Benny Leonard

The 101 Greatest Boxers of All Time (101 person items)

"PRO RECORD: 90-6-1 (70 KO) with 118 No-decisions WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION 1917 – 1923 INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 1990 BORN NAME: Benjamin Lenier NICKNAME: The Ghetto Wizard CAREER LENGTH: 1911 – 1932 HOMETOWN: New York, NY, USA DEFINING FIGHT: TKO 9 Freddie Welsh (5/28/1917) GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Easily the most popular little man of his era, an idol to Jewish Americans; drew as many as 60,000 fans to his fights. NOTEWORTHY OPPONENTS: Rocky Kansas (ND 10, ND 12, W 15"