Ben Skelton

Name: Ben Skelton
Birth Name: Benjamin Napoleon Skelton
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2009-02-21 (Age:84)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 188cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Manager Jake Mintz
• Trainer: Larry Tripp

November 1946, The Ring magazine.

• Won the 1944 All Alaska boxing tournament at Light Heavyweight beating Francis Pettit of Sheraden, Pittsburgh, PA, see article right
  

  The Pittsburgh Press Dec 28 1944
• Competed in 1946 AAU Tournament at Boston
• Sparring partner for former Heavyweight World Champions Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson (1962)

External Links

• May 2008 Las Vegas Review-Journal interview