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Pat McMurtry poses for a picture at his training camp in Tacoma prior to his fight with Cuba's Nino Valdez that was held at New York's Madison Square Garden and was televised on national TV.
In the December 19,1957 press release titled "Irishman Relaxes Cuban Style" the release read: "Irish Pat McMurtry plays it cool in a self-styled version of a Cuban Holiday at his Tacoma, WA training camp. McMurtry fights Nino Valdez, second-ranked Havana heavyweight, at Madison Square Garden, in a nationally televised bout December 19. That's tea McMurtry is drinking now- but he promises Valdez plenty of punch fight night."Lexicon
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