George Knockout Brown

George A. Contas (August 25, 1890 - ?) also known as George Knockout Brown was a middleweight boxing champion from Chicago, Illinois.[1]

Biography

He was born on August 25, 1890 in Sparta, Greece. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "George Brown". Boxrec. http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=250677&cat=boxer. Retrieved 2010-10-05. 
  2. ^ "Brown Anxious To Score A Knockout". The Pittsburgh Press. November 23, 1916. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZkUbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1811,2542503&dq=george+knockout+brown&hl=en. Retrieved 2010-10-05. "George knockout Brown, the famous greek battler of Chicago, is determined to do more than merely win the popular decision over Harry Greb when he faces the ..." 
  3. ^ J. J. Johnston and Sean Curtin (2005). Chicago Boxing. Arcadia Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 073853210X. http://books.google.com/books?id=i-n2DDO6r50C&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&dq=George+Contas+boxer&source=bl&ots=TTfFKbqLhj&sig=F8-p5yv9QdIyi1PNONLmy_hPf3s&hl=en&ei=MaqrTLqEIIK88gaN9MH_Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CCUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. "Brown was born George Contas in Sparta, Greece, and fought nearly all the top middleweights in the United States and Australia. Nobody could knock him out ..."