Friday 1 November 2024

LUIS MBARICK 'BATTLING SIKI' FALL | FIRST AFRICAN BORN WORLD BOXING CHAMPION

 

Battling Siki the first African born world champion....

Louis Mbarick Fall (16 September 1897 – 15 December 1925), known as Battling Siki, was a Senegalese light heavyweight boxer.

Born in Senegal and fought from 1912 to 1925, and briefly reigned as the world light heavyweight champion after knocking out Georges Carpentier.

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