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James Bryan Herring also known as Red Herring was a boxer and a champion in the light welterweight division.Herring was born on March 19 1896 in Paducah Kentucky and began boxing in 1913 when he won a bout as a featherweight by KO fighting on a benefit card for striking railroad workers in Paducah.He was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War I and was stationed at both Camp Pike Arkansas and Camp Shelby Mississippi where he served as boxing instructor.