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The Boxer Alec Greggains
Alec Greggains

Global ID 39670
sex male
birthdate 1866-08-15
death date 1934-11-20 (68)
division middleweight
stance orthodox
height 5′ 10½″ / 179cm
reach 71″ / 180cm
country USA
residence San Francisco, California, USA
birth place San Francisco, California, USA
birth name Alexander Gregganis
won 6 (KO 3) + lost 4 (KO 4) + drawn 4 = 18
rounds boxed 256
Newspaper Decisions won : lost 1 : drawn
rounds boxed 4
Total Bouts 19 KO% 15.79

His actual name was Alec Gregganis.

That was his birth name, but his ring name as reported in the newspapers of the day was usually Greggains. As with other fighters he anglicized his name for the ignorant members of the press.