George Ashe

Name: George Ashe
Alias: Kid
Birth Name: Abraham George Rivkind
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 1972-11-07 (Age:78)
Height: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Manager: Tom O'Rourke
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George Ashe was another of many fine fighters of Hebrew heritage who fought out of Philadelphia in the first half of the 20th century. Ashe's full name was Abraham Rivkind. He was also known as "Kid" Ashe or "Young" Ashe. Reputed to be the son of a rabbi.

It seems he was 16 or 17 when he started fighting and this may account for the "Kid" and "Young" nicknames. He had approximately 150 fights in his career. He started fighting in 1910 and retired in 1925.

On January 24, 1914, the Newark Evening Star published his record to date, based upon his manager Tom O'Rourke's assertions. [1].

He is reported by the Scranton Republican to have had some fights in France in 1919.

There is some discrepancies in his birth dates. That currently listed is from his SSDI record. On his WWI draft registration card, he lists a birth date of 20 Nov 1892. His obituary in the New York Times, 7 Nov 1972, lists his nickname as "George Asher" instead of "George Ashe." An unsubstantiated fight that was printed in many of the record books and 1942 Ring Annual and is printed in the Harry Greb.com website has Ashe knocking out Bull Kessler in six rds. in March 27 of 1911.

External Links

Harry Greb Web site: [2]