I fought the big drinker twice on even terms

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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was a feisty pug ...Made famous for battling an icon twice on even terms...The tough guy was much bigger than me, but I was a tough SOB..I am ?
     
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    Tom Sharkey

    John L. Sullivan the big drinker.
     
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    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes it was John L Sullivan who fought the smnaller but tough Charlie Mitchell of England...Charlie Mitchell was 25 pounds lighter than the great John L, but held his own in2 fights in 1883 and 1888..
     
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