Joe Bernstein

Boxing, Boxer

1877 – 1931

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Who was Joe Bernstein?

Featherweight Joe Bernstein was one of the first great boxers to emerge from New York's Lower East Side. He fought for the championship three times, but lost all three bouts. Nicknamed "The Pride of the Ghetto" in the 1890s, these fights endeared Bernstein to newly arriving Jewish immigrants.

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Born
Nov 7, 1877
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
1931

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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