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Bob Olin
Robert Lous Olin (July 4, 1908 – December 16, 1956) was an American professional boxer who held the world light heavyweight title in 1934. A former New York Golden Gloves champion, Olin began boxing at the Educational Alliance on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and turned professional in 1929.
Olin won the New York State Athletic Commission world light heavyweight title by defeating Maxie Rosenbloom at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 1934. He lost the title to John Henry Lewis the following year and unsuccessfully challenged Lewis in a 1937 rematch. Trained by Ray Arcel and managed by Harold Scadron, Olin retired from boxing in 1939 with a record of 55 wins, 27 losses, and 4 draws. He later served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II and operated restaurants in New York City.
Olin was born on July 4, 1908, to a Jewish family in New York's crowded Lower East Side, and raised in Brooklyn. Like several outstanding Jewish boxers of his era, he began boxing at the Lower East Side's Educational Alliance on East Broadway, a settlement house for Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. After graduating from Erasmus High, he attended Fordham Law School for two years while working as a messenger for a Wall Street brokerage office. Early in his boxing career, Olin continued to broker the sale of bonds as a side line.
Boxing as an amateur, Olin won the New York City Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight 175 lb (79 kg) Open Championship in 1928. On March 24, 1928, he competed in the Inter-City Golden Gloves Competition in Chicago. He won all 35 of his amateur fights, as well as the New York Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union title, and turned professional in 1929.
On April 10, 1930, Olin defeated George LaRocco in a six-round points decision at Lennox Sporting Club in New York.
On June 3, 1930, Olin met Ralph Ficucello, a former 1929 New York Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion, at Queensboro Stadium in Queens, New York. Though outweighed by 12 pounds, Olin pulled off the victory of the fellow Golden Gloves champion in an eight-round points decision.
On October 22, 1930, Olin bested Willard Dix in a hard-fought ten round points decision at New York's Madison Square Garden. Olin floored Dix for a nine count in the fourth and ninth rounds. In the rough match, Olin was down for nine in the fourth himself.
Olin took a ten-round decision against Joe Banovic near the end of 1930 at Madison Square Garden. It was a dull, close, mauling bout with little boxing or long range blows, and the decision was unpopular with many fans, but Banovic was an accomplished opponent and the win helped pave Olin's path toward a light heavyweight championship attempt
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Bob Olin
Robert Lous Olin (July 4, 1908 – December 16, 1956) was an American professional boxer who held the world light heavyweight title in 1934. A former New York Golden Gloves champion, Olin began boxing at the Educational Alliance on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and turned professional in 1929.
Olin won the New York State Athletic Commission world light heavyweight title by defeating Maxie Rosenbloom at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 1934. He lost the title to John Henry Lewis the following year and unsuccessfully challenged Lewis in a 1937 rematch. Trained by Ray Arcel and managed by Harold Scadron, Olin retired from boxing in 1939 with a record of 55 wins, 27 losses, and 4 draws. He later served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II and operated restaurants in New York City.
Olin was born on July 4, 1908, to a Jewish family in New York's crowded Lower East Side, and raised in Brooklyn. Like several outstanding Jewish boxers of his era, he began boxing at the Lower East Side's Educational Alliance on East Broadway, a settlement house for Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. After graduating from Erasmus High, he attended Fordham Law School for two years while working as a messenger for a Wall Street brokerage office. Early in his boxing career, Olin continued to broker the sale of bonds as a side line.
Boxing as an amateur, Olin won the New York City Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight 175 lb (79 kg) Open Championship in 1928. On March 24, 1928, he competed in the Inter-City Golden Gloves Competition in Chicago. He won all 35 of his amateur fights, as well as the New York Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union title, and turned professional in 1929.
On April 10, 1930, Olin defeated George LaRocco in a six-round points decision at Lennox Sporting Club in New York.
On June 3, 1930, Olin met Ralph Ficucello, a former 1929 New York Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion, at Queensboro Stadium in Queens, New York. Though outweighed by 12 pounds, Olin pulled off the victory of the fellow Golden Gloves champion in an eight-round points decision.
On October 22, 1930, Olin bested Willard Dix in a hard-fought ten round points decision at New York's Madison Square Garden. Olin floored Dix for a nine count in the fourth and ninth rounds. In the rough match, Olin was down for nine in the fourth himself.
Olin took a ten-round decision against Joe Banovic near the end of 1930 at Madison Square Garden. It was a dull, close, mauling bout with little boxing or long range blows, and the decision was unpopular with many fans, but Banovic was an accomplished opponent and the win helped pave Olin's path toward a light heavyweight championship attempt