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The Story Behind Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane”. The protest song about the false imprisonment of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter.

Rise to Fame

People began to take notice of the small boxer from New Jersey, especially after he defeated a number of middleweight champions. By the end of 1965, boxing magazine The Ring ranked him as the fifth-best middleweight boxer in the world.

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However, shortly after, his ranking began to decline as he lost an increasing number of fights. By the end of his career, out of a total of 40 fights, Carter had won 27, lost 12 and drawn once, chalking up a total of 19 knockouts (with 11 being total knockouts).