Harry Lewis (boxer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American boxer
Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1886
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States
Date of Death: 22-Feb-1956
Profession: boxer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Harry Lewis (boxer)
- 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.
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