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Peter Zivic

American boxer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ7177853 ↗
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Peter B. Zivic (March 26, 1901 – January 29, 1987) was an American boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the older brother of Jack Zivic. In 1920, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the flyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Anders Pedersen.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Peter Zivic” as american boxer. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1901, 1987, 1920—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1901-03-26. The account is most persuasive where Peter, Zivic and American can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as american boxer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7177853. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1901, 1987 and 1920.

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This entry incorporates text from “Peter Zivic” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.