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Leonard and Gans Vie for Lightweight crown in 40-year debate
The piece traces Benny Leonard and Joe Gans as top lightweights, notes Gans led in a vote by Harry Smith, and recalls Leonard's strategic influence on Dempsey-Willard plans. It highlights their ringsmarts, records, and a famous Willard knockout uppercut sequence crediting Leonard’s guiding role.
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Benny Leonard
Joe Gans
Jack McAushite
Frank Erne
Hid Lavigne
The
Saginaw
Leonard
Gaus
Harry Smith
San Francisco
Gans
Baltimore
Jack Blackburn
Joe Lous
Bat Nelson
Dane
Nelson
Hira
Toledo
Bob Edgren
Jess Willard
Dempsey
May
Jack
Kearns
Willard
Onder
Lefigh