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Mike Jacobs
Mike Jacobs (Boxing. Born, New York, NY, Mar. 10, 1880; died, Miami Beach, FL, Jan. 24, 1953.) For more than a decade, Michael Strauss Jacobs was the most powerful promoter in boxing. In 1907, Jacobs opened a theatre ticket brokerage office in the lobby of the Hotel Normandie. He soon branched out into handling sports […]