1. Joe Burman was a British-born American boxer who was briefly awarded the World bantamweight championship by the New York State Athletic Commission, when reigning champion Joe Lynch cancelled a bout with him scheduled for October 19,1923.
22 Facts About Joe Burman
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Joe Burman had only three losses and was never knocked out in an exceptional career that spanned eight years, and included as many as 120 bouts.
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Joe Burman's father was of Russian-Jewish heritage, and his mother was of Polish origin.
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Joe Burman lost to Johnny Ertle or Ertel, a disputed claimant to the world bantamweight championship, on November 21,1917, in a ten-round newspaper decision at the Arcadia Rink in Milwaukee.
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Joe Burman uncharacteristically scored well with a straight left in the early rounds, but Ertle later countered strongly with his right to the face of Joe Burman, throwing more telling blows.
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The only knockdown of the close fight came in the eighth when Joe Burman briefly knocked Ertle off balance while he delivered a punch.
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Joe Burman lost to 1922 world junior featherweight champion Jack "Kid" Wolfe in a close ten-round newspaper decision in Buffalo, New York, on January 23,1920.
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Joe Burman's opponent forced the battle and landed harder and more precise blows in the last four rounds, turning the decision of most newspapers against Burman.
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In two other meetings with Wolfe, in the prior two months, Joe Burman was unable to win a newspaper decision, scoring one draw and another loss.
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Joe Burman was awarded five rounds, for clearly landing more blows and taking the more aggressive stance, with Herman taking two, and the rest considered even.
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Joe Burman defeated French bantamweight champion Charles Ledoux, on September 20,1920, in an eight-round newspaper decision of three leading Philadelphia newspapers at Philadelphia's Olympia Athletic Club.
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Joe Burman won as many of six of the eight rounds, showing clever boxing and ruggedness against the blows of his opponent.
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Joe Burman defeated Ledoux in two other meetings and drew once in ten rounds in November 1920.
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Joe Burman, who was known as a good outside fighter, scored with left jabs and right crosses, while Sharkey, with a slight disadvantage in reach, dominated the infighting.
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Joe Burman met Sammy Sandow, another Jewish boxer with Russian ancestry, and won a ten-round newspaper decision on March 31,1922, in Detroit.
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Joe Burman was probably hit twice for every blow landed on his opponent, and Sandow put him to the canvas briefly in the eight with a right.
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The win spotlighted Joe Burman as a top contender for the title, and was a turn in his favor as Joe Burman had lost to Lynch by a significant margin in six rounds in Philadelphia on October 25,1919, and in another short bout in 1921.
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Joe Burman lost the close and exciting bout in a twelve-round points decision.
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Joe Burman defeated Johnny McCoy, on December 21,1923, in a late career ten-round newspaper decision in Blue Island, Illinois.
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Joe Burman proved the superior boxer in all but one round, and in the sixth through tenth had McCoy desperately hanging on and badly fatigued.
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Joe Burman staggered Burman in the third, but it was his only round, while Burman charged back and hammered his opponent in the fourth.
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Joe Burman worked as a matchmaker and promoter at Chicago's Marigold Gardens in the early 1950s before later moving to the west coast around 1959.