TIL that Welsh boxer Tommy Farr, challenged Joe Louis for the heavyweight championship and gave Louis such hell, that the American home crowd booed when Louis was given the win.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Farr#Notable_bouts
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