Description
Abie Bain (Boxing. Born, St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 10, 1906; died, Ormond Beach, FL, Apr. 9, 1993.) Brought to the U.S. as a child, Abie Bain (the Anglicized version of his Russian name) gave Cambridge, Mass., as his birthplace in the 1930s when he was a middleweight and light heavyweight fighting mainly out of Newark, N.J. Bain had over 100 pro fights, the highlight of which was his three-round knockout of German middleweight champion Herman Hersch Jan. 2, 1929. Following his boxing career (1924-34), he developed a second career as a technical advisor for many boxing films and appeared in several, including Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962). Bain retired to Florida in 1984.
Member of the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.
Born: 1906-08-10
Hometown: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 1993-04-09 (Age:86)
Record: 50-27-5
Category: Jewish Boxers
