Tommy Loughran
Toronto Daily Star, August 13 1931
Tommy Loughran (1902-1982) was the world light-heavyweight boxing champion of the world for a nearly two-year stretch between 1927 and 1929, after which he vacated the title to compete as a heavyweight. He lost a world championship heavyweight bout to Primo Carnera in 1934.
After he retired from boxing in 1937, Loughran had a successful career as a commodities broker on Wall Street. He became a keynote speaker who worked on promoting the image of boxing.
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