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303:Eddie Compo
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267:New England
52:Murray Cain
30:Teddy Davis
521:Categories
499:References
383:Kenny Lane
347:Art Aragon
319:Willie Pep
311:Nick Stato
271:Willie Pep
173:Wins by KO
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205:, alias
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