Samuel Berger (boxer)
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Nickname | Smiling Sammy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 25, 1884 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | February 23, 1925 (aged 40) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | Heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
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| Reach | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 10 (partial record) | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Samuel Berger (December 25, 1884 – February 23, 1925) was an American heavyweight boxer who won the first Olympic Gold Medal in heavyweight boxing in 1904, competed as a professional, and acted as a promoter and manager for heavyweight Jim Jeffries in the first two decades of the 20th century.