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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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The sixth annual Northwest Golden Gloves Championships open Monday night in Minneapolis with over 200 fighters from five states and 20 nationalities. Five defending champions, some shifting weight classes, including University boxers, will compete amid a record 16 heavyweights.
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Minneapolis, Feb. 11.- (P) - More than 200 fighters from five states, representing 20 nationalities will be here Monday to participate in the sixth annual northwest golden gloves championships, which will start in the auditorium Monday night.
The entrants will take their physical examinations and then will rest for the ordeal of fighting through heavily packed brackets to the semi-final and final rounds, scheduled for Wednesday night.
In the group of entrants are five champions, Ben Blanchette. heavyweight: Kenny Brown, middleweight; Owen Trickey, featherweight: Cully Eckstrom, bantamweight, and Carl Loverude. flyweight.
Three of these champions, however have outgrown the divisions in which they won titles and will have to fight at higher weights. Trickey will seek the lightweight title. Eckstrom will fight as a featherweight and Loverude will go into the bantamweight class.
Sixteen heavyweights have been entered, making the largest list of big fellows ever to participate in a golden gloves tournament in Minneapolis. Ben Blanchette, champion from the University of North Dakota. will be challenged not only by Phil Proffit of the University of Minnesota but by outstanding stars from other sections.
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Feb. 11
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More than 200 fighters from five states representing 20 nationalities will participate in the sixth annual northwest golden gloves championships starting Monday night in the Minneapolis auditorium. Five champions including Ben Blanchette, Kenny Brown, Owen Trickey, Cully Eckstrom, and Carl Loverude will compete, with three moving to higher weight classes. Sixteen heavyweights entered, with Ben Blanchette challenged by Phil Proffit and others.