Did Charley Weinert Put Austria On The World Boxing Map?

Weinert never fought under the Austrian flag. Thats nonsense. In fact the only time I can remember his heritage ever being discussed during his career was in an article about boxers who changed their names for the ring in which he was mentioned as having been born in Budapest, Hungary.

 

Hungary was an independent nation. The Austro-Hungarian Empire shared a monarchy but had separate parliaments. Weinert was never Austrian and never identified as such. I dont get my information from Boxrec, I get it from a lifetime of research into that era. I have no opinion of Tso and Singh because Ive never heard of them. Given the fact that Ive been following boxing for 40 years Id say thats proof enough they didnt put their countries on the map.

 

Boxrec is absolutely not official and its data is only as good as the person entering it. I would put my knowledge of that era in general and Weinert in particular up against anyone entering data into boxrec. Regardless, your initial question was whether Weinert put Austria on the boxing map. He didnt, for numerous reasons that I listed above. You can continue to argue for argents sake but the fact remains. Furthermore, your assertion that Weinert would compete under the flag of Austria had this been the Olympics is ludicrous. I would again direct you to the fact that Weinert arrived in the USA as a baby, likely didnt even remember Austria, began boxing here, fought his entire career here, and always identified as being from New Jersey, not Austria. He was born in Hungary, not Austria. You can split hairs about that being the Austro-Hungarian empire but that alone shows your gross lack of knowledge on the history of the politics of that era.

 

Never seen footage of him, but he is said to have been a clever boxer.

 

From what I've read over the years Charlie Weinert was considered a better than average boxer but no power puncher. At one time he was rated one of boxing's top prospects and made it on the cover of The Ring Magazine. Weinert was born in Budapest, Hungary and likely considered himself a Hungarian-American though other, low-browed Americans probably called him a Bohunk. He whipped Jack Sharkey, not once but twice and although he was KO'd by Luis Firpo in two rounds (supposedly) he later totally outboxed the big galoot, casting doubt on his earlier loss. (Some said it was a set-up arranged by Tex Rickard to boost Firpo's marquee value for an eventual fight with Dempsey.)

 

from what i can see austrian boxing achievements = bronze medal '75 european champs, '35 ebu lhw 2 defences & '38 ebu hw 3 defences (heinz lazek), 1950 ebu hw champ 1 defence.

if lazek put austria on the map they quickly fell off it again