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Marking the anniversary of Mitchell's near-world championship win
In 1921, when the raging epidemic called Packers Fever was in its Petri dish stage, a delirium of equal intensity was caused by a Milwaukee boxer who came within a second of becoming champion of the world 91 years ago this Saturday.