Len Harvey

Len Harvey
Born
Leonard Austen Harvey

(1907-07-11)11 July 1907
Stoke Climsland, Kernow/Cornwall
Died28 November 1976(1976-11-28) (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
Statistics
Weight(s)Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Height6 ft (183 cm)
Reach73+12 in (187 cm)
Boxing record
Total fights146
Wins122
Wins by KO57
Losses14
Draws10

Leonard Austen Harvey (11 July 1907 – 28 November 1976) was a British boxer. A great defensive boxer, he boxed at every weight division available at the time, from flyweight to heavyweight. He became the light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion of the British Empire, and was recognised as world light-heavyweight champion in Britain from 1939 to 1942. Harvey was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the class of 2008.