Talk:Benny Leonard
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There is a wonderful short tv piece called _Fight For The Title_, 1957. You can read about it here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251084/
The story purports to be true, but I can't verify it. It tells about Benny Leonard staging a mock championship fight with a deluded young man who stylized himself "Kid Lombard". "Kid Lombard" can only think about becoming "the Champ". In the mock fight Benny Leonard allows himself to be KO'd so that Kid Lombard can realize his fantasy. The epilogue states that for the rest of Kid Lombard's life Benny paid his medical expenses, and wouldn't let anyone publish the story.
As I said, I can't verify the truth of this story. But, if it were true it might make a nice addition to this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.241.44.43 (talk) 22:43, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
