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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL
Introduced by: Councilmember Cole
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ORDINANCE concerning
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City Property - Renaming the Upton Boxing Center to the Joe Gans Boxing Center
FOR the purpose of changing the name of the Upton Boxing Center, located at 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, to the Joe Gans Boxing Center.
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BY authority of
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section 20-2
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)
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Joe Gans, the first African American World Boxing Champion, was born in Baltimore in 1874. Nicknamed the “Old Master”, he is considered to be the greatest lightweight boxer of all time, and pound-for pound he is considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time. He started boxing professionally in Baltimore around 1891, and from 1902 to 1908, he reigned as lightweight champion. His boxing career encompassed 188 total fights, of which he won 138.
He was originally named Joseph Gant, but in a newspaper article he was referred to as Joe Gans, a name that remained with him for the rest of his life. He died in 1910, of tuberculosis, and is buried in Baltimore’s Mount Auburn Cemetery. His monument is maintained by the International Boxing Commission and sits just to the left of the main entrance to the cemetery.
SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the name of the Upton Boxing Center, located at 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, is changed to the Joe Gans Boxing Center.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, Th...
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