Frank Erne pugile
- combattimenti
- 53
- vinto
- 31
- perduto
- 6
- pareggiare
- 16
- Stato
- inactive
- Divisione
- lightweight
- Debutto
- 1892-03-17
- Altezza
- 5′ 6″/168cm
- Arrivare a
- 68″/173cm
- Età
- 79
- Nato
- 1875-01-08
- Morte
- 1954-09-17
- Nazionalità
- Switzerland
Frank Erne (January 8, 1875 – September 17, 1954) was a Swiss-born American boxer widely credited with taking the World Featherweight Championship on November 27, 1896, from George Dixon in New York City, as well as the World Lightweight Championship from George "Kid" Lavigne on July 3, 1899, in Buffalo, New York. Late in his career he would contend for the World Welterweight Title against Rube Ferns. Erne was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the class of 2020.Erne was born on January 8, 1875, in Döttingen, Switzerland, to a family of German descent. His father once kept a vineyard near Zurich when he was a child, and after gaining success as a boxer in America, Frank purchased one for his father in New York. Not surprisingly, Frank took wine with his meals for much of his life, including the period he reigned as a world feather and lightweight champion.At the age of seven he emigrated to the United States with his family. According to one source, in the early 1890s he worked setting pins in a bowling alley at the Buffalo Athletic Club where he began his training. During his career as a boxer, he worked as a manager of boxing classes, and physical culture schools.Erne most prized his skills as a great strategist and "scientific boxer" rather than a strong puncher, and although his BoxRec record impressively shows 14 of 30 of his better publicized fights ending by knockout, few appear to be in early rounds. Apparently he could land a punch against a less skilled opponent when necessary, but he assigned greater value to what was known in his era as "ring generalship." Erne's favorite punch was a right to the chin, similar to an uppercut, after another boxer led with a left. Erne once told the Pittsburgh Press in an interview, "The majority of present day fighters are not ring generals, because they really are never called upon in a ten round bout to show ring generalship. But in the old days a fighter who wasn't a ring general never amounted to much and didn't last very long." Erne went on to note that it was the fighters with brains and not brawn who achieved the most during his boxing career.Erne began to fight professionally by October 27, 1892 when he defeated John Roy at the Buffalo Athletic Club in New York in a fourth round knockout, showing that he was not a boxer who lacked punching ability when the opportunity arose. The fight was billed as the Featherweight Championship of Western New York and paid the winner the princely sum of $250 according to the Buffalo Courier. Erne had defeated Roy by TKO one month earlier in Buffalo.Erne first met World Featherweight Champion George Dixon in a ten round draw on December 5, 1895, at the Manhattan Athletic Club in New York City. Two weeks later he fought well known Australian boxer "Young Griffo", an 1890 Featherweight World Champion, at the Music Hall in Buffalo. According to the New York Sun, Griffo, to the frustration of the crowd, dominated the brief four-round draw from the start and neither boxer put much effort into the fight.
Data | Avversario | Ultimi risultati degli avversari | Luogo | Risultato |
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1908-02-29 | Curly Watson | LDWLLL | Wonderland, Paris | WIN Points |
1903-05-18 | Warren Zurbrick | WWWWWW | International A.C., Fort Erie | WIN |
1902-11-26 | Jimmy Britt | WWW | Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco | LOST KO |
1902-06-24 | Jim Maloney | WWLWLL | National Sporting Club, Covent Garden | WIN KO |
1902-05-12 | Joe Gans | WWWWWW | International A.C., Fort Erie | LOST KO |
1902-03-21 | Gus Gardner | WLWWDW | Wabash A.C., Chicago | WIN Points |
1902-03-17 | Curley Supples | DDLWWL | International A.C., Fort Erie | WIN KO |
1901-09-23 | Rube Ferns | WWWWLW | International A.C., Fort Erie | LOST KO |
1900-08-30 | Tom Couhig | WLLWWW | Olympic A.C., Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1900-07-16 | Terry McGovern | WDWWWW | Madison Square Garden, New York | LOST Technical knockout |
1900-03-23 | Joe Gans | WWWWDW | Broadway A.C., New York | WIN Technical knockout |
1900-02-09 | Chicago Jack Daly | LDLDDL | Star Theatre, Chicago | WIN Points |
1899-12-04 | New York Jack O'Brien | WDWWWW | Coney Island A.C., Brooklyn | DRAW Points |
1899-07-03 | George (Kid) Lavigne | WDLDWL | Hawthorne A.C., Buffalo | WIN Points |
1899-05-09 | George 'Elbows' McFadden | DWWWWW | Lenox A.C., New York | WIN Points |
1899-03-03 | Dal Hawkins | WDWLWD | Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco | WIN KO |
1898-09-28 | George (Kid) Lavigne | LWLWDL | Greater New York A.C., Brooklyn | DRAW Points |
1898-04-25 | Harry Lemons | LWDWWW | Olympic A.C., Buffalo | WIN Points |
1897-11-29 | Jack Downey | DWDLDD | Empire A.C., Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1897-10-02 | Jim Popp | WWD | Toronto A.C., Toronto | DRAW Points |
1897-09-13 | Larry Becker | WWD | Olympic A.C., Buffalo | WIN KO |
1897-04-19 | Joe Hopkins | DLLLDW | Olympic A.C., Buffalo | WIN Technical knockout |
1897-03-24 | George Dixon | WDDLWD | Broadway A.C., Brooklyn | LOST Points |
1897-02-20 | Martin Flaherty | WDDDDD | New York A.C., New York | LOST Unanimous decision |
1896-11-27 | George Dixon | WWWWDD | Broadway A.C., New York | WIN Points |
1896-06-29 | Jack Downey | DDWDW | South Brooklyn A.C., Brooklyn | DRAW Points |
1896-05-23 | Jack Downey | WWDDW | Empire Theater, Brooklyn | DRAW Points |
1896-04-23 | Larry Burns | D | Empire A.C., Buffalo | WIN KO |
1896-03-30 | Jack Downey | LWWWD | Empire A.C., Maspeth, Queens | DRAW Points |
1895-12-20 | Young Griffo | WDDDWD | Music Hall, Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1895-12-05 | George Dixon | WWWWD | New Manhattan A.C., New York | DRAW Points |
1895-10-04 | Jack Skelly | LWWWDL | New Manhattan A.C., New York | WIN Technical knockout |
1895-08-26 | Jack Skelly | LWWWD | Maspeth Empire AC, Maspeth, Queens | WIN KO |
1895-07-15 | Joe Craig | W | Oakland Avenue Rink, Jersey City | WIN Technical knockout |
1895-03-09 | Pat Perry | debut | WIN Points |
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1895-01-22 | Joe Leonard | DLWWWD | New Manhattan A.C., New York | WIN KO |
1894-10-02 | Solly Smith | WLWWDL | Buffalo A.C., Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1894-08-11 | Alec Sloan | D | Eldorado beach, Buffalo | WIN Points |
1894-06-16 | George Siddons | LWWLLW | Academy of Music, Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1894-05-12 | George Siddons | DDLWWL | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | WIN Points |
1894-05-08 | Dan Maloney | debut | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | WIN Technical knockout |
1894-04-21 | Pat Schultz | debut | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | WIN Points |
1894-04-14 | Tommy Dixon | WWWWWW | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1894-04-07 | Hymie Goldstein | WD | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | WIN Points |
1894-03-31 | Fred Warner | debut | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | WIN Points |
1894-03-24 | Walter Campbell | DDWLLW | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | WIN KO |
1894-03-17 | Tommy Kennedy | debut | Court Street Theatre, Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1894-03-06 | John L Sullivan | W | Music Hall, Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1893-11-27 | Skip Krieger | debut | Music Hall, Buffalo | WIN Points |
1893-01-26 | Joe Diebold | debut | Buffalo A.C., Buffalo | DRAW Points |
1892-10-27 | John Roy | L | Buffalo A.C., Buffalo | WIN KO |
1892-09-29 | John Roy | debut | Music Hall, Buffalo | WIN Technical knockout |
1892-03-17 | James McCarthy | debut | Star Theater, Buffalo | WIN Points |