Sports Fact of the Day 2/20/2007

2/20/1948:

Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati knocks Sam Baroudi of Akron unconscious in the 10th and nfinal round of their light heavyweight bout at Chicago Stadium. Despite immediate medical treatment, Baroudi will die of a massive cerebral hemorrhage and Charles will become a changed fighter. His style will be less aggressive, and although he'll become the heavyweight champion of the world (1949-51), he'll never again feel the joie de vivre of his chosen profession.

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