Joe Benjamin (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American boxer
Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1908
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, United States
Date of Death: 06-Jul-1983
Profession: boxer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Joe Benjamin (boxer)
- Joe Benjamin was a Pacific Coast Featherweight Boxing Champion in 1915 and a 1922 World Junior Lightweight Boxing Championship contender against Johnny Dundee.
- In his fifty-one reported wins on BoxRec, he had nineteen by knockout, giving him an impressive knockout ratio.With exceptional defensive skills, he was one of only two boxers of his era to fight 200 bouts and receive only one knockout.
- In his career he sparred and trained with champion Jack Dempsey, and fought reigning champions Benny Leonard, and Johnny Dundee.During his boxing career, he appeared in a few of his friend Douglas Fairbank's movies around 1920, married and kept company with several actresses, and later raised prize race horses.
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