Benny Lynch
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Benny Lynch |
| Rated at | Flyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Reach | 65 in (165 cm) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Born |
2 August 1913 Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 6 August 1946 (aged 33) Govan, Scotland |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 119 |
| Wins | 88 |
| Wins by KO | 34 |
| Losses | 14 |
| Draws | 17 |
Benny Lynch (2 April 1913 – 6 August 1946 in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish professional boxer who fought in the flyweight division. He is considered by some to be one of the finest boxers below the lightweight division in his era and has been described as the greatest fighter Scotland ever produced. The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer rated Lynch as the No. 5 flyweight of all-time while his publication placed him 63rd in its 2002 list of the "Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years". Like Fleischer, both Statistical boxing website BoxRec and the International Boxing Research Organization also rank Lynch as the 5th greatest flyweight ever. He was elected to the Ring Magazine hall of fame in 1986 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.
He was born in a tenement flat at 17 Florence Street in the Gorbals area of Glasgow and learned his fighting skills in the carnival booths that were popular in the West of Scotland during the Great Depression.
Lynch won the Scottish flyweight boxing title on 16 May 1934 with a 15-round decision over Jim Campbell in Glasgow. He then went on to win the British, European and world flyweight titles from Jackie Brown in an historic bout held in Manchester on 9 September 1935. The fight attracted enormous support from Glaswegians who travelled en masse to watch Lynch floor his opponent eight times before the bout was stopped in the second round.
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