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Adolphus Wolgast, nicknamed Michigan Wildcat, was the world's lightweight champion from 1910 to 1912.
Wolgast circa 1912-1913
Wolgast (right) in his title fight against Willie Ritchie, 1912.
Panoramic photo of Wolgast–Rivers boxing match, July 4, 1912, at Vernon Arena
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Freddie Welsh was a Welsh World boxing champion. The lightweight boxer was born in Pontypridd, Wales, nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a working-class b
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…and Al Wolgast. Wolgast trained on a meat-based diet. He was fond of eating steak and opposed the vegetarian diet of rival lightweight boxing champion Freddie Welsh. He turned professional in 1906, and on February 22, 1910 he won the World Lightweight Title with a technical knockout (TKO) during a 40-round bout…
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Young Erne, who faced Welsh twice, firstly in Philadelphia in 1906
Packey McFarland fought Welsh three times, twice in 1908
Freddie Welsh at docks, incorrectly labelled as 1910