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Al McCoy (born "Alexander Rudolph," in Rosenhayn, New Jersey
Rosenhayn, New Jersey

Rosenhayn is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Deerfield Township, New Jersey, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, New Jersey....
, October 23, 1894 – August 22, 1966, in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
) was a boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 world middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 champion from 1914 to 1917.

He defeated George Chip
George Chip

George Chip was the 1913 Middleweight Champion of the World. On October 11, 1916, Chip knocked out Frank Klaus during the sixth round at the championship match in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
 in an upset with a 1st round knockout
Knockout

A knockout is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving strike ....
 to win the world title on April 7, 1914. He won his title at the age of 18, and was the first southpaw (left­hander) ever to win a World championship.

In an era when a champion could only lose his title by a knockout, McCoy battled through 46 fights.

The left handed McCoy forfeited his title in 1917 to Mike O'Dowd
Mike O'Dowd

Mike O'Dowd was the Middleweight Champion of the World from 1917 to 1920. He won the title on November 14, 1917 by knocking out Al McCoy in the sixth round....
, losing by a 6th round knockout.

Al McCoy’s professional record: 157 bouts — won 99 (26 KOs), lost 40, no-decisions 18.








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Al McCoy (born "Alexander Rudolph," in Rosenhayn, New Jersey
Rosenhayn, New Jersey

Rosenhayn is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Deerfield Township, New Jersey, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, New Jersey....
, October 23, 1894 – August 22, 1966, in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
) was a boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 world middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 champion from 1914 to 1917.

He defeated George Chip
George Chip

George Chip was the 1913 Middleweight Champion of the World. On October 11, 1916, Chip knocked out Frank Klaus during the sixth round at the championship match in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
 in an upset with a 1st round knockout
Knockout

A knockout is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving strike ....
 to win the world title on April 7, 1914. He won his title at the age of 18, and was the first southpaw (left­hander) ever to win a World championship.

In an era when a champion could only lose his title by a knockout, McCoy battled through 46 fights.

The left handed McCoy forfeited his title in 1917 to Mike O'Dowd
Mike O'Dowd

Mike O'Dowd was the Middleweight Champion of the World from 1917 to 1920. He won the title on November 14, 1917 by knocking out Al McCoy in the sixth round....
, losing by a 6th round knockout.

Al McCoy’s professional record: 157 bouts — won 99 (26 KOs), lost 40, no-decisions 18.

Hall of Fame

McCoy, who was Jew
Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was opened July 7, 1981, in Netanya, Israel. It is located on the campus of the Wingate Institute for Physical Education and Sport....
 in 1989.

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