Georges Bernard

Name: Georges Bernard
Birth Name: Bernard Bessan
Hometown: Paris, Paris, France
Birthplace: Paris, Paris, France
Died: 1917-01-20 (Age:22)
Height: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record

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Georges Bernard began his career in 1909. He was just 18 when he fought Dixie Kid for the welterweight championship--the first Frenchman to battle for a world title. (He also reportedly won the French middleweight title in June 1914 from Marcel Moreau.)

Bernard was killed in action in World War I in an airplane accident. He had fought an exhibition with Bob Scanlon two weeks before his death.