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What significant event happened on the day (June 9) Kid Williams was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame?

  • It was his birthday

  • It was the anniversary of his first match

  • It was the eighty-second anniversary of winning the bantamweight title

  • It was the anniversary of his retirement

Answer

Kid Williams was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on June 9, 2017. The day also marked the eighty-second anniversary of Williams winning the bantamweight title. Williams was born in 1888 in Louisville, Kentucky, and he began boxing at the age of fifteen. He won the bantamweight title in 1915, and he held the title for two years.
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