King Levinsky
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Name: King Levinsky
Alias: Kingfish Levinsky
Birth Name: Harris Krakow
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Died: 1991-09-30 (Age:81)
Height: 180cm
Reach: 188cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Trainer: Whitey Ekwert
Managers: Lena Levy, Harold Steinman
King Levinsky Photo Gallery
- According to the January 23, 1932 Bellingham Evening News newspaper (of Bellingham, WA, USA), Lena Levy ("The Leaping Lena"), his sister, was his manager at that time. Lena declared insane in 1934.
- In Sept., 1934, his wife sought a divorce on grounds of cruelty. She was fan dancer Roxanne Carmine (nee Golda Glickman). They had been married only five weeks.
- Engaged in what was billed at the first "mixed bout" November 19, 1935, with wrestler Ray Steele at St. Louis, Missouri. Steele pinned Levinsky, who was wearing the conventional six-ounce gloves and boxing his opponent, at 35 seconds in the first round of the scheduled ten-rounder. The crowd of 12,000 booed at the close of the "battle."
- Featured on the cover of the May 1934 The Ring magazine.
- The King was a fixture on South Beach during the 1960s. He sold ties on the street corner near the 5th Street Gym. The King developed a very aggressive sales style; needless to say, he always sold his ties.
Fight Reviews
External Links
- Jews in Sports Profile: [1]
- Video of 1932 exhibition bout with Jack Dempsey: [2]
- "The King Clown" by Stanley Weston: [3]