Ben Jeby pugile

Ben Jeby (born Benjamin Morris Jebaltowsky, in 1909), was an American world champion middleweight boxer from the Lower East Side of New York City. He was managed by the legendary Hymie Caplin.Jeby was born on December 27, 1909 near Clinton and Delancey Streets in New York's teaming Lower East side to Jewish parents.He turned professional in 1927, at the age of 19.He defeated Joey LaGrey in an eight-round points decision on August 19, 1930 in at Queensboro Stadium in Long Island. Harry Ebbets fell to Jeby in a ten-round points decision at Madison Square Garden on November 14, 1930. There were no knockdowns in the bout.He drew in ten rounds with Dave Shade, the division's number one contender, on September 8, 1931 at Queensboro Stadium. In the close bout, Jeby had an edge in the third, fourth, and final three rounds. The following month he lost to Shade in a twelve-round unanimous decision at New York's Madison Square Garden.Jeby would become one of several Jewish title-holders of the time. On March 20, 1931, weighing 157.5 pounds, he defeated Len Harvey on points over 12 rounds in a unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Jeby fought a rushing, mauling, body punching battle, at close range, for which Harvey had no answer. His attempts to clinch were inadequate to stop the onrush of Jeby.