Tommy Paul (boxer)

Tommy Paul
Born
Gaetano Alfonso Papa

(1909-03-04)March 4, 1909
DiedApril 28, 1991(1991-04-28) (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesTiny Tiger
Statistics
Weight(s)Bantamweight contender
Featherweight champion
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Reach5 ft 3.5 in (1.61 m)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights118
Wins79
Wins by KO26
Losses28
Draws10
No contests1
Tommy Paul

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]

  1. ^ NY Times Obituary https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1D6173EF932A35756C0A967958260
  2. ^ "Tommy Paul BoxRec Boxing Record". BoxRec. Retrieved 2014-05-24.