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George A. Contas (August 25, 1890 - ?) also known as George Knockout Brown was a middleweight boxing champion from Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Biography

He was born on August 25, 1890 in Sparta, Greece. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois. He traveled many times to Australia to fight.[2][3]

After his boxing career, he was a Sergeant in the Cicero IL Police Department.George and his wife, Sally, had no children.

References

  1. ^ "George Brown". Boxrec. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  2. ^ "Brown Anxious To Score A Knockout". The Pittsburgh Press. November 23, 1916. Retrieved 2010-10-05. George knockout Brown, the famous greek battler of Chicago, is determined to do more than merely win the popular decision over Harry Greb when he faces the ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ J. J. Johnston and Sean Curtin (2005). Chicago Boxing. Arcadia Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 0-7385-3210-X. Brown was born George Contas (or Condos) in Agriana (outside of Sparta) Greece, and fought nearly all the top middleweights in the United States and Australia. Nobody could knock him out ... {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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