1. Jack Bernstein was an American boxer given the birthname John Dodick.
13 Facts About Jack Bernstein
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Jack Bernstein became World Junior lightweight Champion, on May 30,1923, against Johnny Dundee at the Coney Island Velodrome in Brooklyn.
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When he lost the title to Dundee on December 17,1923, in a fifteen-round split decision at Madison Square Garden, many newspapers felt Bernstein clearly had the edge in the bout and should have retained the title.
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Jack Bernstein was compelled to drop out of elementary school to help his father, a fruitseller, support their large family.
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Seven months later on December 17,1923, in one of his first sanctioned defenses of the title, Jack Bernstein lost to Johnny Dundee at Madison Square Garden in a highly controversial split decision.
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In 1924, Jack Bernstein fought Sammy Mandell and Rocky Kansas to draws.
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Jack Bernstein drew with Kansas on February 18,1924, in Buffalo, previously having beaten him on October 23,1923, in the Garden.
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Jack Bernstein defeated Jimmy Goodrich twice in both February and April 1927.
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Jack Bernstein fought well for a year, and then began losing a number of fights, again suffering from exhaustion.
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Jack Bernstein retired as a competitor around the end of 1931, and promoted boxing around Westchester, New York, often benefiting philanthropic causes.
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On December 26,1945, Jack Bernstein died of a heart attack at St Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, New York.
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Jack Bernstein had suffered from a heart ailment for many years and was aged 46 at the time of his death.
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Jack Bernstein, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.