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Looking back: Boxer in 1949

. (Photo submitted by Harold Levitch / The Spokesman-Review)
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. (Photo submitted by Harold Levitch / The Spokesman-Review)

Heavyweight champion visits Spokane

In 1949 James J. Braddock, right, a former boxing Heavyweight Champion of the World visited Oscar Levitch in Spokane. Levitch was a huge sports fan and owner of the Levitch Jewelry Store at, 10 N. Howard St., in Spokane.