Rated at Heavyweight Nationality American Name Fred Fritts | Height 5′ 11″ / 180cm Died 1 January 1951 | |
Nickname(s) Sailor Fred Fritts, Young Fritz, Dutch Fritz, Global ID 39877 | ||
Fred Fritts was the Boxing Heavyweight Champion of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet in 1914.
According to a June 9, 1914 newspaper article, Fritts had been boxing for some 18 months—with a total of 12 bouts (9 KOs), one loss (on points to Battling Levinsky), and a total of 56 rounds of fighting. He had 10 bouts since leaving the Navy.
The publication Our Navy in 1918 referred to him as: Sailor Fred Fritts, one of the most popular heavyweights that has ever appeared in the ring.
Fritts joined the Bayonne, New Jersey Police Dept. in 1926, where he became a detective in 1943. He died in 1951.
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