Billy Alger

Name: Billy Alger
Career Record: click
Alias: Arizona Wildcat
Birth Name: John William Alger
Nationality: US American
Hometown: San Diego, California, USA
Born: 1900-08-27
Died: 1933-10-06
Age at Death: 33
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5
Manager: Lew Diamond
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According to the Everett Daily Herald (Everett, WA, USA), at the time of his bout with Dode Bercot August 13, 1926, Billy Alger had fought 62 times in 67 weeks in a few California cities. He was described as "a colorful fighter and will make a fight any time he steps in the ring, regardless of his opponent. He is aggressive and has the stamina to go hard from the first round to the last."

 

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Written by Rob Snell   
Monday, 30 April 2007
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Mike McCoole, last of the type of Mississippi river rough and tumble fighter, heroic figure in the annals of the American prize ring, was known throughout the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic coast as a brawny claimant for the title in the years following the retirement of Joe Coburn.



 
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