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Description: | A photograph of boxers Benny Lynch (1913-1946) and Small Montana (1913-1976) taken by Saidman for the Daily Herald newspaper on 19 January, 1937. The men are pictured at the weigh-in before their flyweight world championship fight at Wembley Stadium. Lynch, left, won the fight on points after 15 rounds. Lynch is widely regarded as one of Britain's finest boxers. Born in Glasgow, he was Scotland's first ever world boxing champion. He died aged just 33, from pneumonia brought on by alcoholism. Small Montana, real name Benjamin Gan, came from the Philippines. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | gelatin silver print photograph | Temporal: | 19/01/1937 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Saidman | Identifier: | 1983-5236/F00764 | Go to resource |
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