Randolph Turpin
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1928 – 1966
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Who was Randolph Turpin?
Randolph Adolphus Turpin, better known as Randolph Turpin, and in the United States also as Randy Turpin, was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe's best middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s. In 1952 he became world middleweight champion when he defeated Sugar Ray Robinson. Turpin was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 2001.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1928
Leamington Spa - Also known as
- Randolph Adolphus Turpin
- The Leamington Licker
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Gwyneth Price
(1953/11/15 - 1966/05/17)
- Gwyneth Price
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Leamington Spa
- Died
- May 17, 1966
Leamington Spa
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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