Greatest jewish fighters of all time

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  1. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Jewish fighters have played a fundamental part in the history of the sport and make up one of the most fascinating parts of its social history. The upcoming documentary should shed some light on the matter.

    In view of this I would be interested to see lists of your top 5 or top 10 jewish fighters of all time.
     
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  2. Bummy Davis

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    1) Benny Leonard
    2)Barney Ross
    3)Abe Attell....Joe Chyonski
    4)Ted "Kid" Lewis
    5)Battling Levinsky
    6)Slapsy Maxie Rosenbloom
    7)Ben Jeby
    8)Al Singer/ Bob Olin
    9)Al"Bummy"Davis great left hook
    10Max Baer/part jewish
    11)School boy" Bernie Freidkin drew with 3 world champs
    12Harold Green
    13Artie Levine
    14)Georgie Abrams
    15Jackie Feilds

    not really in order and not so researched but this is who I could think of
     
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  3. janitor

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    Where is Daniel Mendoza?
     
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  4. Bummy Davis

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    I knew I was going to leave out a few
     
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  5. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    Where is Gary Jacobs? Only joking.
     
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  6. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A clear top 6 for me are:

    1. Benny Leonard
    2. Barney Ross
    3. Ted 'Kid' Lewis
    4. Abe Attell
    5. Lew Tendler
    6. Jackie 'Kid' Berg


    After that there's the likes of Al McCoy, Battling Levinsky, Joe Choynski, Benny Bass, Louis Kid Kaplan, Jackie Fields, Maxie Rosenbloom etc. that are all up there.
     
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  7. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A few more--Solly Krieger, Jack Bernstein, Louis Kid Kaplan, Benny Bass, Abe Goldstein, Robert Cohen, Alphonse Halimi, Corporal Izzy Schwartz

    Among the contenders--Bob Pastor, Abe Simon, King Levinsky, Art Lasky, Al Kaufmann
     
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  8. Bummy Davis

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    Mike Rossman....
    Zab Judah
     
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  9. Bummy Davis

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    Mike Rossman
    Zab Judah
     
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  10. Calroid

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    Jack Bernstein was also a good Jewish boxer.
     
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  11. Calroid

    Calroid Active Member Full Member

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    Oops I see that you mentioned him Old Fogey.
     
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  12. Calroid

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    A few more names:

    Harry Harris
    Al McCoy
    Charley *********
    Matt Wells
     
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  13. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Some of mine were mentioned by others first also. One I haven't seen is Johnny Risko. Deserves a mention.
     
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  14. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Most probably have Benny Leonard at 1 but I feel Barney Ross was the greatest jewish fighter.
    1. Barney Ross
    2. Benny Leonard
    3. Ted Kid Lewis
     
    Minotauro, Jul 27, 2008
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  15. heerko koois

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    is Butterbean Jewish ?
     
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