Fay Keiser

 

 

Fay Keiser fought the great Hall of Famers during his time including Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, and Tommy Loughran. Keiser is best known for his 9 fights with Harry Greb. Fay Keiser made a bid for the world middleweight championship belt when he fought Harry Greb on 3/24/1924. Kaiser lost that bout by a TKO in the 12th.

Keiser was also able to take Gene Tunney too the distance in both of their fights in 1922. That year was Tunney in his prime when he won the American Light heaveyweight title against Battling Levinsky. That year Tunney also beat Greb, Tommy Loughran, and Whitey Wenzel. Keiser showed his true grit by taking Tunney to the distance twice that year.

In March 1924 there was a contreversial stoppage in his battle against old rival Harry Greb in Baltimore. The referee was woefully unfit, was puffing from early in the fight, and "rescued" the outraged Keiser in round 12, because he feared, by his own addmission, that if he let it go on any further he might himself collapse with a heart attack.

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RING RECORD AS OF 1924: 32 wins - 10 losses - 8 ND's -10 draw - (79 total bouts)

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1913
Dec 23	1913	M.C. Ferguson			Pitts.			Win   (recorded in the Pittsburgh post. Dec 24, 1913.  Page 12)



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