Johnny Buff - Revision history

Michael: gallery link

2011-08-07T14:19:11Z

gallery link

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	'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>		'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>
	'''[[:Category:Johnny Buff Gallery\|Johnny Buff Gallery]]'''~~<BR>~~
			'''[[:Category:Johnny Buff Gallery\|Johnny Buff Gallery]]'''
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	== Factoids ==		== Factoids ==
	*Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.		*Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.

Michael at 14:18, 7 August 2011

2011-08-07T14:18:13Z

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	'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>		'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>
			'''[[:Category:Johnny Buff Gallery\|Johnny Buff Gallery]]'''<BR>
	[[Category:~~Photo~~ Gallery\|Buff~~, Johnny~~]]

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Michael at 14:17, 7 August 2011

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Michael at 14:16, 7 August 2011

2011-08-07T14:16:23Z

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			[[Category:Photo Gallery\|Buff, Johnny]]
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Michael: photos moved to new Johnny Buff gallery

2011-08-07T14:15:20Z

photos moved to new Johnny Buff gallery

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	<boxer>018030</boxer>		<boxer>018030</boxer>
	'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>		'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>
	~~[[:Image:BuffJohnny5.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Buff.Johnny.2.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:BuffJ21.jpg\|Photo #4]]~~
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Slugger at 12:25, 7 August 2011

2011-08-07T12:25:39Z

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	<boxer>018030</boxer>		<boxer>018030</boxer>
	~~'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>~~
	'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>		'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>
	[[:Image:BuffJohnny5.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Buff.Johnny.2.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:~~Buff.Johnny~~.jpg\|Photo #4]]		[[:Image:BuffJohnny5.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Buff.Johnny.2.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:BuffJ21.jpg\|Photo #4]]
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			== Factoids ==
	*Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.		*Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.
	*According to the August 7, 1928 ''Daily News Searchlight'' newspaper of navy town Bremerton, WA, Buff was recently in town. The paper noted that he was once known as "Gunner's Mate Spike Lisky." Buff was then serving aboard the U. S. S. ''California''. It was said at the time that he was the only United States Navy sailor to have become a world champion.		*According to the August 7, 1928 ''Daily News Searchlight'' newspaper of navy town Bremerton, WA, Buff was recently in town. The paper noted that he was once known as "Gunner's Mate Spike Lisky." Buff was then serving aboard the U. S. S. ''California''. It was said at the time that he was the only United States Navy sailor to have become a world champion.

Senya13 at 09:54, 21 June 2011

2011-06-21T09:54:28Z

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	*Newspapers of Oct. 26, 1929 reported that he had escaped from a Los Angeles jail.		*Newspapers of Oct. 26, 1929 reported that he had escaped from a Los Angeles jail.
	*Grandfather of modern-day boxing announcers [[Michael Buffer\|Michael]] and [[Bruce Buffer]]. He married Elizabeth Lisky with whom he had three children: Jimmy, Johnny and Theresa. There were other grandchildren: Walter Palac, Cheryl Palac, and their cousins Jimmy, Mark and Jeannie Lisky.		*Grandfather of modern-day boxing announcers [[Michael Buffer\|Michael]] and [[Bruce Buffer]]. He married Elizabeth Lisky with whom he had three children: Jimmy, Johnny and Theresa. There were other grandchildren: Walter Palac, Cheryl Palac, and their cousins Jimmy, Mark and Jeannie Lisky.
	*Result needed: Buff v. Mickey Russell 3/31/1919 at Trenton

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

Ric at 04:23, 27 November 2008

2008-11-27T04:23:19Z

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Ric: updated all image links

2008-11-27T04:20:24Z

updated all image links

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	<boxer>018030</boxer>		<boxer>018030</boxer>
	'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>		'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>
	'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>		'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>
			[[:Image:BuffJohnny5.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:Image:Buff.Johnny.2.jpg\|Photo #3]], [[:Image:Buff.Johnny.jpg\|Photo #4]]
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	*Another [[:Image:BuffJohnny5.jpg\|Image]]
	*Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.		*Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.
	~~[[file:Buff.Johnny.jpg\|right\|Johnny Buff]]~~
	*According to the August 7, 1928 ''Daily News Searchlight'' newspaper of navy town Bremerton, WA, Buff was recently in town. The paper noted that he was once known as "Gunner's Mate Spike Lisky." Buff was then serving aboard the U. S. S. ''California''. It was said at the time that he was the only United States Navy sailor to have become a world champion.		*According to the August 7, 1928 ''Daily News Searchlight'' newspaper of navy town Bremerton, WA, Buff was recently in town. The paper noted that he was once known as "Gunner's Mate Spike Lisky." Buff was then serving aboard the U. S. S. ''California''. It was said at the time that he was the only United States Navy sailor to have become a world champion.
	*Newspapers of Oct. 26, 1929 reported that he had escaped from a Los Angeles jail.		*Newspapers of Oct. 26, 1929 reported that he had escaped from a Los Angeles jail.
	*Grandfather of modern-day boxing announcers [[Michael Buffer\|Michael]] and [[Bruce Buffer]]. He married Elizabeth Lisky with whom he had three children: Jimmy, Johnny and Theresa. There were other grandchildren: Walter Palac, Cheryl Palac, and their cousins Jimmy, Mark and Jeannie Lisky.		*Grandfather of modern-day boxing announcers [[Michael Buffer\|Michael]] and [[Bruce Buffer]]. He married Elizabeth Lisky with whom he had three children: Jimmy, Johnny and Theresa. There were other grandchildren: Walter Palac, Cheryl Palac, and their cousins Jimmy, Mark and Jeannie Lisky.
	*Result needed -- Buff v. Mickey Russell 3/31/1919 at Trenton		*Result needed: Buff v. Mickey Russell 3/31/1919 at Trenton

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
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	[[Category:Buffer Family]]		[[Category:Buffer Family]]

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Slugger at 12:45, 6 October 2008

2008-10-06T12:45:33Z

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	<boxer>018030</boxer>		<boxer>018030</boxer>
	'''Division''': Bantamweight<br>		'''Division:''' Bantamweight<br>
	'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]		'''Manager:''' [[Lew Diamond]]<br>

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	* Another [[:Image:BuffJohnny5.jpg\|Image]]		*Another [[:Image:BuffJohnny5.jpg\|Image]]
	* Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.		*Buff/Lesky enlisted into the United States Navy prior to World War I. When that war arrived, he waived the family exemption (those with wife and children were exempted from being drafted into the United States military), and joined the Navy for a second time. After his professional boxing career, he enlisted for a third time in the Navy, becoming a gunner's mate on the U. S. S. ''Wyoming'' by 1928.
	[[file:Buff.Johnny.jpg\|right\|Johnny Buff]]		[[file:Buff.Johnny.jpg\|right\|Johnny Buff]]
	* According to the August 7, 1928 ''Daily News Searchlight'' newspaper of navy town Bremerton, WA, Buff was recently in town. The paper noted that he was once known as "Gunner's Mate Spike Lisky." Buff was then serving aboard the U. S. S. ''California''. It was said at the time that he was the only United States Navy sailor to have become a world champion.		*According to the August 7, 1928 ''Daily News Searchlight'' newspaper of navy town Bremerton, WA, Buff was recently in town. The paper noted that he was once known as "Gunner's Mate Spike Lisky." Buff was then serving aboard the U. S. S. ''California''. It was said at the time that he was the only United States Navy sailor to have become a world champion.
	* Newspapers of Oct. 26, 1929 reported that he had escaped from a Los Angeles jail.		*Newspapers of Oct. 26, 1929 reported that he had escaped from a Los Angeles jail.
	* Grandfather of modern-day boxing announcers [[Michael Buffer\|Michael]] and [[Bruce Buffer]]. He married Elizabeth Lisky with whom he had three children: Jimmy, Johnny and Theresa. There were other grandchildren: Walter Palac, Cheryl Palac, and their cousins Jimmy, Mark and Jeannie Lisky.		*Grandfather of modern-day boxing announcers [[Michael Buffer\|Michael]] and [[Bruce Buffer]]. He married Elizabeth Lisky with whom he had three children: Jimmy, Johnny and Theresa. There were other grandchildren: Walter Palac, Cheryl Palac, and their cousins Jimmy, Mark and Jeannie Lisky.
	* Result needed -- Buff v. Mickey Russell 3/31/1919 at Trenton		*Result needed -- Buff v. Mickey Russell 3/31/1919 at Trenton

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*[http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/dempsey/201/johnny.html History]		*[http://www.fortunecity.com/olympia/dempsey/201/johnny.html History]

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	[[Category:World War I Veterans~~\|Buff, Johnny~~]]		[[Category:World War I Veterans]]
			[[Category:Buffer Family]]