Young Pluto was a
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boxerBoxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
, who was based out of
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for much of his career. His career record was 17-9-12.
Career
He first arrived in South Africa at the age of 7. In Port Elizabeth, at age 16 he won 2 four rounders against Young Sultan and Young Berry. He then left for Australia, arriving in
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. His career in Australia got off to a good start as he beat
Young BrownYoung Brown , or Abe Brown, was a welterweight boxer from New York City.-Biography:He was born on September 24, 1893. On September 18, 1912 he boxed Young Jack O'Brien at the St. Nicholas Arena in New York City.-References:...
and then had a draw and a win against Young Scott. In 1888 and 1889, he fought
Young GriffoAlbert Griffiths , better known as Young Griffo, was a world featherweight boxing champion.-Professional career:...
to 5 straight draws. One of these fights lasted for seventy rounds. It had been decided beforehand that if both boxers were still standing that it would be declared a draw, however, it is accepted that Young Griffo had been the better boxer during the fight. In 1894, he beat Bennie Marks to win the West Australia lightweight title. He then left Australia for the
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in the
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. His next bout was against
Kid WilliamsJohn Gutenko who boxed under the name Kidd Williams, was a boxer from Denmark.-Biography:Williams was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He traveled with his parents to the United States in 1904 where they ended up in Baltimore, Maryland...
in
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, which he won. He then went onto lose the next 7 bouts, one of which came against
George DixonGeorge Dixon was the first black world boxing champion in any weight class, while also being the first ever Canadian-born boxing champion.George was born in Africville, Halifax, Nova Scotia...
for the World featherweight title. He became the first South African to fight for a World title, however, Dixon
KO'dA knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
him in the 10th round. Pluto finally finished his career in 1911 with a knockout win over Alec Rogers.
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