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Johnny Bos
Johnny Bos (February 14, 1952 - May 11, 2013) was an American professional boxer and author, best known as a successful boxing matchmaker.
Early life.
Bos was born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a worker on the Brooklyn waterfront. Johnny Bos (Johan Bosdal) Sr had an interest in boxing, which was the inspiration for Bos Jr to be involved in boxing. Bos was a Fort Hamilton High School drop out.
Boxing career.
Bos was a
Alfred Mazure created "Dick Bos", which he signed with "Maz". The comics were very popular with the youth because during the Nazi occupation all American and British comics were banned and therefore Dutch magazines had to rely on home-made comics to sustain reader's interest. Yet in 1942 even "Dick Bos" got banned because Mazure refused to turn the comic into a Nazi propaganda strip, despite requests of the Nazi publishing company Ullstein. Mazure also made five low-budget films based on "Dick Bos"