Frank Klaus
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Francis Klaus was an American boxer from 1904 to 1918. Known as the Braddock Bearcat, Klaus claimed the vacant World Middleweight Championship in 1913 and was elected to the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame i
Frank Klaus
Klaus in boxing pose.
Billy Papke, World Middleweight Champion
Stanley Ketchel
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Stanisław Kiecal, better known in the boxing world as Stanley Ketchel, was an American professional boxer who became one of the greatest World Middleweight Champions in history. He was nicknamed "The
Frank Klaus
…Levinsky, Mike Gibbons, Harry Greb, and Al McCoy. Klaus claimed the World Middleweight Title a few years after it became vacant upon the death of Stanley Ketchel in October 1910. Several contenders competed for the title. Accounts vary as to when Klaus was officially champion, but Klaus himself first claimed the…
c. 1910
Ketchel in fighting pose
Ketchel standing over a downed Billy Papke during their third fight
Ketchel's gravestone, Holy Cross Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan