King Levinsky
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Name: King Levinsky
Alias: Kingfish Levinsky
Birth Name: Harris Krakow
Born: 1910-09-10
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Died: 1991-09-30 (Age:81)
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height: 5′ 11″ / 180cm
Reach: 74″ / 188cm
Boxing Record: click
Trainer: Whitey Ekwert
Managers: Lena Levy, Harold Steinman
- According to the January 23, 1932 Bellingham Evening News newspaper (of Bellingham, WA, USA), Lena Levy ("The Leaping Lena"), his sister, was his manager at that time.
- In Sept., 1934, his wife sought a divorce on grounds of cruelty. She was fan dancer Roxanne Carmine (nee Golda Glickman). They had been married only five weeks.
- Engaged in what was billed at the first "mixed bout" November 19, 1935, with wrestler Ray Steele at St. Louis, Missouri. Steele pinned Levinsky, who was wearing the conventional six-ounce gloves and boxing his opponent, at 35 seconds in the first round of the scheduled ten-rounder. The crowd of 12,000 booed at the close of the "battle."
- Featured on the cover of the May 1934 The Ring magazine.
- The King was a fixture on South Beach during the 1960s. He sold ties on the street corner near the 5th Street Gym. The King developed a very aggressive sales style; needless to say, he always sold his ties.
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Fight Reviews
External Links
- Jews in Sports Profile: [1]
- Video of 1932 exhibition bout with Jack Dempsey: [2]
