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WorldLink: The forgotten story of Afro-Italian boxing champion Leone Jacovacci

Christopher Livesay, RomeJune 2, 2017

As a black boxer in Europe during the 1920s, you were not just fighting your opponents in the ring, but also racism at pretty much every turn, as the Afro-Italian boxing champion Leone Jacovacci could testify if he were still alive. The story of Leone has been largely forgotten until now. Thanks to the Italian professor Mauro Valeri the fascinating story of Leone Jacovacci is finally being told.

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