Benny Leonard

Benny Leonard was an American professional lightweight boxer. Widely considered one of the alltime greats, he was ranked 8th on The Ring magazines list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years and placed 7th in ESPNs 50 Greatest Boxers of AllTime. In 2005, the International Boxing Research Organization ranked Leonard as thelightweight, andbest poundforpound fighter of alltime. Statistical website BoxRec rates Leonard as the 3rd best lightweight ever, while The Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at 2. Boxing historian Bert Sugar placed him 6th in his Top 100 Fighters catalogue. Leonard is a member of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Benny Leonard was born and raised in the Jewish ghetto, which was then located in the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City, on whose streets he learned to fight. He was the son of Minny and Gershon Leiner, who immigrated from Eastern Europe.

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