Bob Hope was also a Boxer....called "Packy East". I got to see him from a great distance in the mid-sixties, when he, and Jerry Colona appeared in Puerto Rico, at the Naval Air Station. I was 18 (I believe) at the time.
My, how comedy has changed today, and been depreciated to who can use the most swear words to be funny. But they aren't any more. Here in the states. Comedians have stopped visiting Colleges, because they OFFEND the sweet, little, Crybabies, and send them running to their SAFE SPACES.