Episode 727

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23rd Nov 2025

Bonus Episode: Gene Stallings retired after '96 Iron Bowl and Willie Classen's death led to needed changes in boxing

This is a bonus episode for Nov. 23.

In 1996, Alabama scored the winning points in the final 30 seconds to beat Auburn and win the Iron Bowl.

In 1975, a Middleweight fight between Wilford Scypion and Willie Classen had a tragic end but led to needed changes to boxing.

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This Day in Sports History
Remember and relive the greatest moments in sports history every day of the year.
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact. 

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