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C3-4
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- 1910 (Creation)
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ca. 1910. Studio copy photograph of Stanley Ketchel, Middleweight Boxing Champion, American, 1908-1910. Ketchel is wearing his elaborate championship belt. Ketchel (born Stanislaus Kiecal) was known as the "Michigan Assassin," reflecting his birthplace and hard hitting style of fighting. He fought middleweights, light heavyweights and heavyweights during his short career, including heavyweight champ Jack Johnson. Ketchel was the first two-time middleweight champion. He died at age 24, shot in Missouri by an allegedly jealous ranch hand named Walter Dipley. The legendary fighter was part of the inaugural class of inductees in 1990 into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. (T. Times, 11/15/1938, p. 12; boxrec.com). (Argentum)
Ketchel, Stanley; Boxers (Sports)--1900-1910;