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From the January 1900 issue of Mitt Slingers Magazine .....Bouts confirmed for the new year: Jack Johnson Vs Tommy Burns 15 rounds for the heavyweight championship of the world; Sam Langford Vs Joe Jeannette 12 rounds for the North American Boxing Federation title; Fireman Jim Flynn Vs Oakland Al Brown 12 rounds for the American Boxing Association championship; Bjarni Thorsen Vs Jack Scales 12 rounds for the EBU title (articles signed by both men but promoter still working to finance.)....Tentative agreement reached for Jim Jeffries to meet Sam McVea with the Pacific Northwest title on the line....Denver Ed Martin to engage in a ten round contest with Australia's Sid Russell in Paris once Martin has recovered from the flu....Raymond Berenger to meet John L Gardner with the winner promised a crack at the EBU title this spring or early summer....Promise of several contests in Australia for touring American heavyweights Larry Temple, Jim Barry and Jack Lester....Coaltown promoter Leo Roberts has a contract for Canadian champ Johnny Jackson to defend his title belt at the King Street Arena and then meet an unnamed US opponent two weeks later....
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"...There were Giants in Those Days.."
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