Person Open DS/UK/273 Lewis; Ted 'Kid' (28 October 1893-20 October 1970); English boxer Lewis Ted 'Kid' 28 October 1893-20 October 1970 English boxer Male (cisgender) Gershon Mendeloff The Aldgate Sphinx London, England (born)

English No known disability Jewish Ted "Kid" Lewis (born Gershon Mendeloff) was an English professional boxer who twice won the World Welterweight Championship (147 lb). He was born in the Parish of St George in the East. Lewis is often grouped alongside the all-time greats, with ESPN ranking him 41st on their list of the 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time and boxing historian Bert Sugar placing him 46th in his Top 100 Fighters catalogue. Statistical boxing website BoxRec ranks Lewis as the 17th best welterweight of all-time and the 7th best UK boxer ever. He is a member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Ted 'Kid' Lewis was an English professional boxer who won the World Welterweight (147 lb) Championship. He continued boxing until 1929, adding 20 more fights. His final record was: 299 bouts, 233 won, 41 lost, 25 draws, 65 no decisions, 80 knockouts. He would later act as a bodyguard and local election candidate for Oswald Mosley's New Party. However, Lewis fell out with Mosley when his subsequent political movement, the British Union of Fascists became openly anti-Semitic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_%22Kid%22_Lewis (December 2018) - updated International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 7/11/2012 RAHeharper 2/15/2023 31ce483e-6c5e-4074-9c8a-f9561e0aea1a