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Dr Joseph Bolton Knipe

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Dr Joseph Bolton Knipe

Birth
Londonderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Death
4 Sep 1946 (aged 75)
Sparkill, Rockland County, New York, USA
Burial
Kilrea, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland Add to Map
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HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION * JOSEPH BOLTON KNIPE * THE GREATEST AMATEUR BOXER/TRAINER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IRELAND & AMERICA'S VERY OWN * Joseph Bolton Knipe * FIRST TRAINER of Freddie Welsh & Joe Jennette...learned from a MASTER...KNIPE was well known to have the Greatest Jab...he opened a school in NYC...it was there Freddie Welsh got his start, training, bouts & together with Joe Jennette they were sent to Philadelphia and the rest is boxing history.

By 1904, Dr. Joseph B. Knipe had boxed with nearly all of the great pugilists, including "Kid McCoy" Fitzsimmons & Choynski. He had opened a school of "Physical Culture at 84 Franklin Street, Manhattan" & trained hundreds if not thousands of boxers...Freddie Welsh & Joe Jennette were some of his greatest achievements...Knipe was a true Master of the Art of Boxing.
HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION * JOSEPH BOLTON KNIPE * THE GREATEST AMATEUR BOXER/TRAINER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IRELAND & AMERICA'S VERY OWN * Joseph Bolton Knipe * FIRST TRAINER of Freddie Welsh & Joe Jennette...learned from a MASTER...KNIPE was well known to have the Greatest Jab...he opened a school in NYC...it was there Freddie Welsh got his start, training, bouts & together with Joe Jennette they were sent to Philadelphia and the rest is boxing history.

By 1904, Dr. Joseph B. Knipe had boxed with nearly all of the great pugilists, including "Kid McCoy" Fitzsimmons & Choynski. He had opened a school of "Physical Culture at 84 Franklin Street, Manhattan" & trained hundreds if not thousands of boxers...Freddie Welsh & Joe Jennette were some of his greatest achievements...Knipe was a true Master of the Art of Boxing.


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