I never won a World Title but I got my chance in one title fight. I won the fight on points but I needed to KO him to claim the title; I fought 36 times against Hall of Famers...36 times! I fought more than 20 times against pure undeniable ATG's; I fought 47 times against Champions...47 times! My record is clearly one of the toughest you may find although not many people remember me; Let's say that outside of the most known fighters that I beaten, I scored wins over the likes of Dave Kurtz, Young Fisher, Bryan Downey, Terry Mitchell and Marty Cross....ah, let's not forget Jack McCarron! In the year of 1918 alone, I had 10 fights against ATG's; I'm a proud man of my Jewish heritage; I speak german but I wasn't born in Germany; I served in the American Army and I fought not far away from my hometown. I was born in the Ides of March, around the day that the Senators - including Caius Marcus Brutus - put an end to the life of Julius Caesar; Who am I?
Soldier Bartfield was vey prolific during that era and was never a world champion as far as I know. I remember reading about this guy years ago and absolutely loving his name. Soldier! Seriously, I love it! Anyway I think it may well be him
And, assuming you consider newspaper decisions as wins, holds one of the best wins in history, when he beat my #2 p4p ATG Harry Greb, who was prime and outweighed him by 14lbs.
Posts like this make me feel like a casual, as it exposes how little I know compared to some of the ppl on here
Ah yes, beating the magnificent Harry Greb, the greatest boxer that has ever lived in many people’s eyes, ( newspaper victory notwithstanding) was indeed an incredible victory for Soldier!
Trust me there’ll be stuff you guys know about boxing history that others don’t and vice versa. Certainly with me, I seem to be learning new things on this forum all the time…it sometimes feels like I’m back at school haha!
I don’t know if we ever graduate, but I’m proud to matriculate at the University of Classic Forum. A true ivory tower dedicated to the learning of pugilism.
