Harry Lewis
American boxer (1886-1956)
ハリー・ルイス
- Born
- 16 September 1886, New York City
- Died
- 22 February 1956, Philadelphia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- welterweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
- Recorded fight record
- 80 wins, 16 losses, 11 draws
Harry Lewis (Harry Besterman; September 16, 1886 – February 22, 1956), was an American boxer, generally credited with holding the Welterweight Championship of the World from April 1908 to March 1911. He defeated "Young Joseph", the reigning Welterweight Champion of England in London on June 27, 1910, but was not credited with the British Welterweight championship as the fight was sanctioned as a World, and not English title. Boxing writer Nat Fleischer rated Lewis the sixth-greatest welterweight of all time. He was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, and into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008.
Awards and honours
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2002
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 2008
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q3127863 (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.