Английская Википедия:Frank Klaus
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Frank Klaus (December 30, 1887, in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania – February 8, 1948) was an American boxer from 1904 to 1918. Known as the Braddock Bearcat,[1] Klaus claimed the vacant World Middleweight Championship in 1913 and was elected to the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1974.
Gifted with a strong punch, he lost exceptionally few fights in his nine-year career, and was knocked out only once. Nat Fleischer ranked Klaus sixth as the All-Time Middleweight. His manager was George Engel.[2][3][4]
Early life and career
Frank Klaus was born on December 30, 1887, to German-American parents in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. He worked as a young man at the Westinghouse Machine Shop, and also mined coal with his father.
He started boxing training early and after winning an amateur tournament at East Pittsburgh's Wilmerding Athletic Club was recognized to have boxing promise by local boxing mentor George Engel.[5] He began his amateur career as early as 1904, and in February 1905 had three round wins on points in Pittsburgh against Frank Walton, and James Harris.[6][7]
On October 18, 1911, Klaus defeated the great contender Leo Houck in a newspaper win by both the Philadelphia Item and the Philadelphia Record. During his career, the Pennsylvania-born middleweight fought some of the greatest welter, middle, and light heavyweights of his era, including Jack Dillon, Battling Levinsky, Mike Gibbons, Harry Greb, and Al McCoy.[3]
Claiming and defending the World Middleweight Title
Klaus claimed the World Middleweight Title a few years after it became vacant upon the death of Stanley Ketchel in October 1910. Several contenders competed for the title. Accounts vary as to when Klaus was officially champion, but Klaus himself first claimed the title after defeating Sailor Ed Petrosky in a 20-round points decision in San Francisco on February 22, 1912. His victories over Jack Dillon, and later fellow claimant Georges Carpentier and former champion Billy Papke in France, cemented his claim to the title. He was officially recognized as champion by sanctioning bodies on March 5, 1913.[3]
In his historic title bout against Georges Carpentier on June 24, 1912, in Dieppe, France, Klaus won on a nineteenth round disqualification when Carpentier's manager entered the ring to protest his boxer being elbowed repeatedly by Klaus.[3] Carpentier's manager tried to pull his fighter from the ring by his waist, but the boxer's second had already thrown in the towel.[8]
On September 9, 1912, Klaus defeated Marcel Moreau in Savoie, France as the result of a low blow foul in the fourth of fifteen rounds. Moureau had held the French Middleweight Title in May 1908.[3]
Defeating Billy Papke for the Middleweight Title
In a title fight that led to world title recognition, Klaus defeated American Billy Papke at the Cirque du Paris on March 5, 1913, in a fifteenth-round disqualification. The referee stopped the fight in the fifteenth as a result of Papke continually ignoring his requests to fight cleanly. Klaus was winning by a significant margin. Papke had been warned throughout the fight for flagrant violations of boxing rules. Klaus received a gold belt for the victory.[9]
In another important win that cemented his claim to the title, Klaus defeated contender Eddie McGoorty on May 24, 1913, in a six-round bout in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Gazette gave Klaus five of the six rounds.[3]
On July 1, 1913, Klaus had an important win where he was awarded a third-round TKO against Jimmy Gardner in Boston. Gardner had contended for the World Welterweight Championship earlier in his career. Gardner put up a great defense until the end of the second round, when Klaus threw some hard punches over the defenses of Gardner. After Klaus continued to connect with hard blows, a second of Gardner's jumped into the ring in the middle of the third round to end the fight.[10] Klaus had faced Gardner on at least three previous occasions.[3]
Losing the World Middleweight Title to George Chip
During a title fight on 11 October 1913, George Chip baffled the crowd when he knocked out Klaus with a strong right hook to the jaw. The knockout came near the end of the sixth and final round. Prior to the knockout, in the first five rounds, Chip never threatened to take the lead. The fight occurred at the old Pittsburgh City Hall at Market Square [1]. It was the first loss by knockout in Klaus's career. The extra weight Klaus was carrying in his midsection led many reporters to believe he had not trained adequately for the bout, and had underestimated the ability of his opponent.[11][12]
In a return non-title match on December 23, 1913, Chip defeated Klaus again. In the fifth round of six, the referee stopped the fight resulting in a technical knockout after Chip knocked Klaus to the mat for a second time.[3] In what most considered a decisive win, the Scranton Truth wrote that Chip was the master of Klaus in every way, and clearly deserved the title he had taken from him two months earlier.[13]
Retirement from boxing and death
Klaus retired from boxing at age 26 shortly after his second loss to George Chip.
Klaus died February 8, 1948, at his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after a severe heart attack. He was survived by his widow, two sons and three daughters.[6]
Professional boxing record
All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,[14] unless otherwise stated.
Official record
Шаблон:BoxingRecordSummary All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column
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Unofficial record
Шаблон:BoxingRecordSummary Record with the inclusion of newspaper decision in the win/loss/draw column.
Шаблон:Abbr | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | свернутьNotes |
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96 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 68–15–13 | George Chip | TKO | 5 (6) | Dec 23, 1913 | Шаблон:Small | |
95 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 68–14–13 | George Chip | TKO | 6 (6) | Oct 11, 1913 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
94 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 68–13–13 | Eddie McGoorty | NWS | 10 | Sep 29, 1913 | Шаблон:Small | |
93 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 68–13–12 | Jimmy Gardner | TKO | 3 (12) | Jul 1, 1913 | Шаблон:Small | |
92 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 67–13–12 | Jack Dillon | NWS | 10 | May 29, 1913 | Шаблон:Small | |
91 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 67–12–12 | Eddie McGoorty | NWS | 6 | May 24, 1913 | Шаблон:Small | |
90 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 66–12–12 | Billy Papke | DQ | 15 (20) | Mar 5, 1913 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
89 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 65–12–12 | Pietro Boine | DQ | 3 (?) | Sep 16, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | |
88 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 64–12–12 | Marcel Moreau | DQ | 4 (15) | Sep 9, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
87 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 63–12–12 | Georges Carpentier | DQ | 19 (20) | Jun 24, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
86 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 62–12–12 | Jack Dillon | NWS | 10 | May 3, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | |
85 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 61–12–12 | Jack Dillon | PTS | 20 | Mar 23, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
84 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 60–12–12 | Sailor Ed Petroskey | PTS | 20 | Feb 22, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
83 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 59–12–12 | George Knockout Brown | NWS | 6 | Jan 29, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | |
82 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 58–12–12 | Jimmy Howard | NWS | 6 | Jan 15, 1912 | Шаблон:Small | |
81 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 57–12–12 | Jack Dillon | NWS | 6 | Dec 6, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
80 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 57–12–11 | Leo Houck | NWS | 6 | Oct 18, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
79 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 56–12–11 | Tommy Sullivan | KO | 2 (12) | Oct 12, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
78 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 55–12–11 | Cyclone Johnny Thompson | NWS | 10 | Aug 17, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
77 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 54–12–11 | Vic Hansen | KO | 8 (20) | Jul 1, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
76 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 53–12–11 | Montana Dan Sullivan | KO | 3 (20) | Jun 15, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
75 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 52–12–11 | Bill MacKinnon | NWS | 6 | May 6, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
74 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 51–12–11 | Jimmy Gardner | NWS | 6 | Apr 11, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
73 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 50–12–11 | Montana Jack Sullivan | TKO | 3 (10) | Mar 28, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
72 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 49–12–11 | Leo Houck | PTS | 12 | Feb 14, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
71 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 48–12–11 | Willie Lewis | TKO | 6 (10) | Feb 7, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
70 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 47–12–11 | Jimmy Gardner | PTS | 12 | Jan 31, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
69 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 47–12–10 | Billy Berger | NWS | 6 | Jan 11, 1911 | Шаблон:Small | |
68 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 46–12–10 | Hugo Kelly | PTS | 12 | Dec 20, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
67 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 46–11–10 | Jack Abbott | TKO | 5 (6) | Dec 15, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
66 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 45–11–10 | Jimmy Gardner | PTS | 12 | Nov 29, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
65 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 45–10–10 | Leo Houck | NWS | 6 | Oct 29, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
64 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 45–9–10 | Frank Mantell | NWS | 6 | Sep 28, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
63 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 44–9–10 | Jimmy Gardner | PTS | 12 | Apr 12, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
62 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 43–9–10 | Frank Mantell | KO | 9 (12) | Mar 29, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
61 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 42–9–10 | Stanley Ketchel | NWS | 6 | Mar 23, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
60 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 41–9–10 | Jack "Twin" Sullivan | PTS | 12 | Jan 18, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
59 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 40–9–10 | Billy Berger | NWS | 6 | Jan 7, 1910 | Шаблон:Small | |
58 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 39–9–10 | Porky Dan Flynn | PTS | 12 | Dec 21, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
57 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 38–9–10 | Joe Thomas | NWS | 6 | Dec 18, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
56 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 38–8–10 | Harry Lewis | NWS | 6 | Nov 27, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
55 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 38–8–9 | Billy Papke | NWS | 6 | Nov 11, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
54 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 37–8–9 | Jack Rowan | KO | 2 (6) | Oct 26, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
53 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 36–8–9 | Hugh McGann | DQ | 3 (6) | Sep 17, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
52 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 35–8–9 | Hugo Kelly | NWS | 6 | Jun 25, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
51 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 35–7–9 | Jack Fitzgerald | NWS | 6 | May 31, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
50 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 34–7–9 | Harry Mansfield | TKO | 1 (6) | May 15, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
49 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 33–7–9 | Jim Smith | DQ | 2 (6) | May 15, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
48 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 33–6–9 | Harry Lewis | DQ | 6 (6) | Apr 24, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
47 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 32–6–9 | Harry Mansfield | NWS | 6 | Apr 5, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
46 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 31–6–9 | Jack Williams | TKO | 2 (6) | Mar 18, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
45 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 30–6–9 | Cy Flynn | TKO | 3 (6) | Mar 4, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
44 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 29–6–9 | Harry Mansfield | NWS | 6 | Feb 18, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
43 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 28–6–9 | Pat Carney | KO | 1 (6) | Feb 11, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
42 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 27–6–9 | Jim Donovan | NWS | 6 | Feb 8, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
41 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 26–6–9 | Tommy Crawford | TKO | 1 (6) | Jan 15, 1909 | Шаблон:Small | |
40 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 25–6–9 | Tommy Lynch | NWS | 6 | Dec 23, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
39 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 24–6–9 | Paul Moore | NWS | 6 | Dec 22, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
38 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 23–6–9 | Billy Clark | KO | 2 (6) | Nov 28, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
37 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 22–6–9 | Jack Fitzgerald | NWS | 6 | Nov 16, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
36 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 21–6–9 | Kid Williams | KO | 5 (6) | Oct 30, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
35 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 20–6–9 | Jim Donovan | NWS | 6 | Oct 24, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
34 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 19–6–9 | Johnny Carroll | NWS | 6 | Sep 25, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
33 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 18–6–9 | Jack Robinson | NWS | 6 | Sep 16, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
32 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 18–5–9 | Billy Clark | NWS | 6 | Sep 12, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
31 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 18–5–8 | Jack Robinson | NWS | 6 | Sep 11, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
30 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 17–5–8 | Dutch Zimmer | KO | 3 (6) | Sep 8, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
29 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 16–5–8 | Jim Donovan | NWS | 6 | Aug 26, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
28 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 15–5–8 | Jack Nelson | NWS | 6 | May 29, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
27 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 14–5–8 | Jack Fitzgerald | NWS | 6 | May 7, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
26 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 13–5–8 | Cub White | NWS | 6 | May 4, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
25 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 12–5–8 | Billy Clark | NWS | 6 | Mar 28, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
24 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 12–5–7 | Alex Laird | KO | 2 (6) | Mar 16, 1908 | Шаблон:Small | |
23 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 11–5–7 | Paul Moore | NWS | 6 | Dec 10, 1907 | Шаблон:Small | |
22 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 10–5–7 | Dick Given | NWS | 6 | Oct 28, 1907 | Шаблон:Small | |
21 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 10–4–7 | Andy Diamond | KO | 1 (6) | Sep 14, 1907 | Шаблон:Small | |
20 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 9–4–7 | Al Martin | NWS | 6 | May 28, 1907 | Шаблон:Small | |
19 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 8–4–7 | Paul Moore | NWS | 6 | Jan 10, 1907 | Шаблон:Small | |
18 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 8–3–7 | Jock Simcoe | NWS | 6 | Dec 20, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
17 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 7–3–7 | Paul Moore | NWS | 6 | Dec 11, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
16 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 7–3–6 | James Frazier | NWS | 6 | Nov 12, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
15 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 6–3–6 | Tom Broderick | TKO | 3 (6) | Oct 29, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
14 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 5–3–6 | George Decker | NWS | 6 | Oct 9, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
13 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 4–3–6 | George Fraser | PTS | 32 (?) | Aug 25, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
12 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 4–3–5 | Jack Bruce | NWS | 4 | May 8, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
11 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 4–3–4 | Ned Chernoff | NWS | 4 | Mar 26, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
10 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 3–3–4 | Mike Ward | NWS | 4 | Feb 27, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
9 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 3–3–3 | Dick Given | NWS | 4 | Jan 25, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
8 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 2–3–3 | Frank Diamond | NWS | 6 | Jan 24, 1906 | Шаблон:Small | |
7 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 2–3–2 | Jock Simcoe | NWS | 6 | Dec 14, 1905 | Шаблон:Small | |
6 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 1–3–2 | Elmer Morgan | KO | 4 (6) | Jul 27, 1905 | Шаблон:Small | |
5 | Шаблон:Yes2Win | 1–2–2 | Battling Simpson | NWS | 4 | Mar 27, 1905 | Шаблон:Small | Шаблон:Small |
4 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 0–2–2 | John Ulm | NWS | 4 | Mar 27, 1905 | Шаблон:Small | |
3 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 0–2–1 | Frank Diamond | NWS | 4 | Mar 4, 1905 | Шаблон:Small | |
2 | Шаблон:No2Loss | 0–1–1 | Frank Diamond | NWS | 4 | Feb 25, 1905 | Шаблон:Small | |
1 | Шаблон:DrawDraw | 0–0–1 | Patsy Hogan | NWS | 4 | Feb 18, 1905 | Шаблон:Small |
Boxing achievements
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Honors
Klaus was elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.
See also
References
External links
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Перейти обратно: 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,7 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Klaus Ranks High in Fistic Realm", Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sporting Section pg. 3, 10 December 1911
- ↑ Перейти обратно: 6,0 6,1 "Klaus Burial Slated Thursday", Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pg. 18, 9 February 1948
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Championship Fight is Ended by a Row", New York Times, New York, New York, pg. 7, 25 June 1912
- ↑ "Klaus Wins in Foul Over Papke", Pittsburgh Post, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sporting News Section page 1, 6 March 1913
- ↑ "Gardner is Stopped By Frank Klaus", Pittsburgh Post, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pg. 10, 2 July 1913
- ↑ Guy, Richard, "Frank Claus is Stopped By George Chip", The Gazette Times, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sec. 3 pg. 2, 12 October 1913
- ↑ Gibson, Florent, "Klaus Put Out By George Chip", Pittsburgh Sunday Post, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sporting News Section pg. 1, 12 October 1913
- ↑ "Scranton Now Has a Champion", Scranton Truth, Scranton, Pennsylvania, pg. 8, 24 December 1913
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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