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Name: King Levinsky Career Record: Click Alias: Kingfish Levinsky Birth Name: King Levinsky Career Record: click Alias: Kingfish Levinsky Birth Name: Harris Krakow Nationality: US American Birthplace: New York, NY Hometown: Chicago, IL Born: 1910-09-10 Died: 1991-09-30 Age at Death: 81 Height: 5' 11 Reach: 74 inches Trainer: Whitey Ekwert Managers: Lena Levy, Harold Steinman According to the January 23, 1932 Bellingham Evening News newspaper (of Bellingham, WA, USA), Lena Levy ("The Leaping Lena"), his sister, was his manager at that time. In Sept., 1934, his wife sought a divorce on grounds of cruelty. She was fan dancer Roxanne Carmine (nee Golda Glickman). They had been married only five weeks. Engaged in what was billed at the first "mixed bout" November 19, 1935, with wrestler Ray Steele at St. Louis, Missouri. Steele pinned Levinsky, who was wearing the conventional six- ounce gloves and boxing his opponent, at 35 seconds in the first round of the scheduled ten- rounder. The crowd of 12,000 booed at the close of the "battle." Featured on the cover of the May 1934 The Ring magazine.The King was a fixture on South Beach during the 1960s. He sold ties on the street corner near the 5th Street Gym. The King developed a very aggressive sales style; needless to say, he always sold his ties. Syracuse Herald 8 August 1935 Louis –v- Levinsky Louis Whips Levinsky ; Baer Is Next Negro Star Hits His Foe Only 6 Times To Win Fight Levinsky, Thrice Downed, Begs Referee to Stop First Round Attack Lasted 21-3 Minutes Spectators Hardly Realize Battle Is on When It Ends King Levensky hunted up his old haunts along Maxwell Street today and asked for the current, wholesale quotations on fish. His once booming voice was stilled to a whisper. His wide, cocksure grin was gone. The ol' fish peddler was definitely through as a contender for the world's heavyweight boxing championship, blasted from the big puddle by the Brown Bomber from Detroit, Joe Louis. In was little fish for the big Kingfish. Six of his copyrighted punches and two minutes and 21 seconds of firing - a minute and 32 seconds less than Max Baer needed to do the same thing last December - were all that the 21- year-old Negro heavyweight sensation required to drape the hulking, battered form of the Kingfish on the ring ropes at Comiskey Park, horne of the White Sox. last night. To the utter amazement of the vast throng of 39,195 stunned spectators, the Kingfish was hooked, chilled and pleading to referee Norman McGarrlty for mercy almost before they had settled In their seats. There were a few hoots from those who called the once glorious fish peddler "yellow" because he never appeared to try, but what the King took and saw probably would have scared many a fighting man into retreat. Louis, a cool, deliberate killer with dynamite In each fist. Measured his retreating foe for a few fleeting seconds and then pumped his deadly blows to the head and body, getting only one wild, ineffective smash on the side or his head in return. Three times the Kingfish was battered to the canvas, but he stumbled to his sagging feet each time until the Brown Bomber ripped In two vicious left hooks to the body that sent- him down to stay. A pitiful figure, dazed and forlorn, he squatted on the bottom rope, unable to move his paralyzed legs. "Don't let him hit me again, don't let him," he pleaded with the referee. "I'm through." As the statuesque Negro stood in his corner, receiving a tumultuous ovation from the crowd, referee McGarity and Levinsky's handlers helped the fallen Kingfish to his corner, where his manager, Harold Steinman, stood with blank amazement written over his face. He had trained his fighter for almost a month end had him down to his best fighting weight of 197 ¾ , or ¾ of a pound less than Louis. Levinsky hadn't lasted a round, suffering his most ignominious defeat in what-was known, to be his last stand. Louis and his managers, elated over the result and the crowd that paid $192,906.50 to see the "Levinsky massacre." immediately went Into huddles with three groups, who seek to match Louis, winner of 24 straight fights since he turned professional a little more than a year ago, against Baer In September. The three promotional factions after a Baer-Louis fight were the 20th. Century Sporting Club of New York, led by Mike Jacobs; Joe Foley and George Goetz of Chicago, who promoted last night's fight with the aid of Jacobs, and the Chicago Stadium Corporation. "None of us know yet where the fight will take place." said Hoffman, Baer's manager, "but It's a cinch to be closed and It will be fought on either Sept. 25 or 28 In New York or Chicago. If It's here, It undoubtedly will be at Soldier Field. That .knockout punch of Louis against Baer should be worth a crowd Of 100,000 at Soldier Field With a $25 top. Louis? Sure he's good, but I don't think he'll last against Max. Max Isn't Levinsky or Primo Camera, you -know." .With lively bidding for the proposed match, a definite announcement was expected to be made soon. It is doubtful whether such a fight could get a $25 top In Chicago, but this city probably had the edge, If any. In the dickering. Several other cities also were reported In the running, but Hoffman and John Roxborough, commander of Louis, said they had no official word from them. However, It was known Roxborough would like to stage One of Louis' forthcoming fights In Detroit his home town. Louis, winner of 20 of his 24 fights by knockouts and whose foes have averaged 4.- 5 rounds against him said he was anxious to meet Baer. "I hope Mr. Baer now will fight me," he said without a change In expression. "Levinsky only hit me one punch and that never hurt me."My advice to Baer Is to duck." Levinsky said later. "Say, that guy Louis can hit harder than Baer." Victory Brought $47,061 to Louis and Levinsky $31,374 Two Lightning Blows gives Joe Louis Another Boost Up Heavyweight Ladder Brown Bomber Flashes Left Then Right Against Levinsky’s jaw To Decide Chicago Bout In First Round By Grantland Rice Levinsky, the Chicago fish monger, moved into action against Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, the King was on the floor. At the end of two minutes and 21 seconds the King had been hammered to the resin three times and as he finally staggered up from the lower ropes Referee Norm McGarrlty stopped the slaughter to keep the King from having the top of his head knocked off. More than 40,000 spectators paid In something like $200,000 to see less than three minutes of action as the sensational Negro fighter from Alabama and Detroit again proved his place ns one of the great fighters of all time. As Louis was bouncing Levinsky. Of the canvas with a bewildering swirl Of punches, Hoffman, Baers manager, looked upon the annihilation with frowning eyes. For Hoffman expects to send Max Baer against the deadly Bomber late in September with all the arrangements to be completed in the next few hours. Last winter Baer knocked out Levinsky in two rounds, but tonight the killing Bomber Just doubled Baer's knockout speed. Levinsky, weighing 107 ¾ pound, looked to be In perfect physical condition as he stepped out to meet the bomber's first attack. For the first 20 seconds the two fiddled around the ring, Louis wearing the same dead pan, unconcerned expression with the King, deadly serious for a change. He seemed to sense that he was on his way to the guillotine. At the end of 20 seconds Louis started his attack. Moving around after the fashion of a Jungle cat, the Bomber moved into quicker action. As he came In Levinsky threw a right hand. With A flick of his head that was almost too fast for the eye to follow Louis slipped by the punch and nailed Levinsky with a left and a right that landed less than a second apart. Down went Levinsky. At the count of three he came to his feet with a pair of quivering legs, Louis made no attempt to rush the Job. His dead pan expression remained unchanged. He began stalking the retreating Levinsky, waiting for the next opening, and when it came another rapid flurry of lightning leather sent the King crashing again .upon the back of his broad neck. Once again Levinsky was too badly dazed and muddled to take the count as he came up at the count of four. Again the stalking started and within a few seconds, the big Chicago fishmonger was once more bouncing around on the floor. Another wallop left him sitting on the lower ropes and as he reeled to his feet again completely helpless, referee McGarrity stopped the murder. ..", Louis once more moved into action with everything that a great fighter needs. There was no waste motion of any sort as he first started stalking Levinsky and when the first opening came the speed and accuracy of his two hands startled the big crowd. All the eye could see was a double leather flash and then a heavy thud as the King crashed. He fell after. the manner of a steel girder tossed from the top of a skyscraper. And when he landed you could see that he was badly hurt.
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