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    Paul Pender, was an American boxer and firefighter from Massachusetts who held the World Middleweight Championship. Pender was born in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of William and Anna Pender. A 1949 graduate of Brookline High School, Pender was recruited as an all American football player at Michigan State University and Penn State, but instead, chose to enter professional boxing, while attending Staley College. Although a champion, he regarded boxing as his second job and being a Brookline firefighter his first. As an amateur, he won the New England welterweight championship.
    BornPaul Pender · June 20, 1930 · Brookline, Massachusetts
    DiedJanuary 12, 2003 (aged 72) · Bedford, Massachusetts
    Height5'10'
    Weight(s)160 lb (73 kg) (middleweight)
    Early life

    Pender was born in the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts, the son of William and Anna (Lyster) Pender. A 1949 graduate of Brookline High School, Pender was recruited as an all American football player at … See more

    Professional career

    In 1959, the National Boxing Association withdrew its recognition of Sugar Ray Robinson as middleweight champion. Gene Fullmer and Carmen Basilio fought for the vacant NBA title, and Fullmer won. Pender beat Robin… See more

     
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