Peter Kane
| Peter Kane | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Rated at | Flyweight and Bantamweight |
| Nationality | English |
| Born | 28 February 1918 Heywood, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Died | 23 July 1991 (aged 73) |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 98 |
| Wins | 88 |
| Wins by KO | 53 |
| Losses | 7 |
| Draws | 2 |
| No contests | 1 |
Peter Kane (28 February 1918 – 23 July 1991) was one of England's greatest flyweight boxers and a world champion in the 1930s. Kane was born in Heywood, Lancashire, on 28 February 1918, but grew up in the town of Golborne, Lancashire, after his family moved there before his first birthday.
He was a two-fisted fighter, renowned for his punching power. Fifty-three of his eighty-eight wins were by knockout.
He made his professional debut in December 1934, at the age of sixteen. He fought and beat Joe Jacobs in Liverpool, where he was to have many of his fights. The fight was stopped in the fifth.
He went on to record a string of forty-one consecutive wins, before challenging Benny Lynch for the World flyweight title, at the age of nineteen. The fight, in October 1937, was staged at Shawfield Park, Glasgow in front of a crowd of over 40,000, and was one of the finest flyweight battles of all time. Lynch retained his title by knocking Kane out in the thirteenth round.
Kane had a re-match with Lynch in March 1938, and fought a draw over fifteen rounds in Liverpool. Lynch could not make the flyweight limit and had to pay a forfeit. In his next fight, against Jackie Jurich, Lynch was again overweight despite winning the fight and forfeited his World flyweight title. The British Boxing Board of Control declared the title vacant.
The American, Jurich and Kane were regarded as the chief contenders for the vacant world flyweight title, and a fight was arranged between them in September 1938, in Liverpool. Kane won on points after putting Jurich down five times during the fight.
He was now World flyweight champion, but he was finding it increasingly difficult to get down to the flyweight limit. In 1939, Kane announced that he was going to fight as a bantamweight in future, and at the end of that year, the National Boxing Association, of America stripped him of his title. He continued to be recognised as World flyweight champion by the International Boxing Union, in Europe.
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