Dave Palitz

Name: Dave Palitz
Alias: Kayo Palitz
Birth Name: David Palitz
Hometown: New London, Connecticut, USA
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1940-11-17 (Age:47)
Pro Boxer: Record

Career Summary

Dave Palitz was a welterweight boxer who near the end of his more competitive career competed for the Connecticut Welterweight Championship against Lou Bogash on April 26, 1920 at Casino Hall in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Though he lost the 12 round bout, Palitz was an exceptional boxer in his own right. He fought Jeff Doherty, Bunny Ford, Terry Mitchell, and Jack Britton. Doherty and Ford were regional lightweight champions while Mitchell was a boxer of such caliber that he once defeated 1906 World Welterweight Champion William "Honey" Melody. Britton held the World Welterweight championship for over four years during Palitz's career. Palitz was of Jewish ancestry per the Hank Kaplan archives.