Nathan Bor

Nathan Bor
Statistics
Weight(s) Lightweight, Welterweight
Nationality United States American
Born March 1, 1913 (1913-03)
Fall River, Massachusetts
Died June 13, 1972 (1972-06-14) (aged 59)
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Stance Orthadox
Boxing record
Total fights 49
Wins 34
Wins by KO 22
Losses 12
Draws 3
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1932 Los Angeles Lightweight

Nathan "Nat" Bor (March 1, 1913 – June 13, 1972) was an American boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

Personal

Bor was Jewish,[1] and of Russian heritage. He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on March 1, 1913.

Amateur career

Bor was the 1932 United States Amateur Lightweight Champion and won the bronze medal in the lightweight class after winning the third place fight against Mario Bianchini.

Olympic results

Professional career

Bor won his first professional bout with a second round knockout of Al Hope on October 5, 1932 at the Casino in his home of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Bobby Allen fell to Bor on April 12, 1937 in a ten round points decision in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Winning in an upset, Bor floored his rival with a lethal uppercut to the chin in the tenth.[4]

On June 24, 1937, he lost a ninth round technical knockout to Andy Callahan at Brave's Field in Boston. Early in the bout, Bor suffered a bad cut over his left eye, which grew worse until the referee stopped the fighting 1:05 into the ninth round. Though there were no knockdowns in the bout, Callahan managed to earn a large lead on points from the opening rounds.[5]

He defeated K.O. Castillo on October 28, 1938, in a ten round newspaper decision in Portland, Oregon. The Boston Globe gave Bor nine of the ten rounds.[2]

His last bout on May 24, 1940, was an eighth round technical knockout loss to Joe Boscarino in Boston Garden.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games. ISBN 9781903900871.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nat Bor". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Nat Bor Bio". BoxRec. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bor Defeats Allen in Holyoke Fight", The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 16, 13 April 1937
  5. ↑ "Mike Belloise Kayoes McLeod", The Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 22, 15 June 1937
  • Nathan Bor at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Nathan Bor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  • Professional boxing record for Nathan Bor from BoxRec
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