James Louis "Jimmy" Bivins was one of Cleveland's best boxers ever. Born in Georgia in 1919, his family moved here in 1921, during the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to northern cities like Cleveland. In the above photo, he is shown knocking fellow heavyweight Bob Pastor to the canvas in their April 17, 1942, fight. It was around this time that Bivins began working out at the Old Angle Gym, first as a boxer, and then after his retirement in 1955 as a trainer. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Digital Photo CollectionDownload Original File
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