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November 5, 1917
The Detroit Times
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
What is this article about?
In November 1919, veteran boxer Frankie Burns, 27, seeks the bantamweight title in a 20-round fight against champion Pete Herman in the sunny south, capping his nine-year comeback with his third title chance after key past bouts.
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BURNS MEETS
HERMAN TONIGHT
Twenty-Round
Contest
For
Bantam Title Is
Scheduled
NEW YORK Nov. -Tonight! in
the sunny south the finishing touch
in the most successful comeback
the pugilistic game has seen will be
achieved or lost by Frankie Burns.
Veteran bantam tho he is, Burns
is going better than at any time
in his career. He will get his third
chance at the world bantamweight
Title when he meets Pete Herman
of New Orleans in a battle scheduled
to go over the 20-round route.
Burns has been fighting the contenders
and the bad ones in the tins
division for nine years. He is
27 years old, an age at which most
fighters have had their ears well
cauliflowered and are willing to live
happily ever after on the fruits of
their effort but not so Burns.
Back on Nov. 1, 1918, Burns met
the present topmost perpetrator in the
bantam division and laid him out
in the twelfth round of what was
to be a grand how.
Thereafter he saw Kilbane,
then featherweight champion.
He didn't dethrone but a decision
Kilbane did. Burns they fought 10 rounds
at St. something. Johnny Coulon
also for the feather? Fifty years? No,
they fought and beat him on
Feb. 1, 1910.
HERMAN TONIGHT
Twenty-Round
Contest
For
Bantam Title Is
Scheduled
NEW YORK Nov. -Tonight! in
the sunny south the finishing touch
in the most successful comeback
the pugilistic game has seen will be
achieved or lost by Frankie Burns.
Veteran bantam tho he is, Burns
is going better than at any time
in his career. He will get his third
chance at the world bantamweight
Title when he meets Pete Herman
of New Orleans in a battle scheduled
to go over the 20-round route.
Burns has been fighting the contenders
and the bad ones in the tins
division for nine years. He is
27 years old, an age at which most
fighters have had their ears well
cauliflowered and are willing to live
happily ever after on the fruits of
their effort but not so Burns.
Back on Nov. 1, 1918, Burns met
the present topmost perpetrator in the
bantam division and laid him out
in the twelfth round of what was
to be a grand how.
Thereafter he saw Kilbane,
then featherweight champion.
He didn't dethrone but a decision
Kilbane did. Burns they fought 10 rounds
at St. something. Johnny Coulon
also for the feather? Fifty years? No,
they fought and beat him on
Feb. 1, 1910.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Boxing Comeback
Bantamweight Title
Frankie Burns
Pete Herman
20 Round Fight
What entities or persons were involved?
Frankie Burns
Pete Herman
Johnny Kilbane
Johnny Coulon
Where did it happen?
Sunny South
Story Details
Key Persons
Frankie Burns
Pete Herman
Johnny Kilbane
Johnny Coulon
Location
Sunny South
Event Date
November 1919
Story Details
Veteran bantamweight Frankie Burns, aged 27 and in top career form, faces Pete Herman of New Orleans in a 20-round world title bout tonight, marking his third title shot amid a successful comeback after nine years fighting contenders; past fights include knocking out a top contender in 1918, facing Kilbane, and beating Coulon in 1910.