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Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; April 7, 1896 – April 18, 1947) was an American professional boxer who held the world lightweight championship for eight years, from 1917 to 1925.
Jun 2, 2024 · Benjamin Leiner, the son of Orthodox Jews, grew up in the Lower East Side of New York City, where Irish, Italian and Jewish ghettos seethed in close proximity. Street fights and brawls with rival gangs were simply part of growing up in that quarter.
World Lightweight Champion Benny Leonard received an ovation, lasting several minutes, when he was introduced for this bout. He then won the "newspaper decision." This was one of the bouts on a charity card for the United States War Department's Training Camp Activities Fund, to buy athletic equipment for American soldiers; over $20, 000 was ...
Benny Leonard was an American world lightweight (135-lb [61.2-kg]) boxing champion from May 28, 1917, when he knocked out Freddy Welsh in nine rounds in New York City, until Jan. 15, 1925, when he retired. He is regarded as one of the cleverest defensive boxers in the history of professional.
Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; April 7, 1896 – April 18, 1947) was an American professional boxer who held the world lightweight championship for eight years, from 1917 to 1925.
Perhaps the greatest lightweight of all time, Benny Leonard possessed superb boxing skills as well as potent punching power. He fought over two hundred times and suffered only four knockouts: three early in his career and the fourth in his final fight.
Nov 15, 2023 · Benny Leonard, one of the greatest lightweights of all-time, was born Benjamin Leiner to Jewish immigrants on the East Side of New York City in 1896. When he turned professional at age 15, he fought under the name Benny Leonard so his parents wouldn't know he was fighting.
Considered by many as the greatest fighter of American sport's ostensible "golden age," the 1920s, Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leinert) was one of the few white champions of his era to take on all comers, regardless of race.
BENNY LEONARD (BENJAMIN LEINER) Sport: Boxing. Inducted: 1979. Country: United States. Born: April 7, 1896 in New York, New York. Died: April 1947. Benny Leonard held the World Lightweight Championship from May 28, 1917, to January 15, 1925, retiring his crown undefeated.
LEONARD, Benny(b. 7 April 1896 in New York City; d. 18 April 1947 in New York City), world lightweight boxing champion between 1917 and 1925, who is universally regarded as among the best professional boxers in any weight division in the twentieth century.
