Names in the News - Dec. 11, 1985
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John F. Panica, 92, world middleweight boxing champion from 1920 to 1923 while fighting under the name Johnny Wilson, died of pneumonia at a Boston hospital in which he was recuperating from a broken hip. His record was 64-21, including 43 knockouts,
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