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- ↑ Romano, Frederick V. (2017). The Golden Age of Boxing on Radio and Television: A Blow-by-Blow History from 1921 to 1964. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-63144-075-5 . Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ↑ https://dumonthistory.com/a1.html DuMont historical website] Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine