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Jun 27, 2024 · Wills defeated Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette, Gunboat Smith, Sam McVea, He beat them all multiple times. Wills will never get the respect he deserves because of racism that existed at the time, but he has a case to make anybody’s top 10 heavyweight list.
1 day ago · Auxiliaries ( various) - 233 *. *Figure includes both coastal and ocean-going auxiliaries, from tugboats to hospital ships. Not counted towards total number of active ships. The tables below list the various ships according to their class and date of commission.
Jun 21, 2024 · After that not much better until a DQ win over Gunboat Smith which appears to be the last "white championship " title fight. Moving on there is nothing noteworthy for him at heavyweight until...
Jun 24, 2024 · Notes from ringside at the National Sporting Club October 9, 1906...At 2:10 of round three (Colin) Bell landed what (Gunboat) Smith's manager later called "The luckiest punch I ever saw!" and Smith collapsed like a house of cards. Bell was directed to a neutral corner by referee Corri as previously agreed, and the count tolled over ...
Jun 22, 2024 · When given the rare opportunity, Wills also showed his mettle against the top white heavyweights in beating Willie Meehan and Gunboat Smith, and drawing with Luis Firpo.
5 days ago · Time to get back to ships (well boats), I bought this monster and after doing some weathered 1/35 military stuff I’m ready for this. As it’s So yet era I can weather the absolute hell out of it and add some decent size figures.
Jul 5, 2024 · Lieutenant John F. Kennedy took control of the PT-59 in 1943, and he supervised the ship’s conversion into a gunboat after having all four torpedo tubes removed.
