10 Facts About Nathan Bor

Nathan "Nat" Bor was an American boxer who won a lightweight bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Nathan Bor continued primarily a professional welterweight boxing career until around 1940, when he served as a Marine in World War II, before returning to start a dry cleaning business in his home of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Nathan Bor was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on March 1,1913.

Nathan Bor was coached by the talented Spike Webb, the American team boxing coach at the 1932 Olympics, who spent much of his later career training the nearly undefeated teams of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.

Nathan Bor won his first professional bout with a second-round knockout of Al Hope on October 5,1932, at the Casino in his home of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Early in the bout, Nathan Bor suffered a bad cut over his left eye, which grew worse until the referee stopped the fighting 1:05 into the ninth round.

Nathan Bor lost to Frankie Britt, a former New England Lightweight champion, on October 6,1938, at the Fall River Casino in a twelve-round unanimous decision.

Nathan Bor's last bout on May 24,1940, was an eighth-round technical knockout loss to Joe Boscarino in Boston Garden.

Nathan Bor joined the Marines during World War II and served as a boxing coach stationed at Paris Island, the well-known Marine base in southeastern South Carolina.

Nathan Bor died on June 13,1972, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, after suffering a heart attack while on his dry cleaning route, leaving a wife, Leona, and two children.