Ted Kid Lewis
Ted Kid Lewis · Sports
Boxing; welterweight world champion 1915-1919, one of Britain's greatest fighters; born Gershon Mendeloff
1893, London, England — 1970, London, England
United Kingdom
Ted Kid Lewis is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Boxing; welterweight world champion 1915-1919, one of Britain's greatest fighters; born Gershon Mendeloff
Ted 'Kid' Lewis, born Gershon Mendeloff to a Jewish family in London's East End, was welterweight world champion between 1915 and 1919 and one of Britain's greatest boxers, fighting a legendary series of bouts with Jack Britton. He held British, European, Empire and world honours across several weight classes. He is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Boxing; welterweight world champion 1915-1919, one of Britain's greatest fighters; born Gershon Mendeloff
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Similar Contributors
Benny Leonard
Jackie Fields
Alphonse Halimi
Barney Ross
Edward Lasker
