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Charles "Battling" Lahn

BORN   June 5 1892; Brooklyn, New York (Some sources report Sep 1894)
DIED January 1953; Resided in New York, New York
WEIGHT 115-125 lbs


 

1912
Nov  1 Billy McCoy                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND  3
Nov 30 Young Marino                New York, NY                    TK  3
          -Perhaps, this man was "Sammy Marino"
Dec  6 Kid James                   New York, NY                    TK  2

1913
Jan 24 Lew "Young" Wagner          Brooklyn, NY                    TK  4
Apr 11 Harry Bloom                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND  6
May 23 Young Allen                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Sep  5 Young Mundy                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO 10
Oct  8 Steve "Kid" Sullivan        Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 13 Charley Goldman             Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Dec 12 Charley Goldman             Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Dec 22 John "K.O." Eggers          Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10

1914
Jan  9 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Feb  7 Steve "Kid" Sullivan        New York, NY                    ND 10
Feb 20 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Mar 16 Young Marino                Schenectady, NY                 ND 10
          -Perhaps, this man was "Sammy Marino"
Mar 28 Alex Lafferty               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Apr  7 Eddie Coulon                Havana, Cuba                     D 10
Apr 11 Walter Nelson               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jul  4 Jimmy "Kid" Taylor          New York, NY                    ND 10
Jul 14 "Jersey" Frankie Burns      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jul 24 Mike Rosen                  New York, NY                    ND 10
Sep  7 Henry "Harry" Johnson       Brooklyn, NY                    KO  7
Sep 12 Sammy "Young" Marino        Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Sep 19 Willie Doyle                New York, NY                    ND 10
Oct 21 Artie Edwards               New York, NY                    KO  4
Oct 23 Chick "Chicken" Roskins     Brooklyn, NY                    KO  4
Nov  2 Neil McCue                  Philadelphia, Pa                TK  4
          -Some sources report 11/03/1915
Nov  5 Buddy Faulkes               Meriden, Ct                     ND 10
Nov 16 Freddie "Young" Diggins     Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Nov 26 Al Shubert                  Lawrence, Ma                    LT  8

1915
Feb 13 Jimmy "Kid" Taylor          New York, NY                    ND 10
Feb 20 Johnny Russell              New York, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report "White Plains, NY"
Feb 26 Young Mundy                 White Plains, NY                ND 10
Mar 13 Eddie Campi                 New York, NY                    ND 10
Mar 31 Eddie Coulon                Havana, Cuba                     L 10
Apr 20 Young Marino                Albany, NY                      ND 10
          -Perhaps, this man was "Sammy Marino"
Apr 27 Jimmy "Kid" Taylor          Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
May 10 Buddy Faulkes               East Hartford, Ct               ND 12
May 18 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
May 31 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jul  2 George Flynn                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
          -Some sources report "KO 3"
Jul 10 Joe "K.O." Daly             Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jul 21 Young Cooper                New London, Ct                  ND 10
Sep 23 George Thomson              Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Sep 24 Freddie "Young" Diggins     Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Sep 27 Jack Stanley                Brooklyn, NY                    TK  2
Oct  8 Charles "Young" Limbo       Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Oct 12 Jack "Kid" Wolfe            Lawrence, Ma                     D 12
Oct 24 George Thomson              Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov  1 Jabez White                 Albany, NY                      ND 10
Nov  9 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 12 Jimmy "Kid" Taylor          Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 26 Jimmy Murray                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Dec  4 Johnny "Red" Kilbride       Brooklyn, NY                    KO  4
Dec 21 George Thomson              Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10

1916
Jan  5 Sammy Waltz                 East Hartford, Ct               KO  9
          -Some sources report 1/06/1916
Jan 21 Jimmy Murray                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report 1/14/16
Jan 27 Jimmy "Kid" Devine          South Manchester, Ct            KO  4
          -Some sources report 1/20/1916
Feb 10 Jimmy "Kid" Taylor          South Manchester, Ct            KO  9
Feb 16 Tony Marino                 Providence, RI                   W 12
Mar 13 Jimmy Murray                Woonsocket, RI                   D 12
          -Some sources report "W 12"
Mar 31 Walter Nelson               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Apr 11 Kid Williams                Baltimore, Md                   ND 10
Apr 20 Joe "K.O." Daly             Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report 3/20/16
May  3 Terry Martin                Providence, RI                  LK  7
          -Reports vary - "L 7" - "LT 7" - ND 10"
Jun 10 Nick Nelson                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  7
Jun 12 Tommy Shea                  New Haven, Ct                    D 10
Jun 19 Jabez White                 Rochester, NY                   ND 10
Jun 29 Sammy Waltz                 Meriden, Ct                     KO 11
Sep 15 Battling Miller             Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Oct  7 Jack "Kid" Wolfe            Cleveland, Oh                   ND 10
Oct  9 Dick Loadman                Rochester, NY                   ND 10
Nov  7 "Memphis" Pal Moore         Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report "Young" Pal Moore
Nov  9 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 10 Jack "Kid" Wolfe            Cleveland, Oh                   ND 10
Nov 13 Percy "Young" Aubrey        Schenectady, NY                 TK  6
Nov 17 Jimmy Pappas                Cleveland, Oh                   KO  1
Nov 24 Allie Nack                  New York, NY                    ND 10
Dec  4 Bill Bevan                  Rochester, NY                   ND 10
Dec 22 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10

1917
Feb 26 Billy Fitzsimmons           Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Mar  9 "Jersey" Frankie Burns      Bridgeport, Ct                  LK  8
Apr 16 Patsy Taubert               Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
Apr 28 Johnny "Young" Solzberg     New York, NY                    ND 10
May 11 Steve "Kid" Sullivan        Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report "New York, NY"
May 29 Benny Kaufman               Reading, Pa                     ND 10
Jun 15 Hugh Breslin                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jul  4 Charley Treyball            New London, Ct                  ND 12
Jul  7 Walter Brooks               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jul  9 Joe Garry                   Brooklyn, NY                    TK  8
         -Some sources report "Joe Gray"
Sep 17 Charles "Young" Limbo       Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Sep 29 Teddy Jacobs                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Oct  1 Hugh Breslin                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Oct 17 Frankie Wilson              Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov  3 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov  6 Leo Crevier                 Thornton, RI                     W 10
Dec 17 Billy Fitzsimmons           New Haven, Ct                    W 10

1918
Jan 14 Tommy Shea                  New Haven, Ct                    L 12
Feb 11 Elmer Doane                 Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Sep 21 Walter Nelson               Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Oct 25 Joe Currie                  Boston, Ma                       D 12
          -Some sources report "D 10" vs "Joe Curry"
Dec 24 Charlie Parker              Boston, Ma                      LT  5

1919
Jan 10 Frankie Clarke              Cleveland, Oh                   ND 10
Jan 27 Elmer Doane                 Syracuse, NY                    ND 10
Jan 30 Joe Shear                   Montreal, Que, Canada           TK  5
Feb 17 Charles "Dutch" Brandt      Montreal, Que, Canada           TK  5
Feb 22 Joe Burns                   Montreal, Que, Canada           ND 10
Mar 24 Harry "Kid" Brown           Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Mar 31 Henry Koster                New Orleans, La                 LK  3
May 15 Andy Chaney                 Baltimore, Md                   LT  3
          -Some sources report "LT 4"
Oct 29 Tommy Bucks                 Quebec, Ont, Canada             ND 10
Oct 31 Jim Glackin                 Hartford, Ct                    KO  2
Nov  6 Benny McCoy                 Lowell, Ma                       L 12
Nov 20 Sammy Waltz                 New Britain, Ct                  L 12
Dec  2 Bobby Josephs               Manchester, NH                  LK  3

1920
Jan 22 Sammy Waltz                 New Britain, Ct                 LK  2
          -Some sources report "Bridgeport, Ct"
Nov  5 Tommy Tobin                 Brooklyn, NY                     W 15
Dec 10 Johnny Reisler              Brooklyn, NY                    LK  4
          -Some sources report "New York, NY"

1921
Apr 11 Henry "Harry" Johnson       Brooklyn, NY                    TK  5
          -Some sources report 04/11/1920
Apr 25 Danny Powers                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
May 21 Harry Nelson                Brooklyn, NY                     W 12
Jun 13 Harry Nelson                New York, NY                     D 10
Jul 23 Jimmy Mars                  New York, NY                     W  8
Aug 19 Jimmy Mars                  New York, NY                     L 12

*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1912
       Young Ambrose                                               KO  1
       Young Coster                                                KO  2
       Mike Novins                                                 KO  1
       Bobby Baron                                                 KO  2
       Billy McCoy                                                 KO  1
       Joe Marino                                                   W  3
       Frank Conifrey                                               W  4
       Joe Kane                                                     W  4
       Kid James                                                    L  2
          -Some sources report "LT 2"

1913
       Young Alsot                                                 KO  1
       Harry Bloom                                                 KO 10
       Young Allen                                                 KO  7
       Young Josh                                                  KO  4
       Young Josh                                                   W  6
       Joe Fisher                                                   W  6
       Harry Wade                                                   W  6
       Bobby Hansen                                                ND 10
       Hiene Thiel                                                 ND 10

1914
       Jimmy Powers                                                ND 10
       Mike Rosen                                                  ND 10
       Frankie Daly                                                ND 10
       Johnny "Young" Solzberg                                     ND 10

1916
Feb    Jack "Kid" Wolfe                                             L 10

1920
       "Irish" Johnny Curtin                                        L  3

1921
       Mickey Brown                                                 D 12

*** The Following Bout Is Reported For A Different Man ***
***               (Not This Charles "Battling" Lahn)                    ***

1915
Jun 19 Eddie O'Keefe               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization