1. Al "The Bronx Beauty" Singer was an American boxer who won the Undisputed World Lightweight Championship in 1930.
20 Facts About Al Singer
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Al Singer was born in a tenement on Broome Street, part of the Jewish section in New York's Lower East Side on September 6,1909.
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Al Singer was one of four sons and a daughter born to an ambitious ladies' garment entrepreneur who would keep his large family in America's middle class.
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Al Singer had unsurpassed grace and a studied style in the ring, and he could punch with authority, but unlike the great lightweight Benny Leonard, to whom he was often compared, he could not take a strong punch and was considered to have a "glass jaw".
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Al Singer's quick rise to fame, and equally quick demise could be explained by these competing characteristics.
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Al Singer performed exceptionally well against Lou Moscowitz at Madison Square Garden and Pete Zivic at St Nicholas in late 1928, knocking them out in five and six rounds respectively.
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In February and March 1929, Al Singer faced former 1927 world bantamweight champion Bud Taylor at Madison Square Garden, winning in a fourth round disqualification and a ten-round points decision.
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Al Singer first floored the Frenchman with a count of five from a right to the jaw preceded by a right left combination, that was followed by a count of three with another right after Routis resumed boxing.
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Al Singer appeared better in the early rounds, and was the aggressor particularly in the second, fourth and fifth.
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Chocolate let Al Singer take the lead, slowly wearing him down, and using his best defense against him.
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Al Singer captured the World Lightweight Championship on July 17,1930, before a crowd of 35,000 at Yankee Stadium, with a first-round knockout of champion Sammy Mandell.
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When he arose and went into a brief clinch, McLarnin threw a left hook to the jaw to counter a right from Al Singer that missed, and Al Singer went down for the count.
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Al Singer surrendered the title on November 14,1930 to Tony Canzoneri in a knockout only 1:06 into the first round.
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Al Singer was unable to come to his feet without collapsing.
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Al Singer lost decisively to Battling Battalino, reigning New York State Athletic Commission world featherweight champion, before a crowd of 17,000 at New York's Madison Square Garden on December 11,1931.
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Al Singer served in WWII, fighting a number of exhibitions for the soldiers.
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Al Singer was stationed at Camp Upton in New York but received a medical discharge due to eye trouble.
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Al Singer married the former show girl, Billy Boze in 1947.
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Al Singer was appointed to a judgeship by the New York State Boxing Commission in 1955.
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Al Singer, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.