Joe Benjamin (boxer)
Benjamin in 1923 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
Nickname | The San Joaquin Sheik |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | Joseph Benjamin September 7, 1898 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | July 6, 1983 (aged 84) |
| Weight | Lightweight |
| Boxing career | |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 70 |
| Wins | 51 |
| Win by KO | 19 |
| Losses | 25 |
| Draws | 22 |
| No contests | 9 |
Joe Benjamin (September 7, 1898 – July 6, 1983) was an American boxer. He was a Pacific Coast Featherweight Boxing Champion in 1915 and a 1922 World Junior Lightweight Boxing Championship contender against Johnny Dundee. In his fifty-one reported wins on BoxRec, he had nineteen by knockout, giving him an impressive knockout ratio.
With exceptional defensive skills, he was one of only two boxers of his era to fight 200 bouts and receive only one knockout. In his career he sparred and trained with champion Jack Dempsey, and fought reigning champions Benny Leonard, and Johnny Dundee.
During his boxing career, he appeared in a few of his friend Douglas Fairbanks's movies around 1920, married and kept company with several actresses, and later raised prize race horses.