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- June 14, 1993: Died:William David t("Billy") Conn
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Jun. 14, 1993 The Pill That Changes Everything
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- MILESTONES, Page 21
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- <p> DIED. WILLIAM DAVID ("BILLY") CONN, 75, boxer; in Pittsburgh,
- Pennsylvania. In the days when the boxing ring was the central
- venue for melting-pot rivalries, "The Pittsburgh Kid" was an
- Irish-American favorite. After turning pro in 1935, it took
- Conn only four years to win the world light-heavyweight championship,
- but it's for a legendary heavyweight bout that he is best remembered.
- In June 1941 Conn challenged perhaps the greatest boxer in history,
- Joe Louis, for the title. After 12 rounds, the swift and cagey
- Conn led Louis on points. Then he made an infamous miscalculation--he decided to slug it out. "Of all the times to be a wise
- guy," Conn later recalled, "I had to pick it against him to
- be a wise guy." Louis knocked Conn out in the 13th round. Their
- 1946 rematch occasioned Louis' deathless quip, "He can run,
- but he can't hide." This proved true: Louis knocked Conn out
- once again. The two men remained lifelong friends and mutual
- admirers.
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