Description
Barney Ross
Birth name: Beryl David Rosofsky
Record: 72-4-3
22 KOs 0 KOs
Bouts: 79
Career: 1929-1938
Debut: 1929-08-31
Nationality: USA
Residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth place: New York, New York, USA
Born: 1909-12-23
Died: 1967-01-18 (Age: 57)
Inducted into the The Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1956.
Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1981.
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
Inducted into the United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
The May 1994 issue of The Ring ranked Ross as the third greatest junior welterweight and fourth greatest welterweight of all-time.
In 1999, The Associated Press ranked Ross as the second best junior welterweight and fifth best welterweight of the 20th century.
