Ernesto (Ernie) Cavalli

Name: Ernie Cavalli
Alias: Young Battling Nelson
Birth Name: Ernesto Cavalli
Hometown: Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Birthplace: Valstagna, Veneto, Italy
Died: 1995-02-09 (Age:83)
Pro Boxer: Record

• Last name spelled variously by local newspapers as "Cavelli," "Covelli," and "Cavalli."
• He fought many times as "Young Battling Nelson." March 16, 1931 Seattle Daily Times
• Described as a blond-haired Sicilian in newspaper accounts in the Portland Oregonian
• Elder brother of fellow boxer Kid Torpedo
• Cavalli immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1920, he died in Portland, Oregon.