Abe Label

Name: Abe Label
Alias: Abbie
Birth Name: Abraham Label
Hometown: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1972-01-07 (Age:86)
Height: 168cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Abe Label was a Jewish boxer of the very early 1900s. He fought from bantamweight to lightweight during his decade-long career. Apparently inactive in 1907--at least at this point no fights for Label have been found taking place in1907. Label won The Pacific Northwest Lightweight Title in 1910. This had to be one of the highlights, if not the highlight of his fighting career. Not clear at this point if he ever defended the title.

According to Jim Gilmartin's column in the June 29, 1967 edition of the Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California) on Newspapers.com, Abe Label, an old-time fighter, was planning to attend his fourth straight reunion of about 75 other former fighters, trainers and managers in Santa Clara, California on the weekend. Label, a retired plumber and bait shop employee, lived with his wife in Forest Knolls, California at the time the column appeared in the paper.

According to the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 database on Ancestry.com, one Abraham Label was born on May 2, 1885 and died during January 1972 with his last residence being in Forest Knolls, California.

According to the California, Death Index, 1940-1997 database on Ancestry.com, one Abraham Label was born in California on May 2, 1885 and died in Marin County, California on January 7, 1972.

According to his registration card on the U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 database, one Abraham Label was born in San Francisco, California on May 2, 1884. He was 5 feet, 6 inches in height and weighed 150 pounds when he registered on April 25, 1942.