Tony Melchior

Name: Tony Melchior
Alias: Melchoir (sp)
Hometown: New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

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Manager: Barney Lichenstein

• Melchior worked as Jess Willard's sparring partner in April 1918 while Willard prepared for a proposed title defence with Fred Fulton. From 1916 to 1919 Melchior put food on the table by driving a hack in Chicago.

• Melchior was slated to box Homer Smith in a six-round prelim to the Dempsey-Miske championship tilt at Benton Harbour, but suffered a leg injury in training.

Heavyweight boxer Tony Melchior's name was often misspelled "Melchoir" or "Melichar" by newspapers of his day.