Benny Valgar, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Benny Valgar

American boxer

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1898

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1972

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Benny Valgar, frequently spelled "Valger", won the Featherweight Boxing Championship of the world in the resounding decision of newspapers on February 25, 1920.
However, he did not knockout Johnny Kilbane, the reigning champion, so by previous agreement, could not take the title.
Other sources observed that Valgar forfeited the match because he was less than a pound overweight from the featherweight limit of 124 pounds.
Kilbane could have waved the forfeit, but chose not to.Valgar also made it to the semi-final bout of the NYSAC World Lightweight Boxing Championship against Jimmy Goodrich, who he lost to in a close bout on June 15, 1925. Showing promise at an early age, Valgar was the U.S.
Bantamweight National Amateur champion in 1916.
In evidence of his extraordinary defensive ring skills, he was one of only two American boxers of his era to have never been knocked out, though he fought over two hundred fights.