Jake Warren
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158 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Jul
Jake Warren’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He kept his cultural identity and discarded the religious one.
But as he trained for more bouts, it was not the opponents in the ring that were the only problems.
You see, the sport was heavily influenced by the mob.
And one year after Harry arrived in America, he was about to face his most famous and toughest competitor yet, Rocky Marciano.
If that name sounds familiar, it's because his fighting style and name were the inspiration for the famous Rocky film franchise.
Marciano is the only world heavyweight champion to go undefeated throughout his professional career, and Harry Haft was about to go toe-to-toe with him.
In the camps, lying down meant death.
In America, he was told it might save his life.
So finally, Harry chose to stop fighting.
Well, not exactly.
He didn't go down in the first round like he was told.
He went three rounds before Marciano won.
That's Harry's story anyway.
Some experts have cast doubt on whether this specific fight was rigged, and whether that's how the mob tended to apply pressure to fighters.
And experts agree that Marciano was not a dirty fighter.
Alan said his dad admitted that Marciano was a much better fighter anyway.
He would have won no matter what.
But this is Harry's account.
What is for certain is that for whatever reason, this fight, his biggest fight, was his last fight.
Harry never boxed again.
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