Isadore Corporal Izzy Schwartz was an American boxer, who became recognized as the New York Boxing Commissions World Flyweight Champion from 1927 to 1929. His manager was Phil Bernstein. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. Though never having much of a knockout punch, in 115 professional bouts between 1922 and 1929, he scoredknockouts, 50 decisions,draws,nodecisions, and lost onlytimes.
Schwartz was born in New Yorks East Village on October 23, 1902, not far from the neighborhood of Jewish Lightweight Champion Benny Leonard. Both his parents died when he was two years old, and he was forced to spend the remainder of his youth in a Jewish orphanage.
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