Frankie Conley (October 4, 1890 – August 21, 1952) was a

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports and weightlifting. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In mixed martial arts, MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class ...

boxing champion.

Biography

He was born on October 4, 1890, in Platania, Calabria, Italy as Francesco Conte. He became the bantamweight boxing champion of the world when he

knocked out A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...

Monte Attell in 42 rounds on February 22, 1910. In 1912 he was

by Mexican Joe Rivers. He died on August 21, 1952, in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conley, Frankie Bantamweight boxers World bantamweight boxing champions 1890 births 1952 deaths Italian emigrants to the United States American male boxers Sportspeople from Kenosha, Wisconsin