Arthur Chambers
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Name: Arthur Chambers
Hometown: Salford, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Salford, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Died: 1923-04-08 (Age:75)
Height: 164cm
Pro Boxer: Record
- Mechanics Delight Boxing Card
- Chambers served in the Royal Navy before turning to boxing.
- In retirement, Chambers remained active in the boxing world, serving as adviser and backer of John L. Sullivan, and also opened a bar in Philadelphia.
- Date of death often miss-stated as being May 25, 1925. He died on April 7, 1923, in Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Monday, April 9, 1923: "Arthur Chambers, one of the famous figures in the boxing game for the past half century or more, died at the Lankenau Hospital late Saturday night, after suffering a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago."
- Inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1954
- Index finger on his left hand was amputated on April 21, 1877. Not the middle finger as some sources claim, which can be confirmed by looking at the photo.
