Lew Tendler

Born: September 28, 1898 Philadelphia
Died: November 5, 1970 Atlantic City
Manager: Phil Glassman
Professional Record: 59-11-2 (37 kayoes) 95 ND, 1 NC
Inductee International Boxing Hall of Fame: 1999
Lew Tendler is generally considered to be one of the finest fighters to never have won a world title, and easily the greatest southpaw to never win one. Tendler came very close to winning the Lightweight Title against Benny Leonard. He had Leonard in serious trouble until Leonard managed to engage him in chatter, which consequently allowed Leonard to recover and win a narrow decision. Tendler's only other title shot was a narrow defeat to the great and much bigger Mickey Walker. Tendler who was also Jewish is considered by many to be the third greatest Jewish fighter of all time, only behind his archrival Benny Leonard and Barney Ross. In retirement Tendler ran restaraunts in Atlantic City and in Philadelphia, which became a popular pre-fight hangout.

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1913
---    Mickey Brown 				ND 6

1914
---    Freddy Hafling 				KO 4
---    Johnny McLoughlin 			ND 6
---    Kidder Burns 				ND 6
---    Bobby Woods 				ND 6
---    Benny Reilly 				ND 6
---    Neil McCue 				ND 6
---    Neil McCue 				ND 6
---    Kid Goodman 				ND 6
---    Kid Goodman 				ND 6
---    Micky Brown 				ND 6
---    Micky Brown 				ND 6
---    Young McGovern 				ND 6
---    Young McGovern 				ND 6
---    Pinky Burns 				ND 6

1915
Mar 8  Young Diggins 	Philadelphia 	KO 4
MAr 22 Jimmy Murray 	Philadelphia 	ND 6
---    Barney Snyder 				ND 6
---    Willy Mack 				ND 6
---    Willy Mack 				ND 6
---    Willy Mack 				ND 6
---    Louisiana 				ND 6
Sep 24 Battling Reddy 	Philadelphia 	ND 6
Oct 1 Young Solsberg 				ND 6
Oct 19 Jack Toland 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
---    Kid Goodman 				ND 6


1916
Jan 1  Willy Brown 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Jan 24 Eddy O'Keefe 	Philadelphia 	ND 6
Feb 28 Pete "Kid" Herman 	Philadelphia 	ND 6 
Apr 3  Ben Kaufman 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Apr 24 Ben Kaufman 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
---    Eddy O'Keefe 				ND 6
May 29 Al Shubert 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Oct 30 Dick Loadman 	Philadelphia 	ND 6
Nov 13 Al Shubert 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Dec 14 Kid Texas 		Baltimore		W 10

1917
Feb 26 Arty Root 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Mar 26 Johnny Dundee	 	Philadelphia 	ND 6
Aug 1  Terry McGovern 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Oct 1  Johnny Dundee 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Oct 17 Franky Britt 		Baltimore 	W 12
Oct 29 Rocky Kansas 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Nov 29 Franky McManus 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Dec 18 Jack Russo 		Boston 		KO 5


1918
Jan 7  Willie Jackson 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Jan 21 Franky Callahan 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Feb 11 Tommy Tuohey 		Philadelphia 	KO 4
Mar 4 Pete Hartley 		Philadelphia 	KO 4
Mar 22 Franky Nelson 		Buffalo 	KO 4
Mar 25 Eddy Wallace 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Apr 3 Patsy Cline 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Apr 20 Terry Brooks 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Apr 23 Franky Britt 		Boston 		KO 3
Apr 29 Willie Jackson 		New Haven, CT 	W 15
May 13 Phil Bloom 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
May 30 Vincent Pokorni 		Cleveland 	ND 10
Jul 6 Franky Callahan 		Atlantic City 	ND 8
Jul 16 Patsy Cline 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Aug 26 Harvey Thorpe 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Sep 18 George "K.O." Chaney 	Philadelphia 	ND 6
Nov 2 Franky Callahan 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Nov 23 Joe Welsh 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Dec 10 Franky Callahan 		Boston 		TW 9
	Callahan broke his wrist
Dec 16 Ever Hammer 		Philadelphia 	ND 6

1919
Jan 1  Rocky Kansas 		Buffalo 	ND 10 
Jan 20 Young Brown 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Feb 3  Ralph Brady 		Syracuse, NY 	ND 10
Feb 10 Eddy Kelly 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Feb 26 Joe Welling 		Newark, NJ 	ND 8
Apr 28 Jimmy Duffy 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
May 3  Larry Hanson 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
May 12 Cal Delaney 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
May 13 Al Murphy 		Wilkes-Barre,PA ND 8
Jun 4  George "K.O." Chaney 	Philadelphia 	KO 1
Jun 13 Packey Hommey 		Newark, NJ 	ND 8
Jul 14 Joe Welling 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Aug 11 Willie Jackson 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Oct 10 Stanley Yoakum 		Denver 		KO 4
Oct 21 Johnny Noye 		Denver 		LDQ 4
Oct 27 Harvey Thorpe 		Detroit 	ND 10
Nov 8  George Erne 		Philadelphia 	KO 2
Nov 22 Charlie Pitts 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Nov 27 Johnny Noye 		Philadelphia 	KO 2

1920
Feb 23 Allentown Dundee 	Philadelphia 	KO 2
Feb 28 Dick DeSanders 		Philadelphia 	KO 3
Mar 15 Johnny Rose 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Mar 20 Johnny Martin 		Philadelphia 	ND 6
Mar 29 Stanley Hinkle 		Philadelphia 	KO 6
Apr 5  Tim Droney 		Lancaster, PA 	ND 6
Apr 17 Bandy Sharpe 		Paterson, NJ 	KO 5
May 3  Johnny Tillman 		St. Paul, MN 	ND 10
May 12 George Papin 		Jersey City,NJ 	KO 6
May 19 Pinky Mitchell 		Milwaukee 	ND 8
May 24 Eddie Fitzsimmons 	Philadelphia	ND 8
Jun 9  Ritchie Mitchell 	Milwaukee 	ND 10
Jul 12 Willie Jackson 		Philadelphia 	KO 5
Sep 18 Frankie Callahan 	Lawrence, MA 	KO 5
Oct 26 Joe Welling 		Milwaukee 	ND 10
Nov 8  Eddie Kelly 		Philadelphia 	KO 5
Nov 25 Johnny Tillman 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Dec 25 Chick Simler 		Philadelphia 	KO 7

1921
Jan 1  Otto Wallace 		Philadelphia 	KO 4
Jan 26 Willie Jackson 		Milwaukee 	ND 10
Feb 28 Sailor Freedman 		Milwaukee 	ND 10
Jul 4  Tim Droney 		Reading, PA 	ND 8
Aug 23 Sailor Freedman 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Sep 13 Sailor Freedman 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Oct 21 Rocky Kansas 		New York	L 15
Nov 24 Miguel Azevedo 		Philadelphia 	KO 12
Dec 15 Sailor Freedman 		New York 	W 15

1922
Jan 2 Barney Adair 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Feb 1 Mel Coogan 		Philadelphia 	NC 1
Feb 24 Jimmy Duffey 		New York 	KO 3
Mar 11 Johnny Sheppard 		New York 	KO 3
Mar 13 Alex Hart 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Apr 10 Charlie Pitts 		New York 	LDQ 7
Apr 17 Tim Droney 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
May 5 Johnny Dundee 		New York 	W 15
Jun 6 Bobby Barrett 		Philadelphia 	KO 6
Jul 27 Benny Leonard 		Jersey City, NJ ND 12
Sep 11 Ever Hammer 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Nov 3 Johnny Mendelsohn 	Milwaukee 	ND 10 

1923
Jan 19 Memphis Pal Moran 	New York 	W 15 
Jan 29 Jack Lawler 		Philadelphia 	KO 5
Jun 18 Memphis Pal Moran 	Philadelphia 	ND 8
Jun 25 Tim Droney 		Allentown, PA 	ND 10
Jul 24 Benny Leonard 		New York 	L 15
(For World Lightweight Title)
Nov 19 Jack Palmer 		Philadelphia 	ND 8
Dec 28 Pep O'Brien 		Scranton, PA 	ND 10

1924
Jan 1  Nate Goldman 		Philadelphia 	L 10
Jan 28 Ray Mitchell 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Feb 18 Pinkey Mitchell 		Milwaukee 	ND 10
Mar 17 Ted Marsh 		Philadelphia 	KO 4
Apr 15 Sailor Friedman 		Boston 		W 10
Jun 2  Mickey Walker 		Philadelphia 	L 15
(For World Welterweight Title)
Jul 1  Bobby Barrett 		Philadelphia 	D 10
Aug 18 K.O. Mars 		Cincinnati 	ND 10
Nov 24 Joe Libbyy 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Dec 25 Joe Tiplitz 		Philadelphia 	W 10

1925
Jan 19 Jack Zivic 		Pittsburgh 	KO by 5
Jan 28 Ray Mitchell 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Feb 23 Joe Reno 		Philadelphia 	KO 5
Mar 16 Nate Goldman 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Apr 6  Tony Julian 		Philadelphia 	KO 3
Jun 8  Jack Zivic 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Jul 16 Joe Dundee 		Philadelphia 	D 10

1926
Apr 19 Joe Reno 		Atlantic City 	ND 8
May 3  Jack McFarland 		Newark, NJ 	ND 10
May 19 Don Boyer 		Toledo, OH 	KO 7
May 28 Basil Galiano 		Brooklyn 	W 10
Jun 25 Georgie Russell 		Atlantic City 	KO 6
Jun 28 Meyer Cohen 		Hartford 	L 10
Jul 12 Joe Reno 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Jul 29 Mickey Forkins 		New York 	KO 5
Sep 2  Joe Reno 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Oct 4  Danny Gordon 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Oct 15 "Farmer" Joe Cooper 	New York 	W 10
Nov 1  "Irish" Tony Jordan 	Philadelphia 	LDQ 4

1927
Apr 12 Ace Hudkins 		Los Angeles 	L 10
Mar 15 Young Harry Wills 	Los Angeles 	KO 8
Aug 9  Danny Gordon 		Philadelphia 	KO 8
Aug 30 Willie Greb 		Philadelphia 	KO 4
Sep 12 Sailor Darden 		Philadelphia 	W 10
Oct 3  Pat Haley 		Philadelphia 	KO 1
Nov 7  Vincent Forgione 	Philadelphia 	W 10
Dec 12 Hilario Martinez 	Philadelphia 	W 10

1928
Jan 2  Jack McFarland 		Philadelphia 	KO 8
Jan 20 Ace Hudkins 		New York 	L 10
Jun 18 Nate Goldman 		Philadelphia 	KO 5

1941
Feb 4	Benny Leonard		Philadelphia	Exh
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