Ancil Hoffman
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Name: Ancil Hoffman
Hometown: Sacramento, California, USA
Referee: Record
Ancil Hoffman had been a successful avocado grower in Sacramento, CA, USA.
He was also a boxing manager whose stable included World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer and his brother Buddy Baer, and Georgie Lee. He was known for treating his boxers well, especially financially.
Hoffman also had been a co-owner of the L-st Arena in Sacramento, along with Fred Pearl and Fred Bottaro. They sold this venue on October 31, 1945, to Claude Beagle. (The venue put on its last boxing show November 15, 1945. Beagle planned to convert the old arena into a storage plant for rice hull ash.)
Hoffman was also a referee, promoter and matchmaker.
- Photo: Hoffman, Mickey Walker & Jack Kearns (1929)
- Photo: with others (1929)
- Photo: Buddy Baer, Syd Hull, Max Baer & Ancil Hoffman (1937)
