Nathan Bor

Nathan "Nat" Bor (March 1, 1913 – June 13, 1972) was an American boxer who won a lightweight bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics. He continued primarily a professional welterweight boxing career until around 1940, when he served as a Marine in World War II, before returning to start a dry cleaning business in his home of Fall River, Massachusetts.

Personal Bor was Jewish,

As the 1932 United States Amateur Lightweight Champion, he was sent to the Los Angeles Olympics and received the Olympic bronze medal in the lightweight class after winning the third place fight against Mario Bianchini on August 13. Bor was coached by the talented Spike Webb, the American team boxing coach at the 1932 Olympics, who spent much of his later career training the nearly undefeated teams of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.

1932 Olympics In the quarterfinal, he defeated Harry Mizler, future British lightweight champion, in three rounds on points In the semifinal, he lost to Thure Ahlqvist, representing Sweden, on points in three rounds. According to one local source, Bor took a lead in the second round with strong blows to the head, but in the third and final round pulled up too often in clinches and lost from longer left and rights to the head from his taller Swedish opponent. In the bronze medal bout, he defeated Mario Bianchini, representing Italy, on points for third place. Before a substantial crowd of 4,000, Bor lost decisively, beginning in the second round when Marino began crowding him, and Bor could only land the occasional right hand to the chin which did little damage compared to the constant barrage he received from Marino. Marino was given every round but the sixth by the judges. The loss hurt Bor's chances of progressing to a title shot.

Bobby Allen fell to Bor on April 12, 1937, in a ten-round points decision in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Winning in an upset, Bor floored his rival with a lethal uppercut to the chin in the tenth round.

On June 24, 1937, he lost a ninth-round technical knockout to Andy Callahan at Brave's Field in Boston. Early in the bout, Bor suffered a bad cut over his left eye, which grew worse until the referee stopped the fighting 1:05 into the ninth round. Though there were no knockdowns in the bout, Callahan managed to earn a large lead on points from the opening rounds.

Bor lost to Frankie Britt, a former New England Lightweight champion, on October 6, 1938, at the Fall River Casino in a twelve-round unanimous decision.

Selected fights

Loss Thure Ahlqvist Aug 12, 1932 Los Angeles 3 Rounds 1932 Olympic loss Win Mario Bianchini Aug 13, 1932 Los Angeles 3 Rounds Won Olympic Bronze Win Al Hope Oct 5, 1932 Fall River, MA 2nd Round KO Win Babe Marino Oct 21, 1936 Oakland California 8 Rounds Broke a long streak of 28 wins Win Bobby Allen Apr 12, 1937 Holyoke, MA 10 Rounds Upset Win Joe Gelinas May 31, 1937 Holyoke, MA 3rd Round TKO Gelinas down 5 times Loss Andy Callahan June 24, 1937 Braves Field, Boston 9th Round KO Bor suffered bad cut, over left eye Loss Frankie Britt Oct 6, 1938 Fall River, MA 12 Round UD Former New England light champ Win K. O. Castillo Oct 28, 1938 Portland 10 Rounds Newspaper Decision Loss Joe Boscarino May 24, 1940 Boston Garden 8th Round TKO