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Victor "Young" Perez

BORN   October 18 1911; Tunis, Tunisia
DIED February 4 1945; (Some sources report February 4, 1943; Some sources report March 1945)
HEIGHT 5-1
WEIGHT 109-118 lbs
MANAGER Leon Bellier

Perez was a fighter who was full of energy; He was not a power hitter but was a non-stop puncher; He lost only 28 of 134 bouts and scored 27 knockouts; During his career, he won the NBA Flyweight Championship of the World, the IBU Flyweight Championship of the World and the Flyweight Championship of France

Victor defeated such men as Frankie Genaro, Emile Pladner, Valentin Angelmann, Nicolas Petit-Biquet, Eugene Huat, Kid Francis, Aurel Toma, Vittorio Tamagnini, Kid Socks and Carlos Flix

Perez was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1986

Information provided by John Landaw:

Perez arrived at Auschwitz on October 10, 1943 as part of "Convoy 60" a group of 1,000 prisoners shipped from Drancy, France; While at Auschwitz, Perez was forced to particpate in boxing matches for the amusement of the Nazis; By 1945, Perez was one of just 31 survivors of the original 1,000; In March 1945, the Camp was evacuated; The Nazis shot and killed Perez on the ensuing "Death March"

From www.boxrec.com:

Perez was arrested by local police on October 10, 1943, and deported to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. According to reports, Perez was forced to fight in the bi-weekly boxing matches at the camp. The fights were bet on by the Nazi officers in command of the camp. The winners of these matches were awarded with bread and soup, while the loser was executed.

Perez's first fight in the camp was against a German-Jewish heavyweight (inmate) named Iorry. Even though his opponent was over a foot taller, and 50 pounds heavier, Perez scored a knockout. Perez went on to fight twice a week, every week, for the next 15 months, reportedly scoring 140 straight knockout victories.

In 1945, Perez was evacuated from the camp. It was reported that on the road near a camp called Gleiwitz, Perez attempted to pass bread through a fence to another inmate, and was shot and killed by Nazi guards. Some sources list his death in January 1945, others in March. 

1928
Jan  1 Arthur "Kid" Roger          Bone, Algeria                   KO  3
Jan 10 Glenchi                     Souk-Ahras, Algeria              W  6
Feb  1 Young Tayeb                 Bizerte, Tunisia                KO  3
Feb  4 Bob Zerbib                  Tunis, Tunisia                   D  6
Feb 10 Mola                        Sfax, Tunisia                    W  6
Feb 15 Bob Zerbib                  Tunis, Tunisia                   W  6
Mar  1 Bob Zerbib                  Sousse, Tunisia                  W  6
Mar 10 Fredo                       Souk-Ahras, Algeria              W  6
Mar 15 Gondore                     Tunis, Tunisia                  TK  2
Apr  1 Maurice Petit               Tunis, Tunisia                  TK  3
Apr  2 Bob Zerbib                  Tunis, Tunisia                  KO  1
Apr 18 Arthur "Kid" Roger          Souk-Ahras, Algeria              D  6
Jun 15 Bob Omar                    Tunis, Tunisia                   D  6
Jul  1 Brami                       Sfax, Tunisia                   TK  2
Jul 10 Kid Santi                   Tunis, Tunisia                   W  6
Aug  1 Glenchi                     Souk-Ahras, Algeria             TK  3
Dec 22 Lucien Beauvais             Paris, France                    D  8
Dec 29 Dherbomez                   Paris, France                    W  8

1929
Jan  5 Laurenzoin                  Paris, France                    W  8
Jan 12 Mousseron                   Paris, France                   TK  5
Jan 19 Lou Carbonel                Paris, France                    W  8
Jan 26 Couturier                   Paris, France                    W  8
Mar 14 Eloi Heddebaut              Paris, France                    W  8
Apr  9 Louis Verdier               Paris, France                    W  8
Apr 17 Louis Verdier               Paris, France                    W  8
May 18 Michel Escargeuil           Paris, France                    W  8
Aug 11 Leo Hermal                  Paris, France                    L 10
Sep  1 Eloi Heddebaut              Paris, France                    W  8
Sep  8 Etienne Gerdal              Paris, France                    W 10
Oct  1 Henri Barras                Paris, France                    D 10
Nov  3 Louis Verdier               Paris, France                    D 10
Dec 22 Rene Challange              Paris, France                    W 10
Dec 31 Bob Omar                    Paris, France                    D 10
          -Some sources report "Oran, Algiers"

1930
Jan 16 Lucien Beauvais             Paris, France                    W 10
Feb  8 Henry "Kid" Oliva           Limoges, France                 LT  4
          -Flyweight Championship of France
Feb 18 Frankie Nour                Paris, France                   TK  7
          -Some sources report "LT 7"
Mar 11 Rene Gabes                  Paris, France                    W 10
Jul  2 Praxille Gyde               Tunis, Tunisia                   W 10
Aug 17 Larrani                     Tunis, Tunisia                   W 10
Nov  3 Johnny King                 Manchester, England              D 15
Nov 10 Marcel Potier               Paris, France                    W 10
Nov 25 Henri Barras                Paris, France                    W 10
Dec  6 Etienne Mura                Paris, France                    D 10

1931
Jan  3 Bob Omar                    Oran, Algeria                    D 10
Jan  7 Joe Mendiola                Paris, France                   LT  1
Jan 17 Rijne Bastiaens             Paris, France                   TK  6
Feb 14 Joe Mendiola                Paris, France                    W 10
Mar 10 Willi Metzner               Paris, France                    W 10
Mar 21 Etienne Mura                Paris, France                    W 10
Apr  1 Emile Degand                Rouen, France                    W 10
Apr  8 Carlos Flix                 Paris, France                    W 10
Apr 22 Jack Himpfen                Paris, France                   KO  2
Apr 30 Tommy Brown                 Paris, France                   TK  6
May 26 Victor Ferrand              Tunis, Tunisia                   W 10
Jun  4 Valentin Angelmann          Paris, France                    W 15
          -Flyweight Championship of France
Aug 25 Jean Cuart                  Paris, France                    W 10
Sep 10 Willi Metzner               Paris, France                    W 12
Oct 26 Frankie Genaro              Paris, France                   KO  2
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
          IBU Flyweight Championship of the World
Nov 21 Rene Challange              Casablanca, Morocco              W 10
Dec  6 Etienne Mura                Paris, France                    D 10
Dec 21 Emile "Spider" Pladner      Paris, France                    L 10

1932
Jan  6 Vincenzo Savo               Paris, France                    W 10
Jan 28 Len Beynon                  London, England                  W 10
Feb 27 Paul Schaefer               Zurich, Switzerland              W 10
Mar 18 Joseph Parisis              Tunis, Tunisia                  KO  8
Apr 10 Willi Metzner               Algiers, Algeria                 W 10
May 14 Mariano Arilla              Algiers, Algeria                 W 10
Jun  5 Manuel Gonzales             Oran, Algeria                    W 10
Jun 26 Nicolas Petit-Biquet        Algiers, Algeria                 W 10
Jul  3 Manuel Jose Arilla          Oran, Algeria                    D 10
Sep  2 Manuel Jose Arilla          Paris, France                    W 10
Sep 12 Mickey McGuire              Newcastle, England              LK  2
Sep 19 Max Kuschner                Vienna, Austria                 ND  6
          -Some sources report "KO 6"
Oct  3 Percy Dexter                Vienna, Austria                 TK  9
Oct 12 Sandy McEwan                Paris, France                   TK  6
Oct 31 Jackie Brown                Manchester, England             LT 13
          -NBA Flyweight Championship of the World;
          IBU Flyweight Championship of the World
Nov 19 Joe Cowley                  Paris, France                   TK  6
          -Some sources report "Jack Cowley"
Dec 14 Carlo Covagnioli            Paris, France                    W 10
Dec 22 Orlando Magliozzi           Toulouse, France                TK  1

1933
Jan 24 Emile "Spider" Pladner      Tunis, Tunisia                   W 10
Feb 14 Albert Biesmans             Troyes, France                   W 10
Feb 23 Kid Socks                   Paris, France                    W 10
Mar 18 Baltazar Sangchili          Valencia, Spain                  L 10
Mar 23 Vittorio Tamagnini          Paris, France                    L 10
Apr  4 Nicolas Petit-Biquet        Tunis, Tunisia                   D 10
Jun  9 Charles Sauvage             Istanbul, Turkey                 W 10
Jul  3 Jackie Brown                Manchester, England              L 10
          -Some sources report "London, England"
Oct 16 Kid Francis                 Paris, France                    W 10
Oct 31 Young Borel                 Lyon, France                     D 10
Nov 10 Young Borel                 Paris, France                    W 10
Nov 28 Vittorio Tamagnini          Tunis, Tunisia                   W 10
Dec  3 Nicolas Petit-Biquet        Lille, France                    L 12
Dec  7 Teodoro Murall              St. Etienne, France             KO  4

1934
Jan 19 Eugene Huat                 Paris, France                    W 12
Feb  8 Robert Raquet               Amiens, France                   W 10
          -Some sources report 2/08/38
Feb 19 "Panama" Al Brown           Paris, France                    L 15
          -IBU Bantamweight Championship of the World
Mar 21 Leone Blasi                 Paris, France                    W 10
Apr 10 Leone Blasi                 Lyon, France                    WF  3
Jun  7 Marius Monti                Nice, France                    KO  5
Jun 10 Albert Biesmans             Marseille, France                W 10
Jun 17 Baltazar Sangchili          Oran, Algeria                    L 10
Jul 11 Emile "Spider" Pladner      Paris, France                    W 10
Aug 16 Victor Ferrand              Cannes, France                  KO  3
Aug 21 Charles Fougere             Bagnolet, France                KO  6
Sep  1 Pete Sanstol                Oslo, Norway                     L 10
Nov  1 "Panama" Al Brown           Tunis, Tunisia                  LK 10
          -IBU Bantamweight Championship of the World
Dec  1 Ottavio Gori                Paris, France                    W 10
Dec 11 Lorenzo Boira               Paris, France                   KO  6
Dec 24 Joseph Decico               Paris, France                    L 10

1935
Jan  5 Carlo Covagnioli            Paris, France                    W 10
Feb 16 Gustavo Ansini              Paris, France                    L 10
Mar 13 Mariano Arilla              Nancy, France                   KO  3
Apr  3 Paul Dogniaux               Paris, France                    L 12
Jul  5 Emile "Spider" Pladner      Casablanca, Morocco              D 10
Aug  3 Spud Arenas                 Casablanca, Morocco              W 10
Sep 14 Baltazar Sangchili          Casablanca, Morocco              L 10
Oct  9 Salvador Lozano             Barcelona, Spain                 L 10
Nov 26 Orlando Magliozzi           Paris, France                    W 10
Dec 14 Eugene Huat                 Paris, France                    L 10
Dec 31 Aurel Toma                  Paris, France                    L 10

1936
Feb  3 Giovanni Sili               Orléans, France                 KO  5
Mar  2 Henri Soya                  Le Mans, France                 KO  4
Mar  5 Maurice Filhol              Strasbourg, France               W 10
Apr 14 Eugene Huat                 Tunis, Tunisia                   W 10
May  2 Giovanni Masella            Tunis, Tunisia                   W 12
Jul  1 Pedrito Ruiz                Paris, France                    D 10
Aug 11 Ernst Weiss                 Vienna, Austria                  L 10
          -Some sources report 8/12/36
Oct 11 Pedrito Ruiz                Antwerp, Belgium                 W 10
Dec  3 Maurice Huguenin            Lyon, France                     L 10

1937
Oct  4 Aurel Toma                  Bucharest, Romania              KO  5
          -Reports vary - "TK 4" - "LK 5"
Oct 28 Baltazar Sangchili          Paris, France                   LK  5
          -Some sources report "L 10"
Dec 22 "Panama" Al Brown           Paris, France                   LK  5

1938
Nov 11 Ernst Weiss                 Berlin, Germany                  L 10
Dec  3 Aurel Toma                  Lyon, France                     L 10
Dec  7 Fortunato Ortega            Paris, France                   LT 10
          -Some sources report "L 10"

1943-1945
          -Perez reportedly had a 139-0-1 record in Auschwitz, Poland
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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