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    Billy Papke (born William Papke, and known as "The Illinois Thunderbolt") (September 17, 1886 – November 26, 1936) was an American boxer who held the...
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  • Look up Papke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Papke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Billy Papke (1886–1936), American boxer...
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    Dillon, and later fellow claimant Georges Carpentier and former champion Billy Papke in France, cemented his claim to the title. He was officially recognized...
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    world middleweight championship Billy Papke. On August 22, 1911, Burke defeated world welterweight claimant Billy Papke, at St. Nicholas Arena in New York...
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    champion Billy Papke by decision in 10; against Hugo Kelly by a knockout in three and against Thomas, by a knockout in two. Then, he lost the belt to Papke by...
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    of Fame boxer Billy Papke in a ten-round Draw according to the Los Angeles Herald. The Los Angeles Times, however, gave the bout to Papke, as did the United...
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    Arena in Colma, including two world middleweight title bouts against Billy Papke and a world heavyweight title bout against Jack Johnson. Colma became...
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  • World 1907-12-12 1908-09-07 Stanley Ketchel World 1908-09-07 1908-11-26 Billy Papke World 1908-11-26 1910-10-15 – died Stanley Ketchel World 1913-03-5 1913-10-11...
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    2011 Cancer 50 Kızılcıklı Mahmut N/A 1880 February 3, 1931 Unknown 50 Billy Papke N/A September 17, 1886 November 26, 1936 Murder-suicide 50 Paul Pons...
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  • 6, 1933 Coliseum, San Diego, California, U.S. 140 Win 91–19–13 (17) Billy Papke Jr KO 8 (10) Sep 21, 1933 Pasadena Arena, Pasadena, California, U.S....
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    Billy Papke by a 12th-round technical knockout at Vernon, California, but regains it on 26 November at Colma, California, where he knocks out Papke in...
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    Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus; the village of Canastota inaugurated the new museum in 1989 which...
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    on 31 December 1912, he won the British 7 stone championship by beating Billy Padden by an eighteenth-round knockout in Glasgow. He finally lost his undefeated...
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    University of Wisconsin Alixa Naff, historian of Arab American immigration Billy Papke, world middleweight boxing champion, 1908 "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"...
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  • November 4, 1932, by Paramount Pictures. Actual boxers like Jack Johnson, Billy Papke and Tom Sharkey and actual sports journalists like Paul Gallico, Grantland...
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    heavyweight champion of Europe in 1913. On 1 June 1913, he beat "Bombardier" Billy Wells in Ghent, Belgium to become heavyweight champion of Europe. He defended...
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    middleweight boxer, nicknamed the "Milwaukee Caveman". His decisive defeat of Billy Papke (then considered the lead contender for the middleweight title vacant...
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    Lewis made an unsuccessful bid at the world middleweight title losing to Billy Papke and made two unsuccessful attempts at the World welterweight title, controversially...
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  • years. Following victories in France against Georges Carpentier and Billy Papke, German-American boxer Frank Klaus re-establishes the lineage of the...
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    Champion Billy Papke and World Welterweight Champion Henry Lewis with just over a month's rest between bouts. The match in Philadelphia with Papke was very...
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    including Jack Britton, Jack Dillon, Battling Levinsky, Frank Klaus, Billy Papke, Jeff Smith and Harry Lewis. He also faced the likes of Harry Greb, Gene...
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    November 1910, winning a 20-round points decision. In June 1911 he fought Billy Papke for the British version of the World middleweight title, losing after...
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    31 years, 23 days New York City, New York, U.S. 145 Win 58–9–2 (76) Young Billy Papke NWS 10 Oct 29, 1917 31 years, 16 days Yorkville A.C., New York City,...
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    Spencer Bell as Snowball Frankie Genaro as Fighter Ad Wolgast as Fighter Billy Papke as Fighter Leach Cross as Fighter Gene Delmont as Fighter Munden p. 617...
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    advisor to 2016 Donald Trump campaign Al Papai, MLB pitcher 1948–55 Billy Papke, middleweight boxing champion, Hall of Fame Erik Pappas, MLB catcher...
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    Clarkson "About Face" (Season 9: Episode 18) 2012 Made in Jersey Curran Papke Episode: "Ancient History" 2012–2013 The Mentalist Agent Bob Kirkland 7...
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    to win the middleweight title during the year, and a newspaper loss to Billy Miske, did not help in his effort. After that setback though, Greb would...
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    moved to the Busch Series full-time in 1992 in the No. 99 Chevy for Bill Papke, and once again was named Rookie of the Year. In 1993 and 1994, he finished...
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  • champ Gus Lesnevich (TKO 5), as well as Hall of Famers Mickey Walker, and Billy Conn. On February 22, 1938 he beat Fred Apostoli, winning the middleweight...
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    Tip to Mask". The Big Lead. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via MSN.com. Papke, Grey (September 6, 2021). "Intentional balk: Rays use bizarre strategy...
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