palooka

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We want to be as resilient as one of those bottom-weighted old Joe Palooka toy punching bags that always pops back after a wallop.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Baseball greats Jackie Robinson, Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra were in the sports pages, and Joe Palooka was in the comics.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

Joe Palooka, showing no effects of his 31 years as world heavyweight champion, recently outwitted the Reds to rescue a U.S. scientist in Austria.

From Time Magazine Archive

Among others, Joe Palooka has survived 34 years as a world heavyweight boxing champion with nary a scar to show for it on his boyish face.

From Time Magazine Archive

With that buildup, he sold Palooka to 30 papers in 25 days, then sold it to McNaught.

From Time Magazine Archive