K O Mars

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Name: KO Mars
Birth Name: Louis Margolis
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Died: 1972-11-17 (Age:75)
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 168cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Managers: Fred Batsche and Biddy Bishop

Mars boxed for sport. He owned a restaurant, bakery, garage, factory, and a sporting newspaper, and was considered wealthy.

Married in Covington, Kentucky Nov. 22, 1914. Approx. 2/17/27 his wife, Kathleen Margolis asked for a divorce. She charged on numerous occasions that he struck and beat her, blackening her eyes. Other times he has told her, the wife charges, that he no longer cared for her and that he encouraged her to obtain a divorce. NY Times 2/17/27

Most bouts of 1912-1914 come from T. S. Andrews's WORLD'S ANNUAL SPORTING RECORDS (1915), p. 135.

According to the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Present, one Louis "K.O. Mars" Margolis was born on March 11, 1897 in New York City, New York and died on November 17, 1972 in Chillicothe, Ohio. He served in both World Wars and is buried in the Dayton National Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio.