Albert (Al) Paul Hostak (January 7, 1916 – August 13, 2006), nicknamed "the Savage Slav," was an American middleweight boxer who fought from 1932-1949. Hostak twice held the National Boxing Association Middleweight title between 1938 and 1940. He was known as a hard puncher and had a record of 64 wins (41 knockouts), 9 losses (3 knockouts), and 11 draws. In 2003, Hostak made The Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.[1][2][3]
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Albert (Al) Paul Hostak (January 7, 1916 – August 13, 2006), nicknamed "the Savage Slav," was an American middleweight boxer who fought from 1932-1949...
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Before meeting Krieger in their first title fight, AlHostak knocked out 17 straight opponents. Hostak's mastery of boxing and powerful punching capability...
Chicago Stadium Outdoor Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 65 Win 48–15–2 AlHostak KO 2 (15) May 28, 1941 Chicago Stadium Outdoor Arena, Chicago, Illinois...
1954, he knocked out his first two opponents, Johnny Pretzie (TKO 4) and Al McCoy (KO 1), but a controversial split decision loss to Billy Kilgore on...
potential UK superstar". Lexington Herald-Leader. "Seattle Times Obituary of Hostak". Seattle Times. Retrieved 6 July 2018. "Ed Balls talks about his stammer"...
August 27, 2021. "WBA World Super Featherweight Title". "Mitchell renuncia al cetro". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Miami, Florida. April 25, 1991. Retrieved...
Ezzard Charles and AlHostak, before his retirement. Before a crowd of 8,000, Overlin defeated former NBA Middleweight champion AlHostak on November 21,...
TKO in a subsequent non-title match. He lost the middleweight crown to AlHostak in his next to last fight, in a first round knockout of a scheduled fifteen...
middleweight champion Fred Apostoli, and reigning world middleweight champion AlHostak. One of his highest rankings in The Ring was #6 in 1938, though he would...
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player Jeff Hornacek, former basketball player and NBA basketball coach AlHostak, middleweight boxing champion Patrick Kane, professional ice hockey player...
the 1992 Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board, swimming accident. AlHostak, 90, American National Boxing Association middleweight champion (1938–1939)...
1947 he lost to two famous and experienced opponents, Georgie Abrams and AlHostak. On October 31, 1947, he had his most famous fight, with future middleweight...
Chuck Carroll Football Seattle, Washington University of Washington 1965 AlHostak Boxing (middleweight) Minneapolis, Minnesota 1965 Jack Nichols Basketball...
Aug 17, 1937 State Fair Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US 93 Loss 64–19–10 AlHostak KO 7 (10) Jul 13, 1937 Civic Ice Arena, Seattle, Washington, US 92 Loss...
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