Suey Welch
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Head coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born | c.1898 Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 1974 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | None |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1916–1918 | Akron Burkhardts |
Coaching | |
| 1917–1918 | Akron Burkhardts |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Stephen H. "Suey" Welch (born 1898 or 1899 – January 16, 1974) was an Akron, Ohio-based manager who handled boxers from the 1920s through the 1970s. He specialized in bringing fighters from Ohio to Southern California, where many of them went on to become main event fighters. Most notably, he managed Middleweight Champion Gorilla Jones. One of the last fighters he brought to Southern California in the 1970s was Gil King of Akron. He purportedly got his name of Suey, while catching rides on a Chinese laundryman's truck as a child.