https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Frankie_FowserFrankie Fowser - Revision history2026-06-12T10:17:26ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.2https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Frankie_Fowser&diff=861215&oldid=prevWouter at 11:09, 19 May 20202020-05-19T11:09:11Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(the Newsboy) </del>Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage, lacked reach.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage, lacked reach.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of his first fights was in El Paso, a six rounder with Johnny Dean in 1913, which he won, according to the International Horseshoer's Monthly, dated January 1916, Volume XVII, pg. 19, where this information is drawn. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early December 1915, where he continued his boxing. A number of additional fights are listed in this publication but they are mostly undated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of his first fights was in El Paso, a six rounder with Johnny Dean in 1913, which he won, according to the International Horseshoer's Monthly, dated January 1916, Volume XVII, pg. 19, where this information is drawn. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early December 1915, where he continued his boxing. A number of additional fights are listed in this publication but they are mostly undated.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Wouterhttps://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Frankie_Fowser&diff=621052&oldid=prevWasserman at 22:50, 8 May 20162016-05-08T22:50:57Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. His father was of German descent, and originally a Kentuckian. He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso with a J. T. O' Rourke, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915 and where several members of the horseshoer's Union Local No. 12, helped him with his boxing career. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. He was described as having a "quiet, polite, and dignified manner." Ringnames included "The Fighting Blacksmith" and many called him "Tex". </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. His father was of German descent, and originally a Kentuckian. He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso with a J. T. O' Rourke, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915 and where several members of the horseshoer's Union Local No. 12, helped him with his boxing career. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. He was described as having a "quiet, polite, and dignified manner." Ringnames included "The Fighting Blacksmith" and many called him "Tex". </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe (the Newsboy) Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage lacked reach.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe (the Newsboy) Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>lacked reach.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of his first fights was in El Paso, a six rounder with Johnny Dean in 1913, which he won, according to the International Horseshoer's Monthly, dated January 1916, Volume XVII, pg. 19, where this information is drawn. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early December 1915, where he continued his boxing. A number of additional fights are listed in this publication but they are mostly undated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of his first fights was in El Paso, a six rounder with Johnny Dean in 1913, which he won, according to the International Horseshoer's Monthly, dated January 1916, Volume XVII, pg. 19, where this information is drawn. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early December 1915, where he continued his boxing. A number of additional fights are listed in this publication but they are mostly undated.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Wassermanhttps://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Frankie_Fowser&diff=618599&oldid=prevWasserman at 15:50, 25 April 20162016-04-25T15:50:48Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. His father was of German descent, and originally a Kentuckian. He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso with a J. T. O' Rourke, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915 and where several members of the horseshoer's Union Local No. 12, helped him with his boxing career. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. He was described as having a "quiet, polite, and dignified manner." </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. His father was of German descent, and originally a Kentuckian. He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso with a J. T. O' Rourke, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915 and where several members of the horseshoer's Union Local No. 12, helped him with his boxing career. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. He was described as having a "quiet, polite, and dignified manner." <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ringnames included "The Fighting Blacksmith" and many called him "Tex". </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe (the Newsboy) Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage lacked reach.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe (the Newsboy) Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage lacked reach.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of his first fights was in El Paso, a six rounder with Johnny Dean in 1913, which he won, according to the International Horseshoer's Monthly, dated January 1916, Volume XVII, pg. 19, where this information is drawn. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early December 1915, where he continued his boxing. A number of additional fights are listed in this publication but they are mostly undated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of his first fights was in El Paso, a six rounder with Johnny Dean in 1913, which he won, according to the International Horseshoer's Monthly, dated January 1916, Volume XVII, pg. 19, where this information is drawn. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early December 1915, where he continued his boxing. A number of additional fights are listed in this publication but they are mostly undated.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Wassermanhttps://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Frankie_Fowser&diff=618582&oldid=prevWasserman at 13:29, 25 April 20162016-04-25T13:29:54Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">K. O. Brennan|Willie </del>Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hollandersky|Abe (the Newsboy) </del>Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage lacked reach.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one of his more formidible opponents, [[Willie <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">KO </ins>Brennan]], who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, [[Eddie Johnson]], and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated [[Abe Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and with a five inch height disadvantage lacked reach.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. His father was of German descent, and originally a Kentuckian. He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso with a J. T. O' Rourke, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915 and where several members of the horseshoer's Union Local No. 12, helped him with his boxing career. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. He was described as having a "quiet, polite, and dignified manner." </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. His father was of German descent, and originally a Kentuckian. He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso with a J. T. O' Rourke, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915 and where several members of the horseshoer's Union Local No. 12, helped him with his boxing career. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. He was described as having a "quiet, polite, and dignified manner." </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One </del>of his more formidible opponents <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>Willie K. O. Brennan who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, Eddie Johnson, and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated Abe Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in a twenty round bout, though Hollandersky </del>was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and five <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">inches shorter</del>. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">On March 6, 1916, he lost a ten round bout to one </ins>of his more formidible opponents<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, [[</ins>Willie K. O. Brennan<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]], </ins>who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Perry Lewis<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, whom he fought twice, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Eddie Johnson<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Abe <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hollandersky]] in a twenty round bout. </ins>Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with a </ins>five <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">inch height disadvantage lacked reach</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Frankie Fowswer was born in Laredo, Texas around 1894. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">His father was of German descent, and originally a Kentuckian. </ins>He fought until 1915 in the El Paso, Texas area primarily and fought frequently in Mexican border towns during this period. He excelled as a welterweight, but fought early in his career as a lightweight. He was 5' 9 1/2 inches tall with a reach of 72 1/4 inches, tall and lanky for a welterweight. He apprenticed as a horseshoe maker in El Paso <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with a J. T. O' Rourke</ins>, and continued his trade in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he moved around early December of 1915 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and where several members of the horseshoer's Union Local No. 12, helped him with his boxing career</ins>. Judging by his BoxRec record, Fowswer probably moved out West again around 1918. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">He was described as having a "quiet, polite, and dignified manner." </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>One of his first fights was in El Paso, a six rounder with Johnny Dean in 1913, which he won, according to the International Horseshoer's Monthly, dated January 1916, Volume XVII, pg. 19, where this information is drawn. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in early December 1915, where he continued his boxing. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> His father was of German descent, a Kentuckian, who worked as an attorney. </del>A number of additional fights are listed in this publication but they are mostly undated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">One of his more formidible opponents was Willie K. O. Brennan who fought Harry Greb twice, Jack "Twin" Sullivan, Jack Britton, and Ted "Kid" Lewis. Perry Lewis, whom he fought twice, Eddie Johnson, and Speedball Hayden were also competent opponents. In February of 1915, he defeated Abe Hollandersky, who had won the Heavyweight championship of Panama in May 1913, in a twenty round bout, though Hollandersky was seven years older, nearing the end of his career, and five inches shorter. </ins></div></td></tr>
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