Charles Fischer

Title History

 

• Cook County Illinois Middleweight Amateur title;
• Cook County Illinois Light Heavyweight Amateur title;
• World’s Middleweight title defeating Johnny Meyers (January 7, 1929);
• World’s Light Heavyweight title defeating Billy Edwards (December 5, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri);

 

Career Highlights

 

• Charles Fischer trained along side Ed “Strangler” Lewis..
• January 5, 1931: Charles “Midget” Fischer invented the Piledriver against “Sailor” Jack Wood in Kansas City, Missouri..
• For a great detailed story of Charles Fischer please go to http://www.butternut.k12.wi.us/charles%20fischer/charlesfischer.html
• November 16, 1982: Charles “Midget” Fischer passed away at the age of 84..
  

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  Michael Melland wrote in I just visited the site after emailing you a couple of months ago with the Midget Fischer info…. THANKS for adding Charles “Midget” Fischer to the gallery ! He’d have liked that.