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The Town That Lost the Title Fight

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Mark Lamarr recalls a 1923 event in which the people of a remote American town staged, at great cost, a world heavyweight title fight featuring boxer Jack Dempsey. Repeated on New Year's Eve at 9pm

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Mark Lamarr
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Jack Dempsey.
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