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Lew Tendler

BORN   September 28 1898; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DIED November 15 1970;
HEIGHT 5-6
WEIGHT 122-154 1/2 lbs
MANAGER Phil Glassman

Tendler was a clever, left-handed boxer who was quick and had lots of "savvy"; He lost only 16 of 172 contests and scored 39 knockouts during his career; He was a top contender for the Lightweight Championship during the early 1920s and famous for his bouts with the great Benny Leonard; Had he fought at any other time in history, he "coulda-woulda-shoulda" been champion

Lew
defeated such men as 

1913
Nov  6 Mickey Brown                Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6

1914
Jan 25 Johnny McLaughlin                                           ND  6
Feb 15 Kid Burns                                                   ND  6
Mar 16 Bobby Woods                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Mar 25 Benny Reilly                                                ND  6
Apr 13 Neil McCue                  Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
May  4 Kid Goodman                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-D  6
May 25 Mickey Brown                Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Jun 11 Neil McCue                  Philadelphia, Pa              ND-D  6
Jul 23 Mickey Brown                Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Jul 25 Kid Goodman                                                 ND  6
Aug 31 "Young" Terry McGovern      Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W   
Sep 12 "Young" Terry McGovern      Philadelphia, Pa                ND   
Dec  5 Freddie Haefling            Philadelphia, Pa                TK  4
Dec 12 Pinky Burns                 Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6

1915
Feb 25 Barney Snyder                                               ND  6
Mar  8 Fred "Young" Diggins        Philadelphia, Pa                TK  4
Mar 22 Jimmy Murray                Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Mar 25 Willie Mack                                                 ND  6
Apr 19 Willie Mack                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
May 24 Louisiana                   Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
May 25 Willie Mack                                                 ND  6
Sep 24 Battling Reddy              Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Oct  1 Johnny Solzberg                                             ND  6
Oct 19 Jack Toland                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Dec  6 Kid Goodman                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6

1916
Jan  1 Willy Brown                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Jan 24 Eddie O'Keefe               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-L  6
Jan 31 Eddie O'Keefe               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-L  6
Feb 28 Pete Herman                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Apr  3 Benny Kaufman               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-L  6
Apr 24 Benny Kaufman               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
May 29 Al Shubert                  Philadelphia, Pa              ND-L  6
Oct 30 Dick Loadman                Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Nov 13 Al Shubert                  Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Dec 14 Texas Kid                   Baltimore, Md                    W 10

1917
Feb 26 Artie Root                  Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Mar 26 Johnny Dundee               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-D  6
Aug  1 "Young" Terry McGovern      Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Oct  1 Johnny Dundee               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Oct 17 Frankie Britt               Baltimore, USA                   W 12
Oct 29 Rocky Kansas                Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Nov 29 Frankie McManus             Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Dec 18 Jack Russo                  Boston, USA                     KO  5

1918
Jan  7 Willie Jackson              Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Jan 21 Frankie Callahan            Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Feb 11 Tommy Touhey                Philadelphia, Pa                KO  4
Mar  4 Pete Hartley                Philadelphia, Pa                TK  4
Mar 22 Frankie Nelson              Buffalo, NY                     TK  4
Mar 25 Eddie Wallace               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Apr  3 Patsy Cline                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Apr 20 Terry Brooks                Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Apr 23 Frankie Britt               Boston, Ma                      KO  3
Apr 29 Willie Jackson              New Haven, Ct                    W 15
May 13 Phil Bloom                  Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
May 24 Barney Adair                New York, NY                  ND-W  6
May 30 Vincent Pokorni             Cleveland, Oh                 ND-W 10
Jun 26 Tommy Carey                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  3
Jul  6 Frankie Callahan            Atlantic City, NJ             ND-W  8
Jul 16 Patsy Cline                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Aug 26 Harvey Thorpe               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Sep 18 George "K.O." Chaney        Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Nov  2 Frankie Callahan            Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Nov 23 Joe Welsh                   Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Dec 10 Frankie Callahan            Boston, Ma                      TK  9
Dec 16 Ever Hammer                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6

1919
Jan  1 Rocky Kansas                Buffalo, NY                   ND-W 10
Jan 20 Young "Abe" Brown           Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Feb  3 Ralph Brady                 Syracuse, NY                  ND-W 10
Feb 10 "Harlem" Eddie Kelly        Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Feb 17 Larry Hansen                Reading, Pa                   ND-W  6
Feb 26 Joe Welling                 Newark, NJ                    ND-W  8
Apr 28 "Westside" Jimmy Duffy      Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
May 12 Cal Delaney                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
May 13 Al Murphy                   Wilkes-Barre, Pa              ND-W 10
Jun  4 George "K.O." Chaney        Philadelphia, Pa                KO  1
Jun 13 Packy Hommey                Newark, NJ                    ND-W  8
Jul 14 Joe Welling                 Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Aug  4 Willie Jackson              Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  6
Oct 10 Stanley Yoakum              Denver, Co                      KO  4
Oct 21 Johnny Noye                 Denver, Co                      LF  3
Oct 27 Harvey Thorpe               Detroit, Mi                   ND-W 10
Nov  8 George Erne                 Philadelphia, Pa                KO  2
Nov 22 Charley Pitts               Philadelphia, Pa              ND-W  8
Nov 27 Johnny Noye                 Philadelphia, Pa                KO  2

1920
-02-23 Allentown Dundee          Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   2 
1920-02-28 Dick De Sanders           Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   3 
1920-03-15 Johnny Rose               Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  6 
1920-03-20 Johnny Martin             Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  6 
1920-03-29 Stanley Hinckle           Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   6 
1920-04-05 Tim Droney                Lancaster, USA            W NWS  6 
1920-04-17 Banty Sharpe              Paterson, USA             W KO   5 
1920-05-03 Johnny Tillman            Saint Paul, USA           W NWS 10 
1920-05-12 Georges Papin             Jersey City, USA          W KO   6 
1920-05-19 Pinky Mitchell            Milwaukee, USA            W NWS 10 
1920-05-23 Eddie Fitzsimmons         Philadelphia, Pa          D NWS  8 
1920-06-09 Richie Mitchell           Milwaukee, USA            W NWS 10 
1920-07-12 Willie Jackson            Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   5 
1920-09-18 Frankie Callahan          Lawrence, USA             W TKO  5 
1920-10-26 Joe Welling               Milwaukee, USA            W NWS 10 
1920-11-08 Harlem Eddie Kelly        Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   5 
1920-11-25 Johnny Tillman            Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1920-12-25 Chick Simler              Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   7 

1921
-01-01 Otto Wallace              Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   4 
1921-01-26 Willie Jackson            Milwaukee, USA            W NWS 10 
1921-02-28 Sailor Friedman           Milwaukee, USA            W NWS 10 
1921-07-04 Tim Droney                Reading, USA              W NWS  8 
1921-08-24 Sailor Friedman           Philadelphia, Pa          D NWS  8 
1921-09-13 Sailor Friedman           Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1921-10-21 Rocky Kansas              New York City, USA        L PTS 15 
1921-11-24 Manuel Azevedo            Philadelphia, Pa          W TKO  2 
1921-12-16 Sailor Friedman           New York City, USA        W PTS 15 

1922
-01-02 Barney Adair              Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1922-02-01 Mel Coogan                Philadelphia, Pa          NC NC   1 
1922-02-24 Oakland Jimmy Duffy       New York City, USA        W TKO  8 
1922-03-11 Johnny Sheppard           Brooklyn, USA             W KO   3 
1922-03-13 Alex Hart                 Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1922-04-10 Charley Pitts             Brooklyn, USA             L DQ   7 
1922-04-17 Tim Droney                Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1922-05-05 Johnny Dundee             New York City, USA        W PTS 15 
1922-06-06 Bobby Barrett             Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   6 
1922-07-27 Benny Leonard             Jersey City, USA          L NWS 12 
1922-09-11 Ever Hammer               Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1922-11-03 Johnny Mendelsohn         Milwaukee, USA            W NWS 10 

1923
-01-19 Pal Moran                 New York City, USA        W PTS 15 
1923-01-29 Jack Lawler               Philadelphia, Pa          W TKO  5 
1923-06-18 Pal Moran                 Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1923-06-25 Tim Droney                Allentown, USA            W NWS 10 
1923-07-24 Benny Leonard             Bronx, USA                L UD  15 
1923-11-19 Jack Palmer               Philadelphia, Pa          W NWS  8 
1923-12-28 Pep O'Brien               Scranton, USA             W PTS 10 

1924
-01-01 Nate Goldman              Philadelphia, Pa          L PTS 10 
1924-01-28 Ray Mitchell              Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1924-02-18 Pinky Mitchell            Milwaukee, USA            W NWS 10 
1924-03-17 Ted Marchant              Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   4 
1924-04-15 Sailor Friedman           Boston, USA               W PTS 10 
1924-06-02 Mickey Walker             Philadelphia, Pa          L UD  10 
        National Boxing Association World Welterweight Title
1924-07-01 Bobby Barrett             Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1924-07-21 Bobby Barrett             Philadelphia, Pa          D PTS 10 
1924-08-18 K O Mars                  Cincinnati, USA           W NWS 10 
1924-11-24 Joe Libby                 Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1924-12-25 Joe Tiplitz               Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 

1925
-01-19 Jack Zivic                Pittsburgh, USA           L KO   5 
1925-02-23 Joe Reno                  Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   5 
1925-03-16 Nate Goldman              Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1925-04-06 Tony Julian               Philadelphia, Pa          W TKO  3 
1925-06-08 Jack Zivic                Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1925-07-16 Joe Dundee                Philadelphia, Pa          D PTS 10 

1926
-04-19 Joe Reno                  Atlantic City, USA        D NWS  8 
1926-05-03 Jack McFarland            Newark, USA               W NWS 10 
1926-05-19 Don Boyer                 Toledo, USA               W TKO  7 
1926-05-28 Basil Galiano             Brooklyn, USA             W PTS 10 
1926-06-25 Georgie Russell           Atlantic City, USA        W TKO  6 
1926-06-28 Meyer Cohen               Hartford, USA             L PTS 10 
1926-07-12 Joe Reno                  Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1926-07-29 Mickey Forkins            New York City, USA        W TKO  5 
1926-09-01 Joe Reno                  Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1926-09-15 Al Conway                 Atlantic City, USA        W NWS  6 
1926-10-04 Danny Gordon              West Manayunk, USA        W PTS 10 
1926-10-15 Farmer Joe Cooper         New York City, USA        W PTS 10 
1926-11-01 Tommy Jordan              Brooklyn, USA             L DQ   4 

1927
-03-15 Young Harry Wills         Los Angeles, USA          W TKO  8 
1927-04-12 Ace Hudkins               Los Angeles, USA          L PTS 10 
1927-08-09 Danny Gordon              West Manayunk, USA        W KO   8 
1927-08-30 Willie Greb               West Manayunk, USA        W KO   4 
1927-09-12 Sailor Darden             Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1927-10-03 Pat Haley                 Philadelphia, Pa          W KO   1 
1927-11-07 Vincent Forgione          Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 
1927-12-12 Hilario Martinez          Philadelphia, Pa          W PTS 10 

1928
-01-02 Jack McFarland            Philadelphia, Pa          W TKO  8 
1928-01-20 Ace Hudkins               New York City, USA        L UD  10 
1928-06-18 Nate Goldman              Philadelphia, Pa          W TKO  5 

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