; association football player Ronaldo; boxer Mike Tyson; professional wrestler and former TNA World Heavyweight Champion...
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championship in a match against Starlight Rollins, before losing it to Billy McCarthy on 18 January 1892 – he embarked for America three days later aboard...
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Peter Jackson (3 July 1861 – 13 July 1901) was an Australian heavyweight boxer who had a significant international career. Jackson was inducted into the...
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Charles "Kid" McCoy (October 13, 1872 – April 18, 1940), born Norman Selby, was an American boxer and early Hollywood actor. He claimed the vacant world...
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(2013–2021), NY-03 (1993–2013) Jason Lewis, MN-02 (2017–2019) Billy Long, MO-07 (2011–2023) Kevin McCarthy, CA-20 (2023), CA-23 (2013–2023), CA-22 (2007–2013),...
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Tommy Gibbons (category Boxers from Saint Paul, Minnesota)
22, 1891 – November 19, 1960) was an American professional heavyweight boxer. He was born on March 22, 1891, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Thomas John...
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Barbara Boxer decided to not run for reelection to a fifth term. This was the first open seat Senate election in California since 1992, when Boxer was first...
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