Ted "Kid" Lewis | |
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| Born | Gershon Mendeloff 28 October 1894[1][2][3] Parish of St George in the East, London, England |
| Died | 20 October 1970 (aged 75) London, England |
| Other names | The Aldgate Sphinx |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft 7.5 in (1.71 m) |
| Reach | 69 in (175 cm) |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 301 |
| Wins | 232 |
| Wins by KO | 77 |
| Losses | 46 |
| Draws | 23 |
Ted "Kid" Lewis (born Gershon Mendeloff; 28 October 1894 – 20 October 1970) was an English-Jewish professional boxer who twice won the World Welterweight Championship (147 lb).[4] Lewis is often ranked among the all-time greats, with ESPN ranking him 41st on their list of the 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time and boxing historian Bert Sugar placing him 46th in his Top 100 Fighters catalogue.[5][6] Statistical boxing website BoxRec ranks Lewis as the 17th best welterweight of all-time and the 7th best UK boxer ever.[7] He is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.[8]
- ^ Gershon “Ted Kid Lewis” Mendeloff (findagrave.com)
- ^ Ted "Kid" Lewis (Gershon Mendeloff) Archived 7 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ted "Kid" Lewis". IBHOF. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ "The Lineal Welterweight Champs". Cyber Boxing Zone.
- ^ "50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time". ESPN. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
- ^ Bert Randolph Sugar (2005). Boxing's Greatest Fighters. Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1-59228-632-4.
- ^ "All-time World Welterweights". from BoxRec.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Ted "Kid" Lewis Boxing Record". Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved 7 May 2014.