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1632:"A Name to Remember: Miletichs among Fighting's Great Even in 1930s"
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1515:"Beeftrust" Tournament
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899:Hollywood, California
864:Hollywood, California
830:Stopped due to cut eye
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670:Stopped due to cut eye
281:Born John Miletich to
1660:Bak, Richard (2011),
1431:March 1 (est.), 1933
602:Art "Young" Campbell
588:Hollywood, California
269:mixed martial artist
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992:(Newspaper decision)
729:(Newspaper decision)
306:1932 Summer Olympics
241:1932 Summer Olympics
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787:Spokane, Washington
547:Modesto, California
318:Professional boxing
1690:Heavyweight boxers
1664:, Painted Turtle,
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987:Maxie Rosenbloom
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708:Des Moines, Iowa
605:Disqualification
536:February 2, 1937
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431:October 17, 1938
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1640:. Retrieved
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1579:the original
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1420:Flash Ryser
1386:Ed Anderson
1033:No Decision
1030:Joe Goeders
990:No Decision
804:Abe Feldman
727:No Decision
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124:Total fights
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68:(1976-06-17)
30:Johnny Miler
1715:1976 deaths
1695:1910 births
1642:16 February
1183:Red Fields
164:No contests
99:Heavyweight
1679:Categories
1670:0814334997
1557:References
1349:Joe Lipps
949:Ray Actis
527:Joe Bauer
277:Early life
140:Wins by KO
83:Statistics
46:1910-08-10
1615:. BoxRec.
1598:. BoxRec.
1290:Al White
1258:Decision
392:Rd., Time
361:12 Losses
298:Joe Louis
262:in 1934.
252:Joe Louis
90:Weight(s)
53:Hocking,
1354:(points)
1336:Unknown
919:(points)
882:(points)
847:(points)
490:12-10-3
453:12-11-3
416:12-12-3
402:Location
382:Opponent
283:Croatian
260:Max Baer
1530:Points
1457:Points
1427:Unknown
1389:Points
1327:Points
1293:Points
1260:(split)
1145:10-1-1
1108:11-1-1
1071:12-1-1
1027:12-1-1
984:12-1-1
959:, 1:35
946:12-2-1
909:12-3-1
874:12-4-1
839:12-4-2
801:12-5-2
761:12-6-2
721:12-6-2
679:12-6-2
639:12-7-2
599:12-8-2
574:, 1:51
561:12-9-2
524:12-9-3
496:Points
365:3 Draws
357:12 Wins
337:years.
332:⁄
1668:
1524:1-0-0
1486:2-0-0
1451:3-0-0
1417:4-0-0
1383:5-0-0
1346:5-0-1
1321:6-0-1
1287:7-0-1
1252:7-1-1
1215:8-1-1
1180:9-1-1
377:Record
372:Result
293:Boxing
208:
193:boxing
191:Men's
148:Losses
105:Height
1352:Draw
1343:Draw
1249:Loss
981:Draw
943:Loss
917:Loss
906:Loss
880:Loss
871:Loss
845:Draw
836:Draw
798:Loss
758:Loss
636:Loss
596:Loss
558:Loss
521:Draw
487:Loss
450:Loss
413:Loss
407:Notes
287:Albia
156:Draws
1666:ISBN
1644:2016
1521:Win
1483:Win
1448:Win
1414:Win
1380:Win
1318:Win
1284:Win
1226:(10)
1212:Win
1191:(10)
1177:Win
1156:(10)
1142:Win
1119:(10)
1105:Win
1077:TKO
1068:Win
1024:Win
957:(10)
952:TKO
812:(10)
807:TKO
772:(10)
767:TKO
718:Win
676:Win
652:(15)
647:TKO
610:(15)
572:(10)
464:(10)
459:TKO
422:TKO
397:Date
387:Type
201:the
132:Wins
63:Died
55:Iowa
36:Born
1497:(3)
1492:KO
1423:KO
1330:10
1264:10
1221:KO
1186:KO
1151:KO
1114:KO
1082:(8)
996:10
923:10
886:10
851:10
695:10
608:11
567:KO
533:10
427:(8)
1681::
1634:.
1621:^
1604:^
1587:^
1573:.
1533:6
1495:1
1460:8
1392:8
1358:8
1296:4
1224:3
1189:3
1154:3
1117:4
1080:4
1043:8
955:6
810:5
770:8
733:8
650:8
570:2
499:6
462:2
425:3
273:.
247:.
151:12
135:12
127:31
1646:.
1039:)
1035:(
691:)
687:(
334:2
330:1
327:+
325:5
167:4
159:3
143:7
48:)
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