An Homage to The Best Boxers That Nobody Knew

[greynotsoold]

Joe Simonich, from right here in Butte, Montana. He fought Dave Shade, Pinky Mitchell, Willie Ritchie, Joe Dundee, Mickey Walker, Pete Latzo, Tommy Freeman, and Sgt. Al Baker. Boxrec lists him at 31-30, but he actually had close to 200 fights. At one point he was called the "Uncrowned Welterweight Champ" because of a victory over Latzo in a non-title bout. He was stopped once in his career, his last fight against the Alabama Kid, when he was 40, in 1935.

[DavilaJones]

Oh wow there's a lot more great unknowns than I though there would be. Good thing today is Friday I'll have the weekend to look over these guys and see what I find, I'll make a fight album of sorts if I can and post it up.