Sid Neilsen

Name: Sid Neilsen
Alias: The Great Dane
Hometown: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birthplace: Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Trainer: Snowy Sturgeon, Harry Nathan Manager: Harry Beckett

• November 21, 1914 Neilsen boxed an exhibition of 4 rounds with Wally Kirwan prior to the Billy Yates-Artie Powell lightweight fight at the Star Stadium in Wollongong.

• Neilsen served two years in the army during WW1.

• The young Irish-Dane was said to be a dead-ringer for US heavyweight Gunboat Smith.