Labe Safro

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Name: Labe Safro
Alias: The Jewish Lion
Birth Name: Louis Labe Safro
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1966-04-09 (Age:74)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 174cm
Judge: Record
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record

Manager: George Wenzel

Labe Safro was billed as the "World's Champion Bag Puncher."

Per the November 14, 1921 Los Angeles Times:

  • Safro, a welterweight, was in town from North Dakota, he had a 10-year ring career at that time and had fought Mike Gibbons, Mike O'Dowd, Mickey Sheridan and Tommy Sheehan.
  • He had been a halfback football player for the U.S. Marines and had also played professional football for the Minneapolis team.
  • During World War I, he had risen from the rank of private to lieutenant.