Mike O'Dowd
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Mike O'Dowd was the Middleweight Champion of the World from 1917 to 1920. He won the title on November 14, 1917 by knocking out Al McCoy
in the sixth round. O'Dowd was knocked out just once in his career, his last fight on March 16, 1923.
O'Dowd was the only world's champion to fight at the front during World War I
(1918, while serving in the U.S. Army).
Al McCoy (boxer)
Al McCoy was a boxing world middleweight champion from 1914 to 1917. McCoy’s professional record: 157 bouts — won 99 , lost 40, no-decisions 18.-Biography:...
in the sixth round. O'Dowd was knocked out just once in his career, his last fight on March 16, 1923.
O'Dowd was the only world's champion to fight at the front during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
(1918, while serving in the U.S. Army).