Vincent Hambright

Name: Vincent Hambright
Birth Name: Vincent Manago Hambright
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Birthplace: Cebu, Philippines
Died: 1946-04-20 (Age:39)
Pro Boxer: Record

Manager: Fred Batsche (1926-30), Joe Anderson (1930-31), Gus Sanzere (1931-?)
Trainer: Mickie Kilcher (1931)
Hambright was a powerful right hand puncher, who usually ambushed his opponents in the early rounds. He was vulnerable to being outboxed; though after early setbacks in his career, he was able to become more effective as a counter-puncher. Like many punchers he had hand problems.

Origins

Hambright was born in Cebu, Philippines. He participated in his first bout at the age of 14 in Cebu. After three bouts, he was discovered by Osborne Wood, son of the governor of the Philippines Leonard Wood. Wood offered Hambright the chance to go to school or continue fighting, and he chose to go to school for the next four years in Manila. Following his schooling in Manila, Hambright's father a railroad blacksmith moved the family to the United States, in Sunbright, Tennessee, where Hambright attended high school. Hambright then relocated to Cincinnati where he began his pro career to obtain money for college.

Death

Hambright was shot at least five times, three through the head, during a brawl at a Cincinnati café, the Eagle Cafe. The shooter was Arnold Spivey, 24, who reportedly had a dispute with Hambright. Spivey would be found not guilty of the murder of Hambright on January 31, 1947. Spivey successfully argued that he had been attacked by Hambright on two occasions that night, and his attorneys argued that Hambright was a "saloon slugger", while producing a friend of Hambright's for 20 years who described him as a "bad character". Hambright had been working in construction industries and had been employed as a crane operator at the Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., until enlisting in the Navy.

Source: Cincinnati Enquirer; origins August 22, 1926 Enquirer