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Article: Ed Kelly's fight night: portrait of a contender

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May 1, 1987
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Eddie Kelly hasn't lost his touch.

It was standing room only the other night in a Lincoln Avenue saloon for Kelly's annual "Great Fights of the Century" extravaganza.

Kelly, 62, a former Marine Corps boxing champion, is Democratic committeeman of the Northwest Side 47th Ward, and one of Mayor Washington's more formidable political adversaries. In recent months, Kelly has lost more than he has won in his bouts with Washington. He was ousted as boss of the Chicago Park District and backed unsuccessful mayoral candidates Jane Byrne and Tom Hynes.

For the last dozen years, Kelly has invited several hundred of his closest friends to spend the night with some of the fight game's

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