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Photograph caption dated June 10, 1958 reads, "Pete Rademacher, seated at left, and Zora Folley, seated at right, look over contracts for their heavyweight 'Fight for Lives,' City of Hope charity project slated for late July. Others are promoter Cal Eaton, seated in center, and standing left to right, George Chemeres, Rademacher's trainer; Mike Jennings, president of Enterprises Unlimited which sponsors Rademacher; Bill Swift, Folley's manager, and matchmaker George Parnassus of Olympic Auditorium. (See Innocent Bystander.)"
Rademacher, Pete Folley, Zora City of Hope National Medical Center (U.S.) Boxers (Sports) Boxing (Sports) Boxing trainers Boxing managers Contracts Signatures (Writing) Men Los Angeles (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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