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Growing up during the Depression, Jerry Kiger spent a lot of time battling for the best street corner to sell newspapers. He later shifted his fighting skills to the gym and became a boxer with 51 amateur and 28 professional bouts.
"He started fighting at 14," said his son, Patrick Kiger, of Takoma Park, Md. "He was fighting out of town when he was a teenager and had 35 straight wins as an amateur."See the full content of this document
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Wartime Bullet Didn't Keep Boxer Out of Ring
Jerome B. "Jerry" Kiger, of Shadyside, died of a stroke Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Forbes Road Nursing and Rehabilitation, Larimer. He was 82.
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