Kenny Haines

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Name: Kenny Haines
Alias: Broadway Haines
Birth Name: Kenneth Andrew Virgoe
Hometown: Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2004-00-00 (Age:80)
Pro Boxer: Record

  • Took up boxing amateur during WWII when he served with the 625th Royal Regiment of Canada and turned pro after the war in 1946.
  • Fought welterweight and feather weight
  • Manager was Billy Haines
  • Changed his name to Kenny Haines for boxing circuit
  • Boxed with his good friend Solly Cantor (see photo on Cantor page).
  • Given the nickname 'Broadway Haines'
  • Retired 1949
  • Died 2004