Kid Williams | |
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| Born | John Gutenko December 1, 1893 |
| Died | October 18, 1963 (aged 69) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | The Baltimore Tiger |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 207 |
| Wins | 162 |
| Wins by KO | 50 |
| Losses | 30 |
| Draws | 12 |
| No contests | 3 |
John Gutenko (December 1, 1893 – October 18, 1963) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American boxer of Danish, Ukrainian and Polish heritage who fought under the name Kid Williams and was known as the Baltimore Tiger, he knocked out Johnny Coulon in Vernon, California, on June 9, 1914. This victory earned him the Bantamweight Championship world title.[1] In 1970 Johnny Gutenko was inducted into the Ring magazine’s Boxing Hall of Fame after being nominated “by the sports editors, boxing writers, and television sportscasters.” At the time, the magazine’s founder Nat Fleischer ranked him number three among bantamweights.[1] However, the website AinsworthSports.com rated him number one for the 1910 decade.[2] Over twenty years later, he would be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Ironically, the ceremony occurred in Canastota, New York, on June 9, 1996, the eighty-second anniversary of winning the bantamweight title.[3]
- ^ a b Hollowak, Thomas. John Gutenko: Kid Williams the Baltimore Tiger-Fighting to Become the Bantam Champion of the World, 1910-1914. Baltimore: Historyk Press, 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ AinsworthSports.com, “The Top Ranked Bantamweight Boxers of the 1910s,” http://ainsworthsports.com/boxing_fighter_rankings_by_weight_class_bantamweight_1910s.htm [accessed November 1, 2021].
- ^ BoxRec.com “Kid Williams,” https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/17248?&offset=100 [accessed November 1, 2021].