Milestones: Mar. 1, 1982

DIED. Tommy ("Hurricane") Jackson, 50, windmill-style heavyweight-boxing contender whose ability to endure massive pain wore down opponents more than his flailing punches; of a stroke; in Queens, N.Y. With 17 wins, four losses and one draw on his record, Jackson, a strong favorite of TV fight fans in the '50s, was forced from the ring in 1958 when the New York State athletic commission said he had suffered brain damage. Friends claimed Jackson had been exploited financially during his ring career, and he spent many of the remaining years of his life shining...

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