Sid Terris

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Sidney Terris (September 27, 1904 – December 30, 1974) was a top rated American lightweight boxing contender from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He excelled as an amateur, winning fifty straight bouts and taking Metropolitan, New York State, National AAU, and both National and International titles. At the end of 1924, Tex Rickard and Stanley Uese Wills, Dempsey's managers, rated Terris second behind only champion Benny Leonard. A world ranked lightweight from February 1925 until November 1929, his highest ranking was # 1. On February 6, 1925, he lost to Sammy Mandell in an elimination bout for the World Lightweight Championship.

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1. date of birth: 1904-09-27 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 1974-12-30 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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