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TIL of “The Pittsburg Windmill”, the boxer Harry Greb who boxed with one eye after losing sight in the other due to an injury. Despite this, Greb was the only person to defeat champion Gene Tunney and was renowned for breaking the colour line by accepting challenges from African-American opponents.

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