Record #:

23482

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Lawrence Ed Tipton, owner of the Ed Tipton Insurance Agency of Greenville, is a former professional boxer who stood for six rounds in a match against Joe Louis and once whipped a heavyweight-boxing champion. After a successful boxing career in and out of the Army, Tipton turned down promising Madison Square Garden bouts to enter the business world.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Nov 27-Dec 10 2002, p12

Subject(s):

Boxing; Tipton, Lawrence Ed, 1920-2011