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Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer (November 3, 1887, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 – June 25, 1972) was a noted American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 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....
 writer. Fleischer inaugurated, in 1922, the Ring Magazine publication. He led that magazine, as editor in chief, for fifty years till his death in 1972.

In 1942, Fleischer began to publish the magazine's annual record book and boxing encyclopedia
Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia

The Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia is a book published yearly by Ring Magazine.Ring editor Nat Fleischer, noting that other sports had record books and that Boxing did not have any books specialized in keeping fans up to date as far as the participants' records, began writing the first Ring boxing encyclopedia in 1941....
, which was published until 1990. In addition to that, Fleischer wrote several other books about the lives of some world champions and about boxing history.

In 1954, General Pichai of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 invited Fleischer as a special guest to his homeland, as a way to ensure that the world championship bout between world Bantamweight champion Jimmy Carruthers
Jimmy Carruthers

James "Jimmy" William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division....
 of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and challenger Chamroen Songkitrat would follow the international boxing rules.






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Nathaniel Stanley Fleischer (November 3, 1887, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 – June 25, 1972) was a noted American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 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....
 writer. Fleischer inaugurated, in 1922, the Ring Magazine publication. He led that magazine, as editor in chief, for fifty years till his death in 1972.

In 1942, Fleischer began to publish the magazine's annual record book and boxing encyclopedia
Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia

The Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia is a book published yearly by Ring Magazine.Ring editor Nat Fleischer, noting that other sports had record books and that Boxing did not have any books specialized in keeping fans up to date as far as the participants' records, began writing the first Ring boxing encyclopedia in 1941....
, which was published until 1990. In addition to that, Fleischer wrote several other books about the lives of some world champions and about boxing history.

In 1954, General Pichai of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 invited Fleischer as a special guest to his homeland, as a way to ensure that the world championship bout between world Bantamweight champion Jimmy Carruthers
Jimmy Carruthers

James "Jimmy" William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division....
 of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and challenger Chamroen Songkitrat would follow the international boxing rules. It rained on the day of the fight, and 60,000 people were drenched by the rain. Fleischer suggested the fight be postponed and that they wait to see if the climate would get better the next day, but General Pichai ordered the bout to go on, reasoning that it would be hard to send off 60,000 people and the other thousands who were stranded outside back home under the pouring rain, to have them return the next day. Carruthers retained his crown by decision.

After Fleischer's death, the American Boxing Writer's Association named an award after him. The accolades kept on coming, and Fleischer later was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York....
.