1. Joseph "Sandy" Saddler was an American professional boxer.
12 Facts About Sandy Saddler
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Sandy Saddler was a two-time featherweight world champion, having held the super featherweight title.
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Over his twelve-year career, Saddler scored 104 knockouts and was stopped only once himself, in his second professional fight, by Jock Leslie.
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Sandy Saddler is best known for his four-bout series with Willie Pep.
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Sandy Saddler regained the crown on September 8,1950, by a TKO in the eighth round.
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In one of the dirtiest championship fights ever fought, Sandy Saddler won when the fight was stopped in the tenth round.
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Sandy Saddler knocked out future lightweight champion Joe Brown, as well as lightweight champions Lauro Salas and Paddy DeMarco.
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Sandy Saddler beat lightweight champion Jimmy Carter, knocked out future junior lightweight champion Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, and lost to Larry Boardman.
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Sandy Saddler retired from boxing in 1956, aged 30, after an eye injury sustained in a traffic accident.
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Sandy Saddler later became a trainer and helped train the young George Foreman in the 1970s, including Foreman's first Heavyweight Championship of the World reign.
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In 1990, Sandy Saddler was inducted into the prestigious International Boxing Hall of Fame.
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Sandy Saddler is the Uncle of Joseph Saddler, better known as Grandmaster Flash.