BOXER

Fidel LaBarba

1905 - 1981

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Fidel LaBarba (September 29, 1905 – October 2, 1981) was an American boxer and sportswriter. He was born in New York City and grew up in Los Angeles, California. LaBarba began his amateur career at fourteen, eventually winning the flyweight division at the national Amateur Athletic Union tournament in Boston and later qualifying for the United States Olympic team. As a professional boxer, La Barba was an Undisputed World Champion in the flyweight division. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fidel LaBarba is the 214th most popular boxer (up from 232nd in 2019), the 12,110th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,639th in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Fidel LaBarba ranks 214 out of 496Before him are Mike McCallum, Tyrell Biggs, Ruslan Chagaev, Wilfred Benítez, Payao Poontarat, and Terence Crawford. After him are Hans Ziglarski, Sam Langford, Edwin Valero, Clemente Rojas, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Micky Ward.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Fidel LaBarba ranks 387Before him are Leroy Carr, Constant Lambert, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Mulk Raj Anand, John Hoyt, and Ivan Artobolevsky. After him are Bosley Crowther, Hans Ziglarski, Lila Lee, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, Eleanor Audley, and Henry Green. Among people deceased in 1981, Fidel LaBarba ranks 284Before him are Margaret Lindsay, Louise Lorraine, Harry Chapin, Nikolai Tishchenko, Ivan Udodov, and Jan van Diepenbeek. After him are Bosley Crowther, Mauri Rose, Trevor Coker, George Walsh, Yefim Dzigan, and Roy Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fidel LaBarba ranks 12,112 out of 20,380Before him are Zina Garrison (1963), Sam McMurray (1952), Jessica Szohr (1985), Lisa Fischer (1958), Eddie Griffin (1968), and Ken Berry (1933). After him are Louis A. Johnson (1891), Robert Duncan McNeill (1964), Charles Marion Russell (1864), Horace Elgin Dodge (1868), Larry Charles (1956), and Danny Pino (1974).

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Fidel LaBarba ranks 67Before him are Michael Moorer (1967), Hasim Rahman (1972), Miguel Cotto (1980), Tyrell Biggs (1960), Wilfred Benítez (1958), and Terence Crawford (1987). After him are Micky Ward (1965), Antonio Tarver (1968), Jackie Fields (1908), Shannon Briggs (1971), Chris Byrd (1970), and Laila Ali (1977).