Charles "Kid" McCoy, who was born Norman Selby was an American world champion boxer. Born in Moscow, Rush County, Indiana, McCoy was noted for his "corkscrew punch"-a blow delivered with a twisting of the wrist. According to McCoy he learned the punch one evening, while resting in someone's barn, after a day of riding the rails, by watching a cat strike at a ball of string. Whether true or not, McCoy was known as a fast, … Wikipedia
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