Benny Valger

Benny Valgar, frequently spelled Valger, won the Featherweight Boxing Championship of the world in the resounding decision of newspapers on February 25, 1920. However, he did not knockout Johnny Kilbane, the reigning champion, so by previous agreement, could not take the title. Other sources observed that Valgar forfeited the match because he was less than a pound overweight from the featherweight limit of 124 pounds. Kilbane could have waved the forfeit, but chose not to.

Benjamin Benny Valgar was born in Paris on September 24, 1898 to Jewish parents who had emigrated to France from Russia around 1894. He was one of five children of Etta and Menachem Valger. His mother, after her husbands death, emigrated to New York City in 1913. Benny and his younger sister arrived in New York the following year.

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