Chester Slider
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Name: Chester Slider
Birth Name: Chester Slider Jr.
Hometown: Fresno, California, USA
Birthplace: El Centro, California, USA
Died: 2002-05-01 (Age:80)
Height: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Manager: Jess Howard (1943-44?) Harry Fine, Les Swift (1950)
Trainer Sammy Brown
Chester Slider was a popular main event Welterweight and Middleweight during the 1940s, fighting frequently in Fresno and Oakland, California. He is probably best known for beating Henry Armstrong in his final professional bout in 1945. Slider also had impressive victories over Paul Lewis and Earl Turner.