Monte Attell
Name: Monte Attell
Hometown: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 1960-11-11 (Age:75)
Height: 161cm
Reach: 160cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Monte Attell was the brother of Featherweight World Champion Abe Attell, and Caesar Attell; and the uncle of Gilbert Attell. Monte and his brother Abe were the first brothers to win world titles.
On the Fourth of July 1900, when he was 14, Attell was badly burned on the face and hands playing with a toy cannon. [1].
Per the February 9, 1923 San Francisco Chronicle, Attell was then a blind inmate of an Alameda County hospital; $120 was raised for him at a San Mateo show the night before. Attell won the Pacific Coast Bantamweight title in late November 1908 one month before he claimed the World Bantamweight Title from Jimmy Walsh in December of 1908. Attell held or claimed the World Bantamweight Title for the next four years. Attell also won the Nevada State Featherweight Title in December 1908 knocking out Ed Derby in the third rd to win the title.
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