Benny Leonard
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Birth Name: Benjamin Leiner
Born: 7 April 1896 Died: 18 April 1947
Country of origin: United States
Height: 5' 5"
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"PRO RECORD: 90-6-1 (70 KO) with 118 No-decisions WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION 1917 โ 1923 INTERNATIONAL BOXING HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 1990 BORN NAME: Benjamin Lenier NICKNAME: The Ghetto Wizard CAREER LENGTH: 1911 โ 1932 HOMETOWN: New York, NY, USA DEFINING FIGHT: TKO 9 Freddie Welsh (5/28/1917) GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Easily the most popular little man of his era, an idol to Jewish Americans; drew as many as 60,000 fans to his fights. NOTEWORTHY OPPONENTS: Rocky Kansas (ND 10, ND 12, W 15"