Tommy Paul | |
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| Born | Gaetano Alfonso Papa March 4, 1909 |
| Died | April 28, 1991 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Tiny Tiger |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight contender Featherweight champion |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Reach | 5 ft 3.5 in (1.61 m) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 118 |
| Wins | 79 |
| Wins by KO | 26 |
| Losses | 28 |
| Draws | 10 |
| No contests | 1 |
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Tommy Paul (4 March 1909 – 28 April 1991) was a world featherweight boxing champion from Buffalo, New York. He won the world featherweight championship in May 1932, defeating Johnny Pena in a boxing tournament in Detroit. He was inducted into the first class of Buffalo’s Ring No. 44 Boxing Hall of Fame and in 2003 to the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. He retired from the ring in 1935.[1][2]
- ^ NY Times Obituary https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1D6173EF932A35756C0A967958260
- ^ "Tommy Paul BoxRec Boxing Record". BoxRec. Retrieved 2014-05-24.