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Lee Savold

After retiring from boxing, he worked for Local 825 of the Operating Engineers Union.

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On May 25, 1942 he KO'd Lou Nova in the eighth round in a bout which was named the Ring Magazine upset of the year.

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On June 17, 1951 he fought Joe Louis in what was the first professional prizefight carried to theaters on closed circuit TV.

Duilio Spagnolo

The first indication that the latter was not going to come came on March 25, 1947, when he made his American debut, against a top ranked heavyweight, Lee Savold, who proceeded to give Spagnolo his first knockout loss, in round eight at Boston's famed Boston Garden.

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