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Ted "Kid" Lewis Statistics Real name Gershon Mendeloff Nickname(s) ted "kid" lewis Rated at Welterweight Nationality English Born Varies depending on source, either 28 October 1893[1] or 24 October 1894[2][3] London Died 20 October 1970(1970-10-20) (aged 75) Boxing record Total fights 300 Wins 227 Wins by KO 80 Losses 40 Draws 23 No contests 0 Ted "Kid" Lewis (born Gershon Mendeloff; 28 October 1893 – 1970) was an English boxer who won the world welterweight (147 lb) championship. Contents 1 Boxing career 1.1 Boxing style 2 Halls of Fame 3 Place in history 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Boxing career Lewis was born in a gas-lit tenement in the Aldgate Pump section of London’s East End as Gershon Mendeloff. One of his brothers became a boxer under the name of Lou (Kid) Lewis. It was as a member of London’s Judean Athletic Club that Mendeloff assumed the name “Kid” Lewis ("Ted" was added later, in America). At 14 he fought for sixpence and a cup of tea. He later won the Club’s flyweight title, and took home a cup of imitation silver. He became a professional boxer in 1909. On 6 October 1913, Lewis won the British featherweight crown with a 17th round knockout of Alec Lambert at London’s National Sporting Club. A year later, on 2 February 1914, at London’s Premierland, he won the European featherweight title from Paul Til via a 12th round foul. Still in 1914, campaigning as a lightweight and welterweight, Lewis left London and toured Australia. In 1915 Lewis traveled to the United States, fighting Phil Bloom in New York’s Madison Square Garden. He won a decision. In Boston’s Armory, on 31 August of that same year, he fought the man known as the “Boxing Marvel," Jack Britton, for the welterweight crown. Lewis won in a twelve-round decision, becoming welterweight world champion and beginning an historic rivalry. From 1915 to 1921 Lewis and Britton fought 20 times, a total of 224 rounds. On 24 April 1916, in New Orleans, Lewis lost the title to Britton. He reclaimed it on 25 June 1917, at Westwood Field, Dayton, Ohio. He lost the title for the last time on 17 March 1919, in Canton, Ohio, when Britton knocked him out in the 9th round — the only knockout of the series. The roundup of his matches with Britton: Lewis won 3, lost 4, and had 1 draw. There were 12 no decisions. After his last loss to Britton, Lewis returned to England. On 9 June 1920, at London’s Olympia Exhibition Centre, he beat Johnny Basham to win the British and European welterweight titles. He relinquished these in December of that year due to difficulty in making the weight. His drive to fight Georges Carpentier, world and European Light Heavyweight champion, came to fruition on 11 May 1922, in the Olympia. With Lewis fighting at 150 pounds to Carpentier’s 175, both men spent most of the first round holding and hitting on the break. Legend has it that Lewis was giving the heavier man a drubbing, then referee Joe Palmer put a hand on Lewis’s shoulder to warn him against holding, whereupon Carpentier took advantage of this distraction and sneaked in a vicious right which knocked the Kid out. It simply isn't true. There was no drubbing - and film of the fight clearly shows the referee standing back, seconds after stepping in. AS the boxers break out of a clinch, it's Lewis who throws a left hand - then drops his guard as Carpentier lands that huge right hand. Lewis was allegedly quoted as saying “I felt cheated, but I didn’t bear any grudge” - but it's just part of the myth. Carpentier was heavier, stronger, and a harder hitter. He won fair and square. As seen on film. On 6 June 1922, at Holland Park Rink, London, Lewis knocked out Frankie Burns to win the British middleweight title. On 11 November the same year, also at Holland Park Rink, he beat Roland Todd to win the European middleweight title. He did not hold either title long, losing both at the Royal Albert Hall on 15 February 1923, after a grueling rematch with Todd. Lewis won his last two titles, the British and European welterweight crowns, on 3 July 1924 — again at London’s Royal Albert Hall — by defeating Hamilton Johnny Brown. Two years later, on 26 November 1924, at Waverley Market Hall in Edinburgh, he lost these championships to the much younger Scotsman, Tommy Milligan. He continued boxing until 1929, adding 20 more fights. His final record was: 279 bouts, 170 won, 30 lost, 13 draws, 66 no decisions, 70 knockouts. He died in 1970. Boxing style Lewis started his career as an evasive boxer, with a long left. During the six years he spent in America he changed his style, becoming a swarming, combination boxer-fighter. Halls of Fame He was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1964. Lewis, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[4] Lewis was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992. He would later act as a bodyguard and local election candidate for Oswald Mosley's New Party. However, Lewis fell out with Mosley when his subsequent political movement, the British Union of Fascists became openly anti-Semitic. Place in history Bert Randolph Sugar, in his authoritative book, The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time, ranked Lewis # 33, ahead of such fighters as “Gentleman Jim” Corbett, Jake LaMotta, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Georges Carpentier. See also List of select Jewish boxers References ^ "Ted Kid Lewis". Boxrec.com. http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=011911&cat=boxer. Retrieved 20 January 2011.  ^ Ted “Kid” Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff)[dead link] ^ IBHOF / Ted "Kid" Lewis[dead link] ^ "International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Jewishsports.net. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/Tables/Sport/Boxing.htm. Retrieved 20 January 2011.  External links Professional boxing record for Ted "Kid" Lewis from BoxRec Cyber Boxing Zone http://www.jewishsports.net/biopages/TedLewis.htm http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=011911 http://www.ibhof.com/lewis.html http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=5835&more=1 http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/lewis-t.htm Bert Randolph Sugar, The 100 Greatest Boxers of all Time, 1984, A Rutledge Book published by Bonanza, Crown Publishers, pp. 88–89. Nat Fleischer and Sam Andre, updated by Dan Rafael, An Illustrated History of Boxing, 2001 Edition, Citadel Press, pp. 262, 264, 265. Morton Lewis, Ted "Kid" Lewis, His Life and Times, 1990, Robson Books, LTD, Great Britain. Persondata Name Lewis, Ted Alternative names Short description Date of birth 28 October 1893 Place of birth London Date of death 20 October 1970 Place of death