A Pocatello man's journey from high school athlete to heavyweight boxing gold medalist

IDAHO FALLS – Hayes Ed Sanders was breathing heavily as he lay on his side unconscious after a blow to the head. It was Dec. 11, 1954, and the 24-year-old Pocatello man who’d become the first Olympic African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion two years earlier was now being carried out on a stretcher. The Los Angeles […]

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A Pocatello man's journey from high school athlete to heavyweight boxing gold medalist
IDAHO FALLS – Hayes Ed Sanders was breathing heavily as he lay on his side unconscious after a blow to the head. It was Dec. 11, 1954, and the 24-year-old Pocatello man who’d become the first Olympic African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion two years earlier was now being carried out on a stretcher. The Los Angeles […]

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