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Just added 3 items to Etsy!

~ "Halloween Treats" by Carolyn Harwood (1981)

~ "Stories of the First American Animals" by George Langford (1923)

~ "A Pictorial History of Boxing" by Nat Fleischer and Sam Andre (1959)

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Today In History

Joe Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time. He became the first African American lightweight champion on this date May 12, 1902.

Gans was rated the greatest lightweight boxer of all-time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder, Nat Fleischer.

Known as the “Old Master”, Gans became the first African-American world boxing champion of the 20th century, reigning continuously as world lightweight champion from 1902–1908, defending the title 15 times versus 13 boxers.

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On January 20th 1937 the Scottish boxer, Benny Lynch, was crowned world flyweight champion.

Some sources give the date as 19th, such as it is it never appeared on yesterdays lists, so........

Lynch’s Wembley victory over the highly-rated American fighter Small Montana, on January 19, 1937, proved he was the true flyweight champion of the world, following a dispute about his status from across the Atlantic. There was no arguing over the identity of the true champion now.

Lynch had lifted the world, European and British flyweight titles 16 months earlier in a bout in Manchester, defeating Jackie Brown in the second round, having already knocked him down eight times in the brief contest. Thousands of fellow Glaswegians greeted him at Central Station on his return home from that defining contest in Manchester, with the crowds lining the streets all the way back to his Gorbals birthplace.

Lynch was brought up in the deprived slums there, the son of Irish immigrants. He was only 5ft 4in and slightly built, but he possessed a power to his punch that belied his frame and he soon began to train at boxing clubs and took part in fights in the fairground booths at nearby Glasgow Green.

He turned professional in 1931 and fought more than 100 bouts in just seven years, an unbelievable statistic when looked at today.

Nine months after his career-defining victory over Montana, 40,000 people turned up at Shawfield Stadium in Glasgow to watch him defend his titles against Peter Kane. Lynch also fought at Anfield in Liverpool, Celtic Park, and the Kelvin Hall.

Benny was box office, but outside of the ring he was soon to be hampered in a way no boxer inside the squared circle could ever manage.

His downfall was the bottle, with Lynch becoming a chronic alcoholic. His training suffered, as did his conditioning and body, and he was soon turning up to bouts too heavy.

He lost his world title on the scales, unable to make the weight for his scheduled bout against Jackie Jurich in June 1938. The bout went ahead without the title at stake – and Lynch won.

But the cracks had long since started to appear and alcohol, combined with money problems and a number of run-ins with the law, took its toll.

His final bout was later that year, when he suffered his only knockout loss. With boxing gone from his life, his speed of deterioration accelerated and he passed away in August 1946, aged just 33.

In scenes similar in size to those that greeted Lynch upon his return home from Manchester as the champion 10 years earlier, but much more sombre in tone, the streets of Glasgow were lined to pay tribute as the funeral cortege passed through.

Forty years after his death, he was named in the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, and in 1998 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer rated Lynch as the No. 5 flyweight of all-time while his publication placed him 63rd in its 2002 list of the "Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". Like Fleischer, both Statistical boxing website BoxRec and the International Boxing Research Organization also rank Lynch as the 5th greatest flyweight ever.

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John Kilbane was an American featherweight boxer in the early part of the 20th century. He held the World Featherweight title from 1912 to 1923, the longest period in the division's history, having defended the title against four contenders during the reign.

Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Kilbane as the No. 2 ranked featherweight of all-time, while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at No. 5. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Kilbane as the 8th best featherweight ever. He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1960 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. Kilbane's first professional fight was in 1907, for which he earned around $25.00.

Born John Patrick Kilbane on April 9, 1889 in Cleveland, Ohio and died on May 31, 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio at the age of 68.

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Was running a campaign during the covid lockdowns and my mum's cleric ended up with this whole daisy motif because of one failed save

our warlock rogue failed at disabling a trap and was cursed to say something so vile that it caused 1d4+2 psychic damaged to the nearest person (which happened to be her cleric)

in character she said 'I stand up quietly and walk outside to count daisies'

'roll nature' [nat 20] 'you find many daisies'

this then evolved to her adopting a daisy theme to most of her spells, which eventually lead to her casting banishment on a hag coven and sending them into what she called the daisy realm

think a realm of endless field solely populated by sentient daisies that moved as if animated in a Fleischer cartoon

I think one of my favorite DnD Things is when random rolls become retroactive Lore/Quirks for the character. Not even as a DM ruling, I mean something the whole table adopts organically, whether seriously or as a running joke.

A paladin I DMd for failing every single perception roll turned into him canonically needing glasses and not realizing it.

A combination of failed perception checks and concentration saves becoming a character having ADHD and that getting worked into the acting.

My gnome barbarian with low intimidation rolls despite doing/saying some actually terrifying things suddenly having a voice that cracks like the "WHEN WILL YOU LEARN?! WHEN WILL YOU LEARN?! THAT YOUR ACTIONS!! HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!" kid when he shouts.

Or my favorite, my tabaxi artificer, Gus, comedically failing every religion check when it comes to praying so now it's a whole plot point that gods literally do not perceive him.

(Yes this is an invitation to reply or tell me in the tags if you've had any canon-altering rolls like this I love PC stories)

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Sam Langford, el campeón que lo fué.

Imagina a un boxeador tan poderoso, tan hábil y tan temido que los campeones de casi todas las categorías rehusaban enfrentarlo. Sam Langford, un pugilista nacido en Canadá que cruzó fronteras y desafió los límites de su categoría de peso, encarnó el portento de un genio box��stico. Desde el peso ligero hasta el peso pesado, la historia de Langford es a la vez inspiradora y trágica. Ascendió de barrer pisos en un gimnasio de Boston a convertirse en "El mejor boxeor que un ring the boxeo haya conocido", un título que le otorgó ESPN. A pesar de su increíble talento y los boxeadores de clase mundial a los que derrotó, a Langford se le negó una oportunidad por el título durante toda su carrera. Sus habilidades incomparables y su tenacidad lo convirtieron en uno de los mejores peleadores "libra por libra" que jamás haya pisado un cuadrilátero, sin embargo, su historia sigue siendo una de las más legendarias del deporte que más nos gusta.

Nacido en Nueva Escocia (Canadá) el 4 de marzo de 1883, Sam Langford dejó su hogar a los 12 años, escapando de un padre abusivo, y se dirigió a Boston. Allí, el joven fugitivo encontró trabajo como conserje en el Lenox Athletic Club, un lugar que cambiaría su vida para siempre. No pasó mucho tiempo antes de que Langford se enamorara del boxeo. A los 15 años, ya había ganado el campeonato amateur de peso pluma de Boston. Su carrera profesional comenzó oficialmente el 11 de abril de 1902, pero el nombre de Langford pronto se extendería mucho más allá de los combates locales. Apodado el "Gigante Matador", Langford medía apenas 5'6" pero combatía con la potencia y la agilidad para desafiar, incluso, a los pesos completos, a pesar de nunca dar más de 185 libras en la báscula , incluso en su peso máximo. Su pequeña estatura y su modesto peso no le impidieron enfrentarse cara a cara con leyendas del boxeo. En 1905, se enfrentó a Jack Johnson, un futuro campeón de peso pesado con una ventaja de peso de 60 libras frente a Langford. Aunque Langford perdió, se dice que Johnson estaba tan intimidado por la habilidad de Langford que se negó a cualquier revancha o pelea por el título contra él en el futuro. La carrera de Langford estuvo llena de momentos notables contra formidables oponentes. En 1908, noqueó a los contendientes de peso pesado Joe Jeanette y Fireman Jim Flynn, demostrando que podía derrotar a los mejores. En 1910, incluso superó al peso medio del Salón de la Fama Stanley Ketchell en una controvertida "decisión de periódico". El árbitro se negó a declarar un ganador, no dispuesto a dejar que el boxeador negro venciera al ex campeón blanco de manera oficial. Negada una y otra vez la oportunidad de campeonato, Langford continuó peleando con una habilidad y un poder incomparables.

Se enfrentó a Joe Walcott, el campeón reinante de peso wélter, en 1904 por el título. A pesar de superar claramente a Walcott, la decisión fue declarada empate y Walcott retuvo el título. A Langford nunca más se le concedería una pelea por el título, a pesar de derrotar a muchos campeones mundiales en combates no titulares en varias categorías de peso. A lo largo de su carrera, el poder de Langford fue legendario. Acumuló 126 nocauts, a menudo contra oponentes que le aventajaban ampliamente en tonelaje. La revista Ring lo clasificó en el puesto número 2 en su lista de los letales pegadores de la historia del boxeo, una hazaña impresionante para alguien que peleó muy por debajo del peso pesado. Historiadores como Bert Sugar y Nat Fleischer lo han clasificado entre los mejores de todos los tiempos, destacando su rara combinación de inteligencia, agilidad y poder devastador. Sin embargo, el récord de Langford no captura completamente su talento debido a los desafíos que enfrentó. A menudo se le instruía para "sobrellevar" a los peleadores blancos para seguir obteniendo combates, por lo que se contenía de no maltratar a su rival en muchas ocasiones para asegurar futuras oportunidades. Sin embargo, su talento seguía brillando lo suficiente como para aterrorizar a los campeones de su época, muchos de los cuales, incluidos Jack Dempsey y Jess Willard, se negaron abiertamente a enfrentarlo.

Trágicamente, la carrera de Langford terminó de manera desgarradora. Para 1922, estaba ciego de un ojo, pero continuó boxeadndo, confiando en sus instintos para abrirse camino a través de los combates. Su última pelea fue en 1926, cuando su ceguera había empeorado hasta el punto de que ya no podía encontrar su esquina entre asaltos. Obligado a retirarse, Langford vivió sus últimos años en la pobreza y el aislamiento. Al Laney, un escritor del New York Herald Tribune, encontró a Langford en 1944, viviendo solo en una habitación alquilada de Harlem, ciego y sin un centavo. Su historia, una vez publicada, provocó donaciones de la comunidad del boxeo que le permitieron vivir sus años restantes con cierta dignidad. Pero a pesar de este reconocimiento, el legado de Langford siguió siendo en gran parte desconocido fuera de los círculos del boxeo, y su notable historia cayó en el olvido. Incluso hoy, la vida de Sam Langford sirve como un recordatorio tanto de las posibilidades como de las duras limitaciones de su tiempo. Fue un pugilista del Salón de la Fama, un campeón implacable en espíritu apesar de nunca haber podido obtener un título mundial, y sigue siendo, sin duda, una de las leyendas más trágicas y grandiosas del boxeo a un mismo tiempo.

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The Ring Magazine: The Bible of Boxing

In the world of boxing, The Ring magazine holds a place of reverence unlike any other publication. Known as “The Bible of Boxing,” The Ring has been the sport’s most authoritative and enduring voice for over a century. From its iconic rankings and prestigious awards to its in-depth coverage of the sport’s biggest stars and events, The Ring has played a pivotal role in shaping the narrative of boxing history. Let’s take a closer look at the rich legacy of The Ring magazine and why it remains a cornerstone of the boxing world.

The Birth of The Ring

The Ring magazine was founded in 1922 by Nat Fleischer, a passionate sportswriter who saw a need for a publication dedicated exclusively to boxing. Fleischer, who had covered boxing for various newspapers, recognized that the sport’s growing popularity deserved a platform that would chronicle its highs and lows, its champions and challengers, and its unforgettable moments.

From its first issue, The Ring set itself apart with its commitment to journalistic integrity and comprehensive coverage. The magazine provided readers with fight reports, interviews, and analysis, all while maintaining an impartial stance in an era when promotional influence often clouded the truth. Fleischer’s vision was clear: to create a publication that would be respected by fans, fighters, and industry insiders alike.

The Ring Rankings: A Trusted Standard

One of the most enduring contributions of The Ring magazine to the boxing world is its rankings system. Introduced in the 1920s, The Ring rankings quickly became the gold standard for evaluating fighters across all weight classes. Unlike the rankings provided by sanctioning bodies, which could be influenced by politics and promoters, The Ring rankings were based on merit, taking into account a fighter’s recent performances, quality of opposition, and overall standing in the sport.

The magazine’s rankings have often been regarded as the most accurate and unbiased assessment of a fighter’s status, making them a valuable resource for fans and professionals alike. Fighters who earned a place on The Ring’s rankings could take pride in knowing they had truly arrived on the world stage.

The Ring Championship Belt: The Ultimate Prize

In 1924, The Ring introduced its own championship belt, awarded to the lineal champion in each weight division. Unlike other titles, which could be stripped or vacated due to contractual disputes or politics, the Ring championship was given only to the fighter who had definitively proven themselves as the best in their division. The belt, with its distinctive design and rich history, became one of the most coveted prizes in boxing.

The Ring championship belt has been worn by some of the greatest names in the sport, including legends like Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Leonard, and more. To this day, it remains a symbol of true championship status, awarded to those who have earned it in the ring.

The Ring’s Role in Boxing Culture

Beyond its rankings and championships, The Ring has played a crucial role in preserving and promoting the culture of boxing. The magazine has chronicled the careers of countless fighters, providing in-depth profiles, interviews, and retrospectives that offer fans a deeper understanding of the sport and its athletes.

The Ring has also been a platform for some of the finest sportswriting in history. Writers like Bert Sugar, W.C. Heinz, and Jimmy Cannon have graced its pages, bringing the drama, passion, and brutality of boxing to life with their words. These stories have captured the essence of the sport, from the thrill of victory to the agony of defeat, and have cemented The Ring as a vital part of boxing’s literary tradition.

Surviving the Test of Time

Over the decades, The Ring has weathered numerous challenges, including changes in ownership, the rise of digital media, and the evolving landscape of boxing itself. However, through it all, the magazine has remained steadfast in its mission to provide fans with high-quality, reliable coverage of the sport they love.

In recent years, The Ring has successfully adapted to the digital age, with a robust online presence that complements its print edition. The magazine continues to cover the biggest fights, the rising stars, and the controversies that keep the sport in the public eye. Its rankings and championship belts remain as relevant as ever, serving as a benchmark for excellence in boxing.

A Legacy of Excellence

For over a century, The Ring magazine has been the definitive voice of boxing. It has witnessed the rise and fall of champions, the evolution of the sport, and the unforgettable moments that have defined generations of fans. Through it all, The Ring has maintained its commitment to integrity, quality, and the love of the sport.

As boxing continues to evolve, The Ring remains a vital link to the past and a trusted guide to the future. For fans old and new, it is more than just a magazine — it is a symbol of boxing’s enduring appeal, a testament to the power of storytelling, and a celebration of the sweet science in all its glory.

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George Dixon (July 29, 1870 – January 6, 1908) was a Canadian professional boxer. After winning the Bantamweight title in 1892, he became the first-ever athlete of African Descent to win a World Championship in any sport; he was the first Canadian-born boxing champion. Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer ranked him as the #1 Featherweight of all time. He was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1955, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1956, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a first-class inductee in 1990. In 2018 He was named one of the greatest 15 athletes in Nova Scotia’s history.

He was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Known as “Little Chocolate” he stood 5 feet 3.5 inches tall and weighed only 87 pounds (39 kg) when he began his professional boxing career. He is credited for developing shadowboxing.

He claimed the world bantamweight title on May 10, 1888, after a bout with Tommy Spider Kelly, and was officially considered the champion after knocking out Nunc Wallace of England in 18 rounds two years later on June 27, 1890.

On May 31, 1891, he retained his bantamweight crown by beating Cal McCarthy in 22 rounds and then moved up to the featherweight division where he won the World title by beating England’s Fred Johnson on June 27, 1892. He established a vaudeville troupe he called the “George Dixon Specialty Co.” which toured Canada and the US; it appeared at the Naylor Opera House in Terre Haute, Indiana, on November 8, 1894.

On October 4, 1897, he lost the featherweight title by decision in a rematch bout with Solly Smith, who he had defeated by seventh-round technical knockout. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Hear both sides of this rare record down my tumblr blog!

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Superman & Lois Season 2: What to Expect When the Show Returns

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This article contains Superman & Lois spoilers.

The first season of Superman & Lois has come to a close, and what an absolute joyride it was from start to finish. Are you left craving more? Do you need to spend more time in Smallville ASAP? Well, we’ve got good news for you, because Superman & Lois Season 2 has already been confirmed by The CW, and the first episode has already been written!

We spoke with showrunner Todd Helbing to try and get some details about what to expect from Superman & Lois Season 2.

Superman & Lois Season 2 Villains

Superman & Lois has already given us multiple Kryptonians for Superman to have super-powered brawls and trade heat vision blasts with. There’s always an instinct to just give Supes someone he can hit, but the first season managed to do that while also telling a pretty nuanced, even tragic, story for its central villain. But that just means it’s going to be a little trickier to follow up Tal-Rho with someone equally compelling.

“From the earliest days that Greg Berlanti and I talked about this show, the question was always, ‘okay, if we’re going to do this, how are we going to make it different?’” Helbing says. “And if you go through any of the movies, I think the natural tendency is, you have to have somebody as strong and powerful as Superman, or he would never lose. The story engine that we have though, and what’s really important is the family of it. So once you become a father, once Superman became a father, he has weaknesses that he never had before, his thoughts about Lois, about the boys. That family aspect makes him a weaker in a lot of ways, because he loves more. But it also makes him a better hero, because he has something to fight for.”

It doesn’t seem like Helbing thinks power levels are as important to building a Superman threat as others do.

“It doesn’t have to be somebody that can punch as hard as Superman,” Helbing says. “I think of the end of episode 14, when he came back and he had to tell his wife that he can’t find Jordan. There’s a look on Tyler’s face, like he doesn’t know what to do. Those are the situations we want to put Superman in. Because I think to all of us, writers, actors, producers, that’s the most important and what really works on our show.”

Lex Luthor?

And everybody knows that if there’s one villain who definitely can’t “punch as hard as Superman,” it’s Lex Luthor, who has been brought brilliantly to life on Supergirl over the last few seasons by Jon Cryer. But with Superman & Lois determined to forge its own path, it may be awhile before we get to see Lex show up in Smallville.

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“Look, I think Jon was awesome as Lex, so I’m certainly open to anything,” Helbing says. “I think we’d have to find the right story where it would work. Lex Luthor is such an iconic character, so it might be a bit, you know what I mean? There are some other characters that we want to explore. If we’re going to make our own stamp here and try to carve out our own story in Superman history, let’s tell some fresh new versions of this.”

Will There Be More Flashback Episodes?

One of the highlights of the season was the flashback episode, which told us big pieces of Lois and Clark’s history together before the boys were born, and showed us Clark’s first adventures in Metropolis as Superman (in that cool Fleischer-inspired costume).

“We’re not going to make the show into Lost,” Helbing jokes. “We’ll certainly have flashbacks if it’s going to help tell the story and help the audience understand where a character is and where they came from so it really lands emotionally, then yeah, we’ll do it.”

Still, that doesn’t mean that a flashback episode is automatically baked into the plans for Superman & Lois Season 2 just yet.

“We don’t necessarily have a format that we’re trying to follow per episode,” Helbing says. “Not having the typical sort of heroic television formula is really, I think, allowed us to approach stories from a different point of view and aspect, and not maybe worry about stuff that I would have worried about on The Flash.”

Will There Be Crossovers With Other DC TV Arrowverse Shows?

The pandemic put the kibosh on all DC TV crossovers this year, although in fairness, those were always expected to be smaller in scale after the massive Crisis on Infinite Earths in 2019. As for what characters or shows Superman & Lois Season 2 could potentially crossover with, Helbing isn’t talking yet.

“I think our sort of north star is just, it’s not any particular character, it’s just whatever benefits the story the best,” he says. “Honestly, it could be anybody right now. I think we’re under the assumption right now that things are going to kind of get back to how they were pre-pandemic, but I’m still a little hesitant to do that. And not just me. I think everybody is a little cautious, and we just want to be safe first and make sure everybody’s protected. We’ll see how it all plays out. I’m optimistic. I would love to do what we can.” 

Helbing also teases more information about where Superman & Lois sits in relation to the other Arrowverse shows airing.

“There’s been a lot of talk and questions about how all the shows interact now and are related post-Crisis,” he says. “I think in season two, the audience will get a lot more answers about that.”

Natalie Irons and Steel

Helbing is keeping quiet on all the implications about Natalie Irons arriving from her corner of the multiverse to surprise her father, John Henry Irons, and the Kent family.

“We knew Nat was going to show up, and we knew we wanted her in the show, because we want to explore a new family dynamic,” he says. “I’ll just say, in season two, there’s a lot that everybody is dealing with, having to get used to new members of a family, I’ll just put it that way.”

Yes, we have to imagine she won’t be thrilled to see that her mother on this world is married to the man who murdered her on their world, for starters.

Will Reign of the Supermen Happen?

Look, you can’t blame us for speculating on this. Superman & Lois introduced John Henry Irons, and even gave him his Steel armor and hammer. They introduced the Eradicator, both as a piece of Kryptonian tech and also as the living embodiment of that tech with a mission to make Earth more like Krypton.

And in a sense, it also gave us Superboy. No, not the half-clone of Superman who eventually adopts the moniker of Kon-El (and then Conner Kent) but the actual biological son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, Jordan Kent. For Superman fans, this is 3/4ths of a set of “replacement Supermen,” the heroes who rose after Superman’s “death” at the spiky hands of Doomsday in the famed Death and Return of Superman comic book story.

Helbing admits that they’ve talked about things, but certainly won’t commit to the possibility, either.

“We talk,” he says. “We kick all that stuff around, and it’s … I won’t say no, but I won’t say yes either, because we already wrote the first episode of season two. There’s some really cool stuff coming.” 

And since Supergirl already did a version of Hank Henshaw, the infamous Cyborg Superman, and with all the other love for Superman comic book lore already on display in Superman & Lois, is any of this ever being discussed by the writers?

“I think one of the things that we want to do is we want to stay away from any of the villains that Supergirl did for the most part, unless we’re going to completely reinvent them like Morgan Edge. So we’re trying to find some deep dives and bring those stories out in our show. And I think so far, I’m really excited about season two.”

Superman & Lois Season 2 Release Date

At the moment, all we know is that Superman & Lois Season 2 will arrive in early 2022. The first season arrived in February, so that might be a good spot to pencil in for now.

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Today In History

Joe Gans was rated as the greatest lightweight boxer of all time. He became the first African American lightweight champion on this date May 12, 1902.

Gans was rated the greatest lightweight boxer of all-time by boxing historian and Ring Magazine founder, Nat Fleischer. Known as the "Old Master", he became the first African-American world boxing champion of the 20th century, reigning continuously as world lightweight champion from 1902–1908, defending the title 15 times versus 13 boxers.

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On January 20th 1937 the Scottish boxer, Benny Lynch, was crowned world flyweight champion.

Some sources give the date as 19th, such as it is it never appeared on yesterdays lists, so........

Lynch’s Wembley victory over the highly-rated American fighter Small Montana, on January 19, 1937, proved he was the true flyweight champion of the world, following a dispute about his status from across the Atlantic. There was no arguing over the identity of the true champion now.

Lynch had lifted the world, European and British flyweight titles 16 months earlier in a bout in Manchester, defeating Jackie Brown in the second round, having already knocked him down eight times in the brief contest. Thousands of fellow Glaswegians greeted him at Central Station on his return home from that defining contest in Manchester, with the crowds lining the streets all the way back to his Gorbals birthplace.

Lynch was brought up in the deprived slums there, the son of Irish immigrants. He was only 5ft 4in and slightly built, but he possessed a power to his punch that belied his frame and he soon began to train at boxing clubs and took part in fights in the fairground booths at nearby Glasgow Green.

He turned professional in 1931 and fought more than 100 bouts in just seven years, an unbelievable statistic when looked at today.

Nine months after his career-defining victory over Montana, 40,000 people turned up at Shawfield Stadium in Glasgow to watch him defend his titles against Peter Kane. Lynch also fought at Anfield in Liverpool, Celtic Park, and the Kelvin Hall.

Benny was box office, but outside of the ring he was soon to be hampered in a way no boxer inside the squared circle could ever manage.

His downfall was the bottle, with Lynch becoming a chronic alcoholic. His training suffered, as did his conditioning and body, and he was soon turning up to bouts too heavy.

He lost his world title on the scales, unable to make the weight for his scheduled bout against Jackie Jurich in June 1938. The bout went ahead without the title at stake – and Lynch won.

But the cracks had long since started to appear and alcohol, combined with money problems and a number of run-ins with the law, took its toll.

His final bout was later that year, when he suffered his only knockout loss. With boxing gone from his life, his speed of deterioration accelerated and he passed away in August 1946, aged just 33.

In scenes similar in size to those that greeted Lynch upon his return home from Manchester as the champion 10 years earlier, but much more sombre in tone, the streets of Glasgow were lined to pay tribute as the funeral cortege passed through.

Forty years after his death, he was named in the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, and in 1998 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer rated Lynch as the No. 5 flyweight of all-time while his publication placed him 63rd in its 2002 list of the "Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". Like Fleischer, both Statistical boxing website BoxRec and the International Boxing Research Organization also rank Lynch as the 5th greatest flyweight ever.

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Mickey Walker was an American professional boxer who held both the world welterweight and world middleweight championships at different points in his career. Walker is widely considered one of the greatest fighters ever, with ESPN ranking him 17th on their list of the 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time and boxing historian Bert Sugar placing him 11th in his Top 100 Fighters catalog.

Statistical website BoxRec rates Walker as the 6th best middleweight ever, while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at No. 4. The International Boxing Research Organization ranked Walker as the No. 4 middleweight and the No. 16 pound-for-pound fighter of all-time. Walker was inducted into the Ring magazine Hall of Fame in 1957 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a first-class member in 1990.

Boxing record- Total fights: 164, Wins: 131, Wins by KO: 60, Losses: 25, Draws: 6, No contests: 2

Born Edward Patrick Walker on July 13, 1901 and died on April 28, 1991 at the age of 79.

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Television and radio

$64,000 Question (1955)

Joyce Brothers' first television appearance was at the age of 28. At that time, her husband was making $50 a month as a medical intern at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, which was not enough to support themselves and their three-year-old daughter. To escape what Brothers called the "slum-like conditions" of her New York City walkup, she was driven to enter as a contestant on the game show The $64,000 Question. The $64,000 Question was one of the top-charting shows of the time and possessed the largest jackpot of all the current quiz shows.

To become a contestant, Brothers had to write a letter stating a description of herself, the hobbies she immersed herself in, why she would make a great contestant, and what she would do if she were to carry forth with the winnings. Eventually, the letter landed her an interview with Mert Koplin, the show's producer. While in her letter she discussed her qualifications in the field of psychology and home economics, she was not allowed to use her expert knowledge for the show, as The $64,000 Question did not allow participants to be quizzed on topics of their expertise or profession. As such, Brothers had to come up with a new topic area for her to be quizzed on for the show.

With the gender roles of the time in mind, Koplin thought he could draw in the most viewership by juxtaposing Brothers' perceived frailty as a woman with the idea that she knew a great deal about a more masculine field. He is credited with saying Brothers should be given a topic on "something that [she] shouldn't know about... [something like] if it were football or if it were horse racing or boxing...."

Brothers' husband was a great fan of boxing, so she chose that as her topic. To prepare, she studied twenty-volume boxing encyclopedias and many years' worth of Ring Magazine issues and worked with boxing writer Nat Fleischer and former Olympic boxing champion and New York State Athletic Commissioner Edward P.F Eagan. After studying, she progressed on the show for several weeks. Despite the show's producers' efforts to stump her at the $16,000 mark by asking questions involving referees rather than the boxers themselves, she exceeded expectations and won the top prize.

Brothers used her photographic memory and focus to learn everything she could and quickly became regarded as an expert in the subject area of boxing. Her success on The $64,000 Question earned Brothers a chance to be the color commentator for CBS during the boxing match between Carmen Basilio and Sugar Ray Robinson. She was said to have been the first female boxing commentator.

Two years later, Brothers appeared on the spin-off series The $64,000 Challenge, which brought in the winners of The $64,000 Question and matched them against experts in the field. Again, Brothers walked off with the maximum prize, winning against seven other competitors. (The combined $128,000 in winnings would be equivalent to over $1.3 million in 2021.)

While The $64,000 Question and The $64,000 Challenge later came out with cheating scandals of some contestants only pretending to be novices to their respective topic, Brothers was one of the contestants who was cleared of cheating allegations.

i learned that when Dr. Joyce Brothers was a contestant on The $64,000 Question the show’s sponsor Revlon tried to get rid of her because she didn’t wear makeup on air. She was asked increasingly obscure questions but was able to answer them all correctly and became the show’s first woman to win the top prize (x)