Bronson ray
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#BRONSON RAY CRACK#
The Tacoma Times wrote in July 1914, that Bronson was managing welterweight Milburn Saylor, and that, "Bronson has a number of crack battlers under his wing," which included Al Morey, an Australian welterweight.
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While in Australia, Bronson tried his hand at managing other boxers. On February 8, 1914, he lost to Matt Wells, a future World Welterweight Title holder, and on September 6, 1920, he lost to Jack Britton another future World Welterweight champion. He more formally lost the World Title against Waldemar Holberg in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on Januin a twenty-round points decision that was clearly billed as a World Welterweight Title fight, or at least the Australian version. He lost the American version of the World title on Januto Spike Kelly in an eight-round points decision in Memphis, Tennessee. As the fight was a no-decision, Bronson retained his title.īronson defended his title against boxers Clarence English, Harry Brewer, Wildcat Ferns and Hillard Lang. The Milwaukee Journal wrote, "Packey McFarland gave Ray Bronson an artistic lacing in a spiteful ten-round fight before a big crowd of fans." The New London Day wrote, "McFarland had the better of eight rounds, and Bronson managed to break even in the other two." Īccording to one source, Bronson was one of only two boxers to ever knock down the legendary Packey McFarland in a fight, a feat he managed in their previous 1909 twenty-round bout in New Orleans. A large crowd had assembled perhaps as a result of the Indianapolis 500 soon to follow. Though a no-decision bout, most newspapers gave the edge to McFarland, an American boxing legend who somehow never claimed a world title despite being nearly undefeated in his career. Bronson fought a ten-round, no-decision bout three months after taking the Welterweight Title against McFarland at Independence Hall in Indianapolis on May 29, 1912. One of Bronson's most famous opponents was Packey McFarland. He won the bout, according to the Indianapolis Star in a ten-round points decision. Claiming the World Welterweight Title īronson first claimed the World Welterweight Title, according to most sources, in his bout with Young Erne on Februin Indianapolis, Indiana. On June 30, 1910, Bronson managed to defeat future welterweight world champion Jack Britton at the Royal Athletic Club in New Orleans in a ten-round points decision. The Washington Evening Star called the bout "a hard, fast battle all the way", and noted that both boxers were near the lightweight limit, weighing in at around 134 pounds. The local New Orleans Daily Picayune gave the bout to McFarland, however.
#BRONSON RAY FULL#
On September 19, 1909, he drew with Packey McFarland on points in a full twenty-round bout in McDonoughville, Louisiana. In a memorable bout on March 5, 1909, he lost in a thirteenth-round TKO to the great Freddie Welsh in a lightweight bout in Gretna, Louisiana. In his first four years of boxing, he fought at least 44 fights, losing only twice in those bouts listed by BoxRec, once to Grover Hayes, and once to Mickey Ford, both in Indiana, and both by knockout.
#BRONSON RAY PROFESSIONAL#
Early boxing career Īt least according to BoxRec, Bronson had begun his professional boxing career by the age of seventeen in early 1905, and although the location of many of his early fights remains unclear, he fought often in his hometown of Indianapolis and occasionally in adjacent Illinois. He became a member of the Horseshoer's Union in October 1905, and served as a delegate of the Central Labor Union through 1907. His youthful career as a blacksmith strengthened his arms, and shoulders, and even helped create endurance, all essential skills for a successful boxer. As his strength improved, he was often given the task of shoeing the strongest, and most defiant horses. After working as a messenger boy, he became an apprentice horseshoer in an Indianapolis blacksmith shop. Like so many boxers of his era, Bronson was forced to begin earning a living at an early age.
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