Benny Berris
Name: Benny Barrish
Alias: Benny Berris
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Pro Boxer: Record
Benny Barrish, Berrish, and Berris were one and the same. To make it more confusing Barrish/Berris fought under both names.
Bennie Barrish was a lightweight fighter out of Chicago, first cousin of Ray Miller. If Ray could be described as a nationally-ranked 'contender', Bennie would best be described as a club fighter. Bennie fought in the early and mid-1920's then retired to go into business. Raising a grubstake and retiring to business was common among the Jewish fighters. Bennie fought all over the country, but achieved his best success on the West Coast. His 'biggest' fights judged from our perspective today took place in California. In 1924, Bennie twice fought a boxer who called himself 'Young Corbett III'. Corbett would later go on to championship standing. Bennie drew with Corbett once and lost once. Benny unretired sometime apparently in the late 1920's and resumed his career mainly fighting out of California until the late 1930's.