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Bulloch History with Roger Allen - Boxing matches at the Georgia Theater
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Roger Allen
In the April 8, 1937, issue of the Bulloch Herald, it was announced that on the upcoming Thursday, a pair of boxing matches would be held at the Georgia Theater, which is now the Averitt Center for the Arts, in downtown Statesboro. The evening's entertainment would begin with the regular Thursday movie, that week's selection being Dorothy Lamour in "Jungle Princess," starting at 7 p.m. After the movie, for that evening only, there would take place what may have been Statesboro's first-ever public pugilistic performances. The event would feature two boxing bouts.
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