Barney Ross

United States Marine (1909–1967)

バーニー・ロス

Born

23 December 1909, New York City

Died

17 January 1967, Chicago

Citizenship

United States

Sport

boxing

Discipline

welterweight, light welterweight, lightweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

170 cm (5 ft 7 in)

Recorded fight record

72 wins, 4 losses, 3 draws

Barney Ross (born Dov-Ber "Beryl" David Rosofsky; December 23, 1909 – January 18, 1967) was an American professional boxer and decorated veteran of World War II. Ross held world championships in three weight divisions from lightweight to welterweight between 1933 and 1938. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1990. In 2007, ESPN ranked him the 22nd greatest boxer of all time. In his time, he was known as the Pride of the Ghetto.

Initially known locally as a brawler, Ross joined a local gang as a teenager, running errands with Jack Ruby (who would later become world-famous for murdering Lee Harvey Oswald) for mobster Al Capone.

Awards and honours

• The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 1934
• The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 1935
• Sugar Ray Robinson Award 1942
• International Boxing Hall of Fame 1990
• Silver Star
• The Ring World Lightweight Champion
• The Ring World Welterweight Champion
• WBA World Lightweight Champion
• WBA World Welterweight Champion

Films

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q808489 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.