Kid Williams

Kid Williams
Kid Williams
Statistics
Real name	John Gutenko
Weight(s)	Bantamweight
Nationality	Danish
Born	December 5, 1893; Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	October 18, 1963 (aged 69)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	210
Wins	156
Wins by KO	57
Losses	26
Draws	16
No contests	8

Williams in fighting pose

John Gutenko (December 5, 1893 – October 18, 1963) better known as Kid Williams, was a Danish boxer who held the Bantamweight World Championship during his career.^[1] Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Williams as the #2 ranked bantamweight of all time while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #3. Williams was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1970 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996.^[2]

Biography[]

Williams was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He traveled with his parents to the United States in 1904 where they ended up in Baltimore, Maryland. He made his professional debut in 1910 and went unbeaten until running into knockout artist George Chaney who knocked him out.^{[citation needed]}

Williams got a title shot in 1914 against Johnny Coulon whom he knocked out in three rounds. He fought against many champions but defended just twice, fighting boxers like Pete Herman, Johnny Kilbane and Memphis Pal Moore. Upon losing the title in 1917 to Herman, he fought pugilists like Joe Dundee, Joe Lynch, Francisco Guilledo also known as Pancho Villa, and Frankie Genaro before retiring in 1929.

Kid Williams died in Baltimore, Maryland in 1963.

Notable bouts[]


Result	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes^[3]
Loss	Frankie Genaro	PTS	12	1925-06-26	Carlin's Park, Baltimore, Maryland
Loss	Pancho Villa	NWS	8	1923-07-31	Shetzline Ballpark, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Newspaper Decision
Win	Joe Dundee	DQ	10 (12)	1922-09-04	4th Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland
Win	Abe Goldstein	NWS	8	1921-02-21	Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Newspaper Decision
Win	Charles Ledoux	PTS	12	1920-12-16	Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore, Maryland
Loss	Joe Lynch	TKO	4 (6)	1918-01-29	Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Loss	Kid Herman	NWS	6	1917-06-13	Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Newspaper Decision
Draw	Joe Lynch	NWS	10	1917-03-13	Pioneer Sporting Club, New York, New York	Newspaper Decision
Loss	Kid Herman	PTS	20	1917-01-09	Louisiana Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana	Lost World Bantamweight Title.
Draw	Kid Herman	PTS	20	1916-02-07	Louisiana Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana	Retained World Bantamweight Title.
Draw	Frankie Burns	PTS	20	1915-12-06	Tulane Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana	Retained World Bantamweight Title.
Loss	Memphis Pal Moore	NWS	8	1915-10-28	Memphis, Tennessee	Newspaper Decision
Loss	Johnny Kilbane	NWS	6	1915-03-17	Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Newspaper Decision
Win	Kid Herman	NWS	10	1914-06-30	Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana	Newspaper Decision
Win	Johnny Coulon	KO	3 (20)	1914-06-09	Vernon Arena, Vernon, California	Won World Bantamweight Title.
Win	Charles Ledoux	TKO	16 (20)	1913-07-15	Vernon Arena, Vernon, California
Win	Charles Ledoux	NWS	6	1912-12-11	Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Newspaper Decision
Win	Johnny Coulon	NWS	10	1912-10-18	Madison Square Garden, New York, New York	Newspaper Decision
Loss	George KO Chaney	PTS	20	1911-07-10	Ford Opera House, Baltimore, Maryland
Loss	George KO Chaney	KO	6 (15)	1911-01-02	Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, Maryland