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Willie Lewis
Born: May 21, 1884 New York, New York
Died: May 18, 1949
Height: 5’8″
Weight: –
Division: Welterweight
Record:
Total fights: 81
Wins: 57
Wins by KO: 40
Losses: 16
Draws: 8
No Contest: –
Biography:
Willie Lewis was considered a pioneer of the one-two punch, which is generally credited to have been created by Jem Belcher. In 1920, Lewis was shot three times by an assailant while making a phone call in a booth at the Chateau-Thierry cabaret which Lewis owned along with his employees. He barely survived. He died of cancer in 1949 in New York City.
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