Who was the first boxer nicknamed ‘Kid’?

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I can’t think of other sports where athletes have been nicknamed “The This Kid” or the “Kid That.”

    But there’s more kids in boxing history than in a lot of school districts.

    So who was the first? Where did it come from?

    Anyone have any insight into all these kids?
     
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  2. gustavo

    gustavo New Member Full Member

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    Norfolk just before Blackie I guess.
    But there's bound to be earlier ones
     
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  3. KasimirKid

    KasimirKid Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kid McCoy came before those mentioned above. I wouldn't be surprised to learn from specialists in the bare-knuckle era that there may have been others named "Kid" or "Young" before him though.
     
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  4. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Soldier Fireman Kid.
     
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  5. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Or Battling Nipper Kid
     
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    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Oregon Kid
     
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  7. El Gallo Negro

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    Dont know who was the first but Kid Chocolte was by far the greatest
     
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  9. Bujia

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    Not even the greatest from Cuba.
     
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  10. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Every fighter in America was probably called kid at some point by a trainer, manager or promoter - as in, 'you're gonna go far, kid' or 'I'll make you a star, kid" (preferably said in a Edward G Robinson accent and followed with the word 'see').
     
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  11. Bujia

    Bujia Well-Known Member Full Member

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    In chronological order. Good Kids all of ‘em.

    Georges Kid Lavigne (gotta be the first)
    Charles Kid McCoy
    Kid Norfolk
    Kid Williams
    Ted Kid Lewis
    Jack Kid Wolfe
    Louis Kid Kaplan
    Jack Kid Berg
    Kid Chocolate
    Kid Azteca
    Cocoa Kid
    Kid Gavilan
     
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  12. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    The correct answer is Nonpareil “Kid Tom” McMustache, not to be mistaken with Boston Tom McMustache, the famed Philadelphian from Wyoming by way of Chicago, who fought out of St. Louis while residing in Arizona.
     
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  13. FrankinDallas

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    Julius "Kid" Caesar.
     
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  15. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Kid Carter was decent, beat a past it Choynski, and Joe Walcott.
    There's also Kid Herman who fought Abe Attell and Joe Gans.
     
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