Mosey King was a New England lightweight boxing champion who became an assistant boxing coach at Yale in 1906 under Bill Dole and subsequently served as head coach for forty-six years.
14 Facts About Mosey King
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On May 1,1902, at only eighteen, Mosey King won a fight billed as the Lightweight Championship of New England by defeating Shorty Gans in New Britain by knockout in sixteen rounds.
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Mosey King's manager was Jack Gaffney, originally of New London, and one of Mosey King's early training partners.
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On November 20,1902, Mosey King fought Martin Canole in Fall River, Massachusetts to a six-round draw.
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Mosey King fought Willie Lewis, a future World Welterweight contender, losing in two twenty round bouts in 1902 in New Brittain, and New London, Connecticut.
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Mosey King met William "Honey" Melody, 1906 Welterweight Champion, on March 31,1903 in Boston, losing by a points decision in eight rounds.
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Mosey King was more in his element fighting top regional lightweights, meeting Jeff Doherty in April 1906 and June 1907 in New Haven.
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Mosey King's close ten round bout with regional lightweight champion Jeff Doherty on June 21,1907, sanctioned as a Connecticut Lightweight Title match, was a pre-arranged draw.
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In February 1909, Mosey King announced he would retire from professional boxing, and devote all his time to coaching at Yale.
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Mosey King, who stayed slim and in physical condition throughout his life, boxed on a regular basis in short friendly matches with the boxers, wrestlers, and football players he coached.
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Mosey King was often depicted as a vibrant man concerned about the lives of youths.
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Mosey King retired from Yale around 1953 but remained in New Haven and continued to help students in need.
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Mosey King stayed on as coach a few years after Yale had abandoned boxing as an intercollegiate sport.
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Mosey King left no children and was survived by three brothers and a sister.