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Tod Morgan
Albert Morgan Pilkington (December 25, 1902 – August 3, 1953), better known as Tod Morgan, was an American Boxing, boxer who took the World Jr. Lightweight Championship in 1925 in Los Angeles and held it for an impressive four years. His managers were his stepfather Frank Morgan, and later Frank Churchill, who also trained Mike Ballerino, a former Jr. Lightweight champion. His trainer was "Spider" Roach. Early life and career Morgan was born in the small town of Dungeness, Washington, near Sequim, on December 25, 1902.Beal, Scoop, "Around Our Town", ''The Times Standard'', Eureka, California, pg. 19, 5 August 1953 Tod's stepfather, Fred, put Tod in boxing as a means of getting some strength into his body. His first professional fights were in 1920, in Concrete, and Anacortes, Washington, against Johnny Bitoni, and Pete Moe, who knocked him out. After these two bouts, his stepfather Fred moved him to California. After arriving in Eureka where he fought two bouts with George Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junior Lightweight
Super featherweight, also known as junior lightweight, is a weight division in professional boxing, contested between and . The super featherweight division was established by the New York Walker Law in 1920, although first founded by the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) in 1930. The first English champion was "Battling Kid" Nelson in 1914 who lost his title to Benny Berger in 1915. Artie O’Leary also won this title in 1917. This weight class appeared into two distinct historical periods, from 1921 to 1933 and 1960 to the present. Some of the notable fighters to hold championship titles at this weight include Brian Mitchell , Arturo Gatti, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Flash Elorde, Alexis Argüello, Azumah Nelson, Julio César Chávez, Diego Corrales, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Érik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Acelino Freitas, Juan Manuel Márquez, Oscar De La Hoya, Rocky Lockridge, and Manny Pacquiao. The first World Boxing Association (previously known as the National Boxin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Mandell LOC
Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami. People Music *Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter *Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), American songwriter *Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990), American singer and actor *Sammy Fain (1902-1984), American composer *Sammy Hagar (born 1947), American rock musician *Sammy Johns (1946–2013), American country singer-songwriter *Sammy Kershaw (born 1958), American country music artist *Sammy Masters (1930–2013), American rockabilly musician *Sammy Price (1908-1992), American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Sports *Sammy Adjei (born 1980), Ghanaian retired footballer *Sammy Baugh (1914-2008), American college and Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach *Sammy Brooks (footballer) (1890-1960), English footballer * Sammy Carlson (born 1989), American freestyle skier *Sammy Collins (1923–1998), English footballer *Samuel Day (sportsm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Goodrich
Jimmy Goodrich became the World Lightweight Champion when he defeated Chilean boxer Stanislaus Loayza in a second round TKO at Queensboro Stadium in Queens, New York on July 13, 1925. He retained the title only five months, losing it by unanimous decision to Rocky Kansas on December 7, 1925. Goodrich was known for having never been the victim of a knockout. Early life Goodrich was born on July 30, 1900, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish Catholic parents. His father was a coal miner. Like many boxers of his era, in his youth he sold newspapers to make extra money. In his teens his family moved to Buffalo, and both he and his father became steel workers. He once wrote that some of his earliest bouts were exhibitions he gave at the factories where he worked. When his father died, and his mother remarried, he took used his stepfather's surname Goodrich as his ringname and subsequently kept it throughout his life. He married his wife Patti around 1920 and remained married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe Herman (boxer)
Babe Herman (April 15, 1902 – 1966) was an American featherweight boxer. Born as Herman J. Sousa in Sacramento, California ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250x200px , map_caption = Location within Sacramento C ..., he stood 5' 4". His record was 91 (KO 23) wins + 45 (KO 9) losses + 19 draws. On December 18, 1925, he challenged Louis "Kid" Kaplan for the featherweight title at Madison Square Garden, losing in a fifteen-round decision. His managers were Jack Kearns, Dan McKetrick, and Fred Pearl. He boxed a total of 1269 rounds in a total 167 bouts. References External links''New York Times'' article (pay to read)* 1902 births 1966 deaths Boxers from California Date of death unknown Boxers from New York City Boxers from Sacramento, California Featherweight boxers American male boxers Place of death m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Duane
Carl Duane (June 25, 1902 – June 23, 1984) also known as the "Bronx Steamroller", was an American boxer in the super bantamweight division who held the World Super Bantamweight Championship. During his career, Duane defeated such men as Charlie Phil Rosenberg, Lou Herley, Danny Edwards, Harry London, Young Montreal, Mickey Brown, Frankie Conway and Jack "Kid" Wolfe. He was managed by Mike Valentine.Cyber Boxing Encyclopedia - Carl Duane CyberBoxingZone.com Retrieved on 2016-10-18 Professional career Carl was born in on June 25, 1902. His first professional fight was against Silent LaMont on April 6, 1921 winning by decision. In 1923 of August, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of WBA World Champions
This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA. Boxers who won the title but were stripped due to the title bout being overturned to a no contest are not listed. In December 2000, the WBA created an unprecedented situation of having a split championship in the same weight class by introducing a new title called ''Super world'', commonly referred to simply as ''Super''. The ''Super'' champion is highly regarded as the WBA's primary champion, while the ''World'' champion – commonly known as the ''Regular'' champion by boxing publications – is only considered the primary champion by the other three major sanctioning bodies ( WBC, IBF, and WBO) if the ''Super'' title is vacant. A ''Unified'' champion is a boxer that holds the ''Regular'' title and a world title from another major sanctioning body (WB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Pacho
Robert Pacho (August 1, 1911 – May 1, 1978) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1928 to 1941, twice challenging for the welterweight world title in 1939. After Bert Colima's career was over, Pacho was Mexican fans' most popular boxer. Early life Pacho broke into the professional boxing ranks while working as a farm mechanic in El Centro, California. Professional career Pacho fought many well known fighters during his career, including legends Barney Ross, and Henry Armstrong. His career lasted from 1929–1941 and his professional record was 78-67-15 with 37 Knockouts. His two bouts with Henry Armstrong were for the world Welterweight title, one held in Havana, Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea .... Pacho lost both by fourth round technica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mushy Callahan , a town and territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Mushy may refer to: *Tony Buckley (born 1980), Irish rugby union player nicknamed "Mushy" * Mushy Callahan (1904–1986), ring name of American light welterweight champion boxer Vincent Morris Scheer *Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer and cricket coach See also * Mushy peas, a thick green lumpy soup of prepared marrowfat peas * Mushie Mushie is a town in Mai-Ndombe province, Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the administrative center of Mushie territory. It lies at an elevation of 1118 ft (340 m), on the northern bank of the Kasai River at its confluence with the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Flay
Robert William Flay (born December 10, 1964), is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and reality television personality. Flay is the owner and executive chef of several restaurants and franchises, including Bobby's Burger Palace, Bobby's Burgers, and Amalfi. He has worked with Food Network since 1995, which won him four Daytime Emmy Awards and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Flay was born on December 10, 1964, in New York City to Bill and Dorothy Barbara (McGuirk) Flay. He was raised on the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan. He is a fourth generation Irish American and was raised Catholic, attending denominational schools. At age 8, Flay asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. His father thought that a G.I. Joe would be more gender-appropriate. Despite his father's objections, he received them both. Career Flay dropped out of high school at age 17. He has said his first jobs in the restaurant industry were at a pizza parlor and Baskin-Robbins. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nel Tarleton
Nelson "Nel" Tarleton (14 February 1906Odd, Gilbert E. (ed.) (1946) ''Boxing News Annual 1946'', War Facts Press, p. 53 – 12 January 1956) was an English featherweight boxer from Liverpool, England. He was British featherweight champion on three separate occasions. Tarleton was one of only seven fighters to win two or more Lonsdale Belts outright, being the first to do so, Tarleton was twice World title challenger at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool. Boxing style Tarleton lacked a punch, but was immensely skilful, winning most of his important fights on points. He was tall and very thin. He had only one lung from the age of two, but was still able to box successfully until he was 42. Professional career Born in Liverpool, Tarleton had his first professional fight on 14 January 1926 (his twentieth birthday), when he beat George Sankey on points over ten rounds at Liverpool Stadium. He built up an impressive domestic record, with only the occasional defeat, fighting most o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Kelso
James Emanuel Kelso (10 March 1910, Sydney – 23 February 1988, Bondi) was an Australian professional feather/light/welterweight boxer of the 1920s and '30s who won the New South Wales State (Australia) lightweight title, Australian lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. Featherweight to , i.e. Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify th .... References External links *Article - Boxing ~ Jimmy Kelso Retires [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Patrick
Victor Patrick Lucca (2 June 1920 – 11 August 2006) was an Australian professional boxer and referee. Patrick was born to an oyster farmer and took up boxing in 1940 to earn money. He first fought under the name Alf Edwards, so that his mother would not know he was boxing. He won his first 18 bouts, 17 of them by knockout. He then lost to Tod Morgan via an unintentional foul, but won their next bout, along with the national lightweight title. He defended it two months later, again against Morgan, and in 1942 captured the Australian welterweight title. He kept the lightweight title until retirement in 1948, but relinquished the welterweight title in 1946. After retiring Patrick had a long career as a referee. He also played himself in a boxing documentary '' Fighting Blood (1951 film)''. In 1986 he was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame as an athlete, and in 1996 upgraded to "Legend of Australian Sport". In 1987 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
