Sport & Note

Battling Siki

Male

"Singular Senegalese"
(Amadou M’Barick Fall)
Light-Heavyweight, France
Born: 16 September 1897, Saint Louis, Senegal
Died: 15 December 1925, New York City, N.Y., USA
(shot and killed)
Height: 5ft 10 3/4in, mt 1,79

(Senegalese naturalized French)

The first world champion from Africa

The fight record of Battling Siki
was completed by Pietro Anselmi of Italy

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1912
- Oct. 13	Louis Maria	Grasse, France	TKO by 2
= Dec. 1	Mario Gall	Nice, France	Draw 8
1913
= Mar. 13	Fernand Prat	Marseille, France	Draw 8
- Mar. 27	Francois Servat	Marseille, France	L 8
- May 3	Frederic Henrys	Marseille, France	LDQ 3
+ May 18	Georges Bert	Montreuil, France	TKO 3
+ Nov. 29	Georges Car	Toulouse, France	TKO 3
+ Dec. 16	Frank Rosse	Marseille, France	W 10
1914
+ Jan. 9	Frank Rosse	Toulouse, France	W 10
- Feb. 7	Jean Audouy	Narbonne, France	L 10
+ Feb. 20	Pierre Nicolas	Toulouse, France	TKO 2
+ June 4	Jules Perrard	Toulouse, France	W 10
- June 20	Jules Perrard	Toulouse, France	L 10
- July 12	Eugene Tajan	Narbonne, France	LDQ 7
+ July 27	Frank Rosse	Toulouse, France	W 10
1915-1918 Inactive
1919
+ Nov. 1	Eugene Stuber	Toulouse, France	TKO 2
= Dec. 1	Felix Leonard	Toulouse, France	Draw 10
1920
+ Jan. 8	Jean Audouy	Toulouse, France	KO 4
+ Jan. 13	Frederic Henrys	Toulouse, France	W 10
+ Feb. 16	Jean Audouy	Roubaix, France	TKO 4
+ Mar. 26	Leon Derenzy	Paris, France	KO 3
+ Apr. 2	Maurice Lefevre	Paris, France	W 10
+ Apr. 9	Victor Marchand	Paris, France	KO 8
+ Apr. 16	Jeff DePaus	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 15
+ May 2	Willem Westbroek	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO 7
+ May 26	Rene De Vos	Paris, France	W 10
+ June 14	Jimmy Lyggett Sr	Paris, France	W 10
+ June 16	Bertus Ahaus	Rotterdam, Netherlands	W 10
+ June 24	Daan Holtkamp	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO 2
+ July 4	Willem Westbroek	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO 5
+ July 17	Tom Berry	Rotterdam, Netherlands	W 10
- Aug. 30	Tom Berry	Rotterdam, Netherlands	L 10
+ Oct. 25	Nicol Simpson	Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO 1
+ Dec. 4	Jeff DePaus	Amsterdam, Netherlands	W 15
1921
+ Jan. 14	Hans Breitenstraeter	Berlin, Germany	W 15
+ Jan. 25	Herman Sjouwerman	Amsterdam, Netherlands	W 10
+ Feb. 5	Bertus Ahaus	Amsterdam, Netherlands	W 10
+ Feb. 25	Giuseppe Spalla	Berlin, Germany	TKO 9
+ Mar. 15	Hugo Podzuhn	Hamburg, Germany	TKO 10
+ June 14	Harry Reeve	Rotterdam, Netherlands	W 15
+ July 2	Gabriel Pionnier	Paris, France	TKO 7
+ Aug. 21	Constant Barrick	Marseille, France	W 10
+ Sept. 21	Ercole de Balzac	Paris, France	TKO 2
+ Oct. 2	Battling Marcot	Toulouse, France	TKO 5
+ Oct. 21	Jean Leroi	Paris, France	KO 1
+ Nov. 21	Jean Leroi	Paris, France	TKO 3
1922
+ Jan. 17	Alphonse Rogiers	Paris, France	W 12
+ Feb. 3	Iter	Strasbourg, France	TKO 2
+ Mar. 3	Jules Lenaers	Strasbourg, France	TKO 2
+ Mar. 15	Alphonse Rogiers	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Mar. 31	M Vige	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO 5
+ Apr. 16	Louis Piochelle	Algiers, Algeria	W 12
+ Apr. 21	Frank Hoche	Barcelona, Spain	W 10
+ Apr. 26	Alfred Baker	Barcelona, Spain	W 12
+ May 11	Harry Reeve	Amsterdam, Netherlands	W 10
= May 19	Harry Reeve	Antwerpen, Belgium	Draw 10
+ June 23	Marcel Nilles	Paris, France	W 15
+ July 23	Hans Dressler	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO 6
+ July 28	Harry Reeve	Marseille, France	TKO 6
+ Sept. 24	Georges Carpentier	Paris, France	KO 6
(Won World, European and French Light-Heavyweight Titles & European Heavyweight Title)
1923
- Mar. 17	Mike McTigue	Dublin, Ireland	L 20
(Lost World Light-Heavyweight Title)
- June 17	Emile Morelle	Paris, France	LDQ 6
(Lost European and for French Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ July 8	Marcel Nilles	Paris, France	KO 2
+ Aug. 5	Gaston Marmouget	Bordeaux, France	KO 3
^ Oct. 1	Jack Johnson	Quebec, Canada	Exh 6
- Nov. 20	Kid Norfolk	New York, USA	L 15
- Dec. 25	Jack Taylor	Philadelphia, USA	L 10
1924
+ Jan. 7	Tony Stabenau	Buffalo, USA	KO 2
+ Jan. 9	Young Ernie	Venezia, USA	KO 2
- Jan. 21	Battling Owens	New Orleans, USA	L 15
* Jan. 31	Joe Lohman	Minneapolis, USA	ND 10
+ Feb. 8	Joe White	Rochester, USA	W 10
* Feb. 14	Tut Jackson	Columbus, USA	ND 10
+ Mar. 14	Young Norfolk	Memphis, USA	W 10
* July 12	Ray Bennett	Bellaire, USA	ND 12
+ July 18	Blacksmith Russell	Manchester, USA	KO 7
- Aug. 2	Sergeant Jack Lynch	Woonsocket, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 4	Panama Dixie Kid	Allentown, USA	KO 3
- Aug. 11	Homer Smith	Buffalo, USA	L 10
- Aug. 20	Mike Conroy	Lorain, USA	TKO by 8
+ Nov. 7	Roscoe Hall	Passaic, USA	KO 5
- Nov. 14	Tony Marullo	New York, USA	L 12
= Nov. 27	Frank Kearns	Syracuse, USA	Draw 10
- Dec. 4	Jack Burke	Brooklyn, USA	L 12
1925
- Mar. 13	Paul Berlenbach	New York, USA	TKO by 10
- June 29	Art Weigand	Buffalo, USA	L 6
+ July 10	Chief Halbran	Rockaway, USA	KO 2
+ July 23	Jimmy Francis	West New York, USA	KO 2
- Aug. 8	Joe Silvani	New York, USA	LDQ 8
* Aug. 18	Billy Vidabeck	West New York, USA	ND 10
+ Aug. 25	George LaRocco	Newark, USA	TKO 4
* Sept. 8	Harold Mays	Newark, USA	ND 10
- Nov. 13	Lee Anderson	Baltimore, USA	L 12

Summary

Total bouts: 92, Won: 61 (35 inside the limit), Lost: 21 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 5, NC: 5