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Other characters from this novel include.

Dino Mercado
LW Buffalo. 11-1 defensive boxer when he meets Billy Petrovic. Excellent counter puncher. Does best work off the ropes. Hard to catch. It took Billy 8 of scheduled 10 to catch him and the fusillade caused corner to toss in towel.

Sam Moss
MW New Orleans, black. Up and comer. Can wear down opponents. Ranked. Uses body attack to wear down opponents and the outboxes them. Tires opponents out by makeing them miss early and coming on late. Undefeated, lacks one punch power. 3/15/48 Moss vs. Billy Petrovic in Charleston, NC. Billy moving up in weight class and weakened by flu going in and Tony tosses in towel in middle rounds. Later loses title bout vs. After Tony retires wins box-off for title.

William "Dutch" Schultz
MW champ. In first defense vs. Tony Petrovic. Schultz looks like an Aryan, blond, crew-cut and tatooed. Strong upper body. In 1st a head clash opened gashes. Tony cut on scalp over right eye, Dutch has a deep gash over left eye. Tony wins 3rd for a TKO. 2/11/46 rematch. Tony wins by KO 1:16 of first. Schultz, is taken away in an ambulance and dies 4 days later.

Jorge Rivera
MW Buffalo. Tall built like a body-builder. 1943 faces Tony Petrovic. Hard hitting slugger Tony must beat to get a title shot.

Bob Harrison
MW North Philadelphia. Black, tall, sleek. 12-0 with 12 KO's prior to
bout with Tony Petrovic. Feared. A plodder who wins ugly. Dirty, uses, head, elbows,low blows; likes to soften up with right hooks to the liver. Will crouch or stand up. Ko's Tony Petrovic 1:44 of 1st. Harrison hit on
break. Only loss in Petrovic's career. Stopped in rematch. Heart condition forces his retirement in '45. Works in a munitions plant. Wife Jeanette. Becomes a friend of Tony's. Will train Tony after paulie's death. Selling insurance since war ended. Spars with Tony. 1/3rd partner with Tony in Bar and Grill. Wants to train Larry Jordan. Harrison-Petrovic Boxing buys Paulie's old gym. Disappeared as 1962 freedom rider. Daughter, Barbara.

Gives us

Bob Harrison MW 8 Slugger
Jorge Rivera MW 7 Slugge
William "Dutch" Schultz MW 8 Either
Sam Moss MW 9 Slugger
Dino Mercado LW 5 Boxer

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