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GEORGE GREEN WW
Born - USA (New York?)
9(4)-6-1; 1 NC
Green, comming off a victory over Owen Ziegler, claimed the World Welterweight Title when he defeated Mysterious Billy Smith (Tommy Ryan had moved up to the Middleweight division, leaving the title vacant). After one successful title defense over Charles McKeever, Green chased Ryan up to the middleweight ranks. He was knocked out in the eighteenth round by Joe Walcott in 1897 but received a title bout with Tommy Ryan the following year. Ryan and Green fought a total of three bouts over four years with Ryan stopping Green twice and only losing when he was disqualified for hitting Green while he was down.
Green also defeated Dan Creedon on points over twenty rounds and knocked out Charles Goff in the nineteenth as well as losing a rematch with Smith by stoppage in the eighteenth.
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