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Name: Battling Siki Career Record: Click Alias: Singular Senegalese Name: Battling Siki Career Record: click Alias: Singular Senegalese Birth Name: Amadou M?Barick Fall Nationality: Senegalese Birthplace: Saint Louis, Senegal Born: 1897-09-16 Died: 1925-12-15 Age at Death: 28 Height: 5′ 10½″ Managers: Paul Latil (1911-1912); Honore Bruyere (1912); Gedeon Gastaud (1912-1913); M. LaPart (1913-1914); M. Descombes (1919-1921); Charlie Hellers (1921-1922); M. Brouilhet (1923); "Papa" Bob Levy (1923-1925) Trainer: Pierre Nicoll Links http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=032085 http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Boxer:Battling_Siki:032085 http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/sikibio.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Siki http://www.answers.com/topic/battling-siki http://www.amazon.com/Battling-Siki-Fixes-Murder-1920s/dp/155728816X http://www.epidemic.net/geo/art/jmb/prjt/boxe_opera/siki5.html http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u= http://www.saintlouisdusenegal.com/battlingsiki.htm&sa=X&oi= translate&resnum=5&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbattling% 2Bsiki%26start%3D30%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3Dcom.netscape:en-US%26sa%3DN http://www.fighttoys.com/Siki%20postcard.htm Battling Siki The 1920’s saw some great characters in the Boxing World and few come better than Battling Siki when it comes to eccentric behaviour. I have been lucky to find some great news articles about him and a few written by him about his “Rise as Fighting Champion”. Some of the comments written about him are by any standard beyond belief in the use of language to describe him and racist is putting it mildly. I mention this, as I would not like anyone to think any of the following remarks are other than direct quotes. He was born in 1897 in St.Louis the capital of the French colony of Senegal and his name was Baye Phal. Baye is a Senegalese name corresponding to Louis. He chose the fight name of Battling Siki as it is a Senegalese word parents apply to their children “darling” in English or “cherie” in French. He adopted is as he thought, “White men could easily remember such a name” A professor of languages in Paris wrote in one of the papers that Siki was a title of nobility in Senegalese and Phal was the name of the former Kings. Another report was “What kind of creature is Battling Siki. Nothing was known of the black Senegalese who leaped into world fame overnight until after his fight with Carpentier, and then came amazing stories. Correspondents cabled over stories that he was intellectually little more than a beast, unable to read or write, conversing mainly in grunts and fighting in a primitive aboriginal style that smacked of wild tribal life in the jungles” Another called him the “ Fighting Chimpanzee” In fact Siki fought all during the First World War, was wounded and awarded medals. He spoke, wrote and read French quite well. His English was not as good and spoke enough Dutch to make himself understood. How he ended up in France is a remarkable and sad story told in his own words. “I used to go to the docks and watch the ships. One day a big ship came in en route to Marseilles and as it was to remain some days the passengers came ashore. Among there was a German woman who called herself Mme Farquenberg, a dancer who had lots of money. She saw me a kid of eight and had me show her the city. She asked me if I wanted to go on the ship and sail to France, see other lands and have a good time. I didn’t have time to tell my family goodbye for I feared the dancer would change her mind. In France the dancer got me nice clothes, and daily taught me to read and write. She danced in many European cities and I would go on the stage as her little servant, dressed in red velvet. The dancer went to Germany, but couldn’t take me without a passport. She left me in Marseilles with money to care for me. I never heard from her again. I tried repeatedly to get in touch with her, and have written since the war, but to no avail. She was kind to a black boy. Only for her I would be slogging away in Senegal’s hot climate.” His arrival in the US well reported not least due to the stories of his crazy – some may say brilliant – antics at gaining publicity for himself. The turning point was his win over Carpentier in 1922 who it is said did very little training for the fight – Siki was viewed as a set-up. Siki was in the best of condition and found in the first few rounds that Carpentier couldn’t hurt him. Siki said of the fight that Carpentier would say to him all through the fight to lie down but Siki would only laugh and say “wait”. As light heavyweight champion of the world he attracted more attention for what he did outside the ring. He was often reported for being thrown out of some boulevard café or lugging a pet leopard around on a leash and firing a gun in the air if for some strange reason people didn’t take any notice. He was quite partial to the infamous drink absinthe – the stuff Van Gogh drank and we all know about the ear. In 1923 he was seen as the supreme optimist when he went up against Mike McTighue of Ireland in Dublin on St Patrick’s Day – he lost. He apparently turned up some time after the fight dressed in a full dress suit, tall plug hat, opera cape monocle and tan shoes. On arrival in the US one report was as follows “Though he has appeared on the streets of New York, a subdued vision in pearl grey, he hasn’t attracted the slightest notice. New York is surfeited with freaks and it would not pay undue heed to an ordained bishop in a Navajo blanket” However Siki soon solved that little problem. He started giving exhibitions in an obscure theatre “The LaFayette. He neglected to obtain permission for this and was summoned before the magistrate and thus broke into print for the first time in weeks. To say Siki’s path to the US was an easy affair would be quite an understatement. The carpentier fiasco made sure of that. Siki admitted later the fight was fixed but he didn’t keep his end of the deal. Not only did he win – after being reminded by his corner and Carpentier he was to lie down – he went on to thump Carpentiers manager in the ring. So the decision – already reversed once on the night was later changed again after they decided to ban him for 9 months. They wanted 2 yrs to start with but relented. He was non-to popular with the French authorities , he was arrested for appearing in uniform of the Algerian Rifles – he served with them for 4 yrs- on Armistice Day. Carpentier’s manager (who was the guy Siki Thumped) actually appealed for clemency, which was given, for Siki. However this may well have been in the vain hope that Siki would keep silent about the fix they had all arranged. Siki said about the fix that when Carpentier hurt him he forgot about the agreement. Well Siki had no intention of being silent and soon after told the world that the fight had been fixed The French had a big investigation and said it was all false. A remarkable example of saving national pride would be hard to equal. In Sept Siki was besieged with offers from the US to match him up with any prominent light heavyweight including Harry Greb, Gene Tunney and Tom Gibbons. The McTigue fight was another classic as far as publicity goes. Ireland was having a civil war and the Republicans threatened to kidnap the fighters or throw bombs. Spectators walked to the theatre between rows of guards, armoured cars where on the corner and machine guns by the plenty. The spectators had their attention a bit divided by the fight indoors and rumours of a battle outside. A landmine had already exploded near the venue beforehand. His first important fight shortly after arriving in the US was with Kid Norfolk and put up a good fight, losing the decision in 15 rounds. His manager at this time was Papa Bob” Levy who had taken him to Jersey for several weeks to train for the bout. He apparently trained hard until the night before the fight drank several bottles of beer. His overnight weight gain required him to do some road work on the day of the fight to make the required weight. The fact the fight ever took place must have come as a great surprise to those involved not least the State Athletic Commission. They had delayed in granting him a licence because they were not convinced he would be in physical condition. Siki was with his 3rd manager since arrival and the fight had been cancelled twice on short notice due to requests made by Siki. On a trip to Cuba he was taken ill with pneumonia and promptly escaped from the hospital. He would ride round in a taxi for hrs – with no money – and end up in a police station waiting for “Papa Bob”. When he returned to the US he was broke and held on Ellis Island pending deportation. Papa Bob levy turned up and showed them a bankbook, which he had kept away from Siki, and they let him go.
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