1. George Chip was born on August 25,1888, in Scranton but was raised in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in what is today the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, where most of his matches occurred.
28 Facts About George Chip
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George Chip was active in both baseball and football in his youth, and later worked in the coal mines in Madison, Pennsylvania.
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George Chip won his first match when Billy Manfredo received a second round disqualification in Greensburgh, Pennsylvania.
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George Chip continued to fight through 1910 with only one recorded loss.
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George Chip fought the exceptional boxer Jack Dillon over ten times, usually losing to him in the opinions of newspapers.
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George Chip fought Pittsburgh area boxer Albert "Buck" Crouse seven times during his career, mostly in no decision bouts, losing to him only once.
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On November 25,1913, after taking the title, George Chip faced Tim O'Neil in a ten-round no decision bout in Racine, Wisconsin.
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On December 23,1913, some sources reported that George Chip's rematch with Klaus in Pittsburgh was a middleweight championship as the fight was fought at catchweights, boxing historians do not consider the bout a title match.
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On January 12,1914, George Chip faced Gus Christie in a ten-round no decision bout in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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On January 14,1914, George Chip faced Tim O'Neil again in a ten-round no decision bout in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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George Chip won the bout in a second-round TKO, exhibiting his strong punching abilities.
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George Chip's body swung upward with the blow as though he had been swinging at a bag.
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George Chip's fist landed fairly on the point of the crouching champion's unguarded chin.
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On December 7,1915, George Chip lost to Jeff Smith, future Australian World Middleweight Champion, in a seventh round disqualification at the Hippodrome in Boston.
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The New Castle News wrote that George Chip was clearly winning the contest when he was disqualified by the referee for a low blow.
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Some reporters wrote the blow to the torso was not below the belt, and believed George Chip was close to winning the bout by knockout.
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Between November 1914 and May 1915, George Chip fought Jimmy Clabby four times.
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On November 6,1914, George Chip lost a twenty-round bout with Clabby in Daly City, California, outside San Francisco.
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On January 20,1916, after losing his Middleweight Title, George Chip easily won a ten-round no decision rematch with Al McCoy in Brooklyn's Broadway Arena according to the New York Times.
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George Chip had knocked McCoy down for a short count earlier in the round.
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On September 30,1916, George Chip fell to a ninth-round knockout from Australian boxer Les Darcy for Australia's World Middleweight Title in Sydney.
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George Chip followed on November 6,1916, with an important fourteenth-round knockout victory over American boxer Art Magirl in Melbourne.
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George Chip fought the great middleweight Harry Greb four times in his career, losing decisively to Greb on November 19,1917, in a ten-round bout in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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In two earlier fights in Pennsylvania, George Chip beat Greb according to newspapers on June 26,1916, but received a draw earlier in a closer fight in Pittsburgh in 1915.
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Between 1917 and 1919, George Chip fought the great middleweight Mike Gibbons three times, on July 4,1917, January 31,1919, and June 11,1919.
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George Chip lost all three fights in the decision of most newspapers.
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George Chip fought Gibbons' brother Tommy Gibbons five times from 1917 to 1919 though he never beat him in the opinion of most newspapers.
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George Chip died on November 6,1960, at New Castle Hospital in his adopted hometown.