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Ketchal, (Kiecal) Stanley - Few men in boxing stirred the emotions as much as Stanley Ketchal. A veteran of 61 ring fights, Ketchal won the middleweight crown on February 22, 1908. He was admitted to Boxing's Hall of Fame in 1954 and into Michigan's Sports Hall of Fame in 1959.
(Inducted into the Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1984)

Note: name also spelled "Ketchel", shot and killed by a jealous rival in a love affair

From: National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame

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