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Dempsey and Schmeling in Featured Boxing Roles
1931 saw Jack Dempsey back in public view on a nationwide tour as he sought a return to heavyweight glory. Max Schmeling solidified his claim to the crown with a victory over Young Stribling in a tense title bout at Cleveland, while other contenders like Sharkey Loughran and Canzoneri pursued bids for the championship amid a shifting heavyweight landscape.
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Max Schmeling
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Bchmeling
Max
Schmeling
York
Jack Dempsey
United States
Germany
New York State Athletic Commission
Hls
New York
Young Stribling
Madison Square Garden Corporation of
Illinois
Cleveland
Ring
George Blake
Jack Sharkey
Mickey Walker
Sharkey
Primo Carera
Ernie Schaaf
Charley Retzlaff
Steve Hamas
Stanley Poreda
Victorio Campolo
Primo
Carnera
Maxie Rosenbloom
Claiss
Jimmy Slattery
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Boxing Commission
New York Commission
Tommy Freeman
Jo Thormpsoen
Thompson
Young Corbett
California
Lou Brouilara
Boston
Tony Canzoneri
Jack
Kid) Berg
Berg
Chocolate
Cuba
Benny Bass
Philadelphia
Canzoneri
Bat “Battalino
Ifive
Perhaas
Battalino
Lohmeiling
Fidel LaBarba
Marl Maestro
al Brown
Europe
Canada
Wolgast
Pennsylvania
Frankie Genaro
Young Perez
Paris