Lou Ambers

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Lou Ambers was an American professional boxer best known as a two-time world lightweight champion during the 1930s.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
professional boxer
world lightweight boxing champion
activeYearsEnd 1940s
activeYearsStart 1930
birthName Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1913-11-08
dateOfDeath 1995-04-24
describedBySource boxing record books
era 1930s in boxing
ethnicGroup Italian American
familyName d'Ambrosio
fieldOfWork professional boxing
fought Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong
Tony Canzoneri
fullName Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio
genre professional sports
givenName Luigi
hallOfFame International Boxing Hall of Fame
hasHonorificTitle world champion
inductedInto International Boxing Hall of Fame
knownFor durability in the ring
two-time world lightweight champion
languageOfWorkOrName English
lostTitleTo Henry Armstrong
nationality American
nativeLanguage English
nickname The Herkimer Hurricane
notableAchievement defeating Henry Armstrong to regain lightweight title
defeating Tony Canzoneri for lightweight title
notableWork World Lightweight Championship reign 1936–1938
World Lightweight Championship reign 1938–1940
occupation boxer
placeOfBirth Herkimer, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Phoenix, Arizona, United States
regainedTitleFrom Henry Armstrong
residence Herkimer, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
sport boxing
stance orthodox stance
titleHeld World Lightweight Champion
weightClass lightweight
wonTitleFrom Tony Canzoneri

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Henry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong
foughtNotableOpponent

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