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Battling Siki, the Glossary

Louis Mbarick Fall (16 September 1897 – 15 December 1925), known as Battling Siki, was a Senegalese light heavyweight boxer born in Senegal who fought from 1912 to 1925, and briefly reigned as the World light heavyweight champion after knocking out Georges Carpentier.^[1]

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French murder victims
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (November 29, 1908 – April 4, 1972) was an American Baptist pastor and politician who represented the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the United States House of Representatives from 1945 until 1971.

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Adam Clayton Powell Sr.

Adam Clayton Powell (May 5, 1865 – June 12, 1953) was an American pastor who developed the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York as the largest Protestant congregation in the country, with 10,000 members.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Ashley Morrison

Ashley Malcolm Morrison is an Australian/British sports commentator, broadcaster, writer, and documentary filmmaker.

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Black tie

Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and North American conventions for attire in the 19th century.

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Bob Fitzsimmons

Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1862 – 22 October 1917) was a British professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. Battling Siki and bob Fitzsimmons are light-heavyweight boxers and world boxing champions.

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BoxRec

BoxRec or boxrec.com is a website dedicated to holding updated records of professional and amateur boxers, both male and female.

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Champagne

Champagne is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, which demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation.

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Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is located.

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Che Guevara

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on was 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted by Jon Lee Anderson), asserts that he was actually born on 14 May of that year. Constenla alleges that she was told by Che's mother, Celia de la Serna, that she was already pregnant when she and Ernesto Guevara Lynch were married and that the date on the birth certificate of their son was forged to make it appear that he was born a month later than the actual date to avoid scandal.

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Croix de Guerre

The Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) is a military decoration of France.

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Dixie Kid

Aaron Lister Brown (23 December 1883 – 6 April 1934), known professionally as the Dixie Kid, was an American boxer.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist.

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Flushing Cemetery

Flushing Cemetery is a cemetery in Flushing in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.

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Georges Carpentier

Georges Carpentier (12 January 1894 – 28 October 1975) was a French boxer, actor and World War I pilot. Battling Siki and Georges Carpentier are European Boxing Union champions, French male boxers, French military personnel of World War I, light-heavyweight boxers, Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France) and world boxing champions.

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Great Dane

The Great Dane is a German breed of large mastiff-sighthound, which descends from hunting dogs of the Middle Ages used to hunt bears, wild boar, and deer.

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Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan in New York City.

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Harry Greb

Edward Henry Greb (June 6, 1894 – October 22, 1926) was an American professional boxer. Battling Siki and Harry Greb are light-heavyweight boxers and world boxing champions.

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Harry Reeve

Harry Isaacs (7 January 1893 – 10 December 1958), better known as Harry Reeve, was a British middleweight and cruiserweight boxer who was British Cruiserweight champion in 1916. Battling Siki and Harry Reeve are light-heavyweight boxers.

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Harry Wills

Harry Wills (May 15, 1889 – December 21, 1958) was a heavyweight boxer who held the World Colored Heavyweight Championship three times.

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Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.

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Jack Dempsey

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1914 to 1927, and reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1919 to 1926. Battling Siki and Jack Dempsey are light-heavyweight boxers and world boxing champions.

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Johnny Wilson (boxer)

Johnny Wilson was born Giovanni Francesco Panica on March 23, 1893 in Harlem, New York City.

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Kid Norfolk

Kid Norfolk (born William Ward, 10 July 1893 – 15 April 1968) was an American professional boxer who fought as a Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight from 1910 through 1926, holding wins over many notable boxers of his day including Joe Jeanette, Billy Miske, Jack Blackburn, Harry Greb, Tiger Flowers, Battling Siki, and Gunboat Smith. Battling Siki and Kid Norfolk are light-heavyweight boxers.

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Light heavyweight

Light heavyweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Battling Siki and Light heavyweight are light-heavyweight boxers.

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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.

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List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions

This is a chronological list of world light heavyweight boxing champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations.

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Match fixing

In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.

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Médaille militaire

The Médaille militaire (Military Medal) is a military decoration of the French Republic for other ranks for meritorious service and acts of bravery in action against an enemy force.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Middleweight

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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Mike McTigue

"Bold" Mike McTigue (November 26, 1892 – August 12, 1966) was the light heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1923 to 1925. Battling Siki and Mike McTigue are light-heavyweight boxers.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York State Athletic Commission

The New York State Athletic Commission or NYSAC, also known as the New York Athletic Commission, is a division of the New York State Department of State which regulates all contests and exhibitions of unarmed combat within the state of New York, including licensure and supervision of promoters, boxers, professional wrestlers, seconds, ring officials, managers, and matchmakers.

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Newspaper decision

A newspaper decision was a type of decision in professional boxing.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Paul Berlenbach

Paul Berlenbach (February 18, 1901 – September 30, 1985), nicknamed the Astoria Assassin was the world light heavyweight boxing champion in 1925 and 1926. Battling Siki and Paul Berlenbach are light-heavyweight boxers.

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Revolver

A revolver is a repeating handgun that has at least one barrel and uses a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers (each holding a single cartridge) for firing.

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Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (lit), is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

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Saint-Louis, Senegal

Saint Louis or Saint-Louis (Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Siki

Also known as Louis Mbarick Fall, Louis Phal.

, 42nd Street (Manhattan).

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See also

French murder victims

Senegalese emigrants to the United States

Senegalese male boxers

Senegalese people murdered abroad

References