001Welcome back to another episode of Farley's Frankfurt fun facts. Today I'd like to talk about a historical figure from Frankfurt. His name is Ernest Cutler Price. He was an American boxer who held the light heavyweight championship of the world. He was born in Frankfurt in 1891. His father ran a grocery in town, but sadly passed away when Price was young. Price himself worked at a farm stable where he helped house a famous raceh horse named Sydney Lou Dylan. Price began fighting in 1908 at the age of 17. He was very nervous during his first fight. So nervous in fact that the announcer misunderstood Price's boxing name. Price provided the announcer the name Sydney Dylan after the horse he cared for. However, the announcer heard Jack Dylan. Price being nervous didn't correct him and therefore Jack
002Dylan became his boxing name. Jack became known as Jack the Giant killer for his ability to handle the most dangerous heavyweights of his era. He was also referred to as the Hooser Bearcat once he began fighting at the national level. He was a mere 5'7 in tall, had an official record of 95 wins, 65 by knockout, and eight losses. Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleshner ranked Dylan as a number three light heavyweight of all time. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Dylan as the 16th best light heavyweight ever. Dylan was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1959 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. Dylan retired from boxing in 1923 and passed away at the age of 51 in 1942. I want to thank Lou and Scott Freeman for some of
003these facts. That's it for another episode of Farley's Fun Facts. Have a great day, hot dogs.