Joseph "Joe" Aloysius Lynch (November 30, 1898 – August 1, 1965) was an American boxer who held the World Bantamweight Championship during his career. An extremely durable fighter, Lynch was never knocked out in nearly 160 bouts despite an aggressive fighting style. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Lynch as the #11 ranked bantamweight of all time, while ''

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'' founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #4.Cyber Boxing Encyclopedia - Joe Lynch
CyberBoxingZone.com Retrieved on 2014-04-30 The International Boxing Research Organization rates Lynch as the 11th best bantamweight ever.All-Time Bantamweight Rankings
IBROresearch.com Retrieved on 2014-04-29 He was inducted into the

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in 2005 within the "Old-Timer" category.

Pro career

William Howard Robinson A Welsh Victory at the National Sporting Club 1919

Lynch was born in New York City. He won the world bantamweight title in 1920, defeating Pete Herman. Herman defeated him to regain the title the following year. Lynch regained the title from Johnny Buff after Buff defeated Herman, defended it successfully against Midget Smith, but lost in 15 rounds to Abe Goldstein in 1924.

Death

He retired in 1926 and went to live in New City, NY. After retiring from boxing, Lynch bought a

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and a gymnasium with his earnings from the ring. He later served as postmaster for

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. In 1965 he drowned in an accident in

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. He was found floating in a New York City bay and died en route to the hospital. Foul play was suspected.

Professional boxing record

All information in this section is derived from BoxRec, unless otherwise stated.

Official record

All

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s are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted as a win, loss or draw.

Unofficial record

Record with the inclusion of

s to the win/loss/draw column.

References

External links

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Joe Lynch
at the IBHOF.
Joe Lynch - CBZ Profile
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