Johnny Van Heest

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Name: Johnny Van Heest
Hometown: Superior, Wisconsin, USA
Birthplace: Escanaba, Michigan, USA
Died: 1933-03-23 (Age:62)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 159cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

Johnny Van Heest and Solly Smith often traveled the country together, sharing the same hotel rooms, and approaching local promoters, offering to fight each other. Although friends, they always put on great fights.

Van Heest died March 23, 1933, at the age of 63, in Superior, WI.