Clay Turner "St. Paul's Indian Boxer"

Clay Turner fought many of the greats during his time such as Battling Levinsky, Harry Greb, and George Chip. During his career he mostly fought middleweights and light-heaveyweights. Clay Tuner even had a 4 round exhibition with heaveyweight champ Jack Dempsey in Brooklyn 1918.

Turner made two bids for the world light heaveyweight championship title against Battling Levinsky. The first fight was 8/11/1919 and the second was on 5/3/1920.

Clay Turner photo supplied by Kevin Smith.

The above photo was taken from the April 19, 1918 issue of the Bridgeport Telegram newspaper.

Tale Of The Tape Born: unknown Died: unknown Weight: 170 lbs. Height: unknown

 selected bouts

Apr 24	1918	George    Chip				Bridgeport		W-F 15
May 15	1918	Harry    Greb				Bridgeport		L 15
Aug 9	1918	Harry    Greb				JerseyCity		ND 8
Aug 26	1918	Battling Levinsky			JerseyCity		ND 8
Dec 20	1918	Jack  Dempsey				Brooklyn		Exh. 4

1919
May 6	1919	Harry    Greb				Boston			L 12
Aug 11	1919	Battling Levinsky			JerseyCity		ND 8
Nov 24	1919	Battling Levinsky			Detroit			ND 10
Dec 10	1919	Harry    Greb				Buffalo			ND 10
Dec 11	1919	Harry    Greb				Buffalo			ND 10
Dec 22	1919	Harry    Greb				Phildlphia		ND 6

1920
Feb 16	1920	Battling Levinsky			Detroit			ND 10
Mar 9	1920	Harry    Greb				Akron,O			ND 12
May 3	1920	Battling Levinsky			Portland		L 12
Jun 2	1920	Harry    Greb				Phildlphia		ND 8

1922
Dec 18	1922	Jeff     Smith				Canton			KO by 2


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