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Jeffrey Thomas Sammons
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BIOGRAPHY

Professor of history at New York University. Author of Beyond the Ring: The Role of Boxing in American Society.

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Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Boxing, sport, both amateur and professional, involving attack and defense with the fists. Boxers usually wear padded gloves and generally observe the code set forth in the marquess of Queensberry rules. Matched in weight and ability, boxing contestants try to land blows hard and often with their…
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