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Tommy Farr
Thomas George Farr (12 March 1913 – 1 March 1986) was a British boxer from Clydach Vale, Wales, nicknamed "the Tonypandy Terror". Prior to 1936, he had boxed in the light heavyweight division, in which he was the Welsh champion, he became British and Empire heavyweight champion on 15 March 1937. He challenged for the world title against Joe Louis in the same year and gave Louis one of the toughest fights of his career, hurting him numerous times and lasting the full 15 rounds on his way to a wide unanimous decision loss, which was booed by spectators. Farr is considered to be one of the greatest British heavyweight fighters ever. Farr was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
==World title fight vs Joe Louis==
On 30 August 1937, Farr fought world heavyweight champion Joe Louis at the height of his career at Yankee Stadium, New York City; he gained respect despite losing a controversial points decision after 15 rounds. Louis, one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, had knocked out 8 of his previous 9 opponents and proceeded to knock out his next 7, but was fearlessly attacked and hurt by Farr. The 50,000 crowd booed when Louis was awarded the decision〔(Crowd Yells Fury as Louis Gets the Verdict ) ''Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)'', 31 August 1937, at Trove〕〔"After collecting the judges' votes, referee Arthur Donovan announced that Louis had won the fight on points. The crowd of 50,000 . . . amazed that Farr had not been knocked out or even knocked down, booed the decision. . . Speaking over the radio after the fight, Louis admitted that he had been hurt twice." (Sport: Louis v Farr ) Time Magazine, 6 Sept 1937. (Paid subscription required)〕〔An authentic radio commentary on the fight's end is included in Mal Pope's soundtrack of ''(The Main Event )'', from his musical ''Contender'', highlighting the belief of commentator and audience that Farr was the real winner.〕 after referee Arthur Donovan, Sr. had seemingly raised Farr's glove in victory. Seven years later, in his published account of the fight, Donovan apologised for the 'mistake'.〔(Donovan's Worst Mistake As a Referee ) ''The Mail'', Adelaide, at Trove digitised newspapers, National Library of Australia.〕
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