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Created: 2025-07-20 12:04:05 UTC

Newly crowned Heavyweight Champion, Jersey Joe Walcott, smooches his wife Lydia on July 20, 1951 during a celebration in his honor at City Hall in Camden, New Jersey.

The epitome of persistence, snagging the heavyweight belt on his 5th attempt at it, Jersey Joe scored a 7th round KO of defending titlist Ezzard Charles at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh on the 18th.

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