John Gutenko who boxed under the name Kidd Williams, was a boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Denmark

Denmark

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Biography

Williams was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He traveled with his parents to the United States

United States

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 in 1904 where they ended up in Baltimore, Maryland. He made his professional debut in 1910 and went unbeaten until running in to knockout artist George Chaney

George Chaney

George "KO" Chaney was a hard punching featherweight and lightweight who fought from 1910 to 1928. Chaney was born George Henry Chaney in Baltimore, Maryland to Irish-American parents. In his time he was known as the "knockout king of Fistiana" He compiled a lifetime record in boxing of 127 wins...

 who knocked him out.

Williams got a title shot in 1914 against Johnny Coulon

Johnny Coulon

John Frederic Coulon was the bantamweight boxing champion of the world from 6 March 1910, when he wrested the crown from England's Jim Kendrick, until 1914, when he was defeated by Kid Williams.-Biography:...

 whom he knocked out in three rounds. He fought against many champions but defended just twice, fighting boxers like Pete Herman

Pete Herman

Pete Herman was one of the all time great bantamweight world champions. An Italian-American, Herman was born Peter Gulotta in New Orleans, Louisiana, and fought from 1912 until 1922...

, Johnny Kilbane

Johnny Kilbane

John "Johnny" Patrick Kilbane was a featherweight boxer in the early part of the 20th century. He held the featherweight title from 1912 to 1923, the longest period in the division's history...

 and Memphis Pal Moore

Memphis Pal Moore

Memphis Pal Moore was an American boxer from Memphis. Moore began his boxing career while serving as a sailor in the United States Navy. He served as a boxing instructor while in the Navy, and was selected as a boxing representative and sent to England for a boxing tournament amongst the Allied...

. Upon losing the title in 1917 to Herman, he fought guys like Joe Dundee

Joe Dundee

Salvatore Lazzara, better known by his boxing alias Joe Dundee, was an American boxer. His career began with two straight losses in four-round bouts. Nevertheless, Dundee continued boxing....

, Joe Lynch

Joe Lynch (boxer)

Joseph Aloysius Lynch was an American Bantamweight boxer.-Pro career:He won the world title at that weight in 1920, defeating Pete Herman. Herman defeated him to regain the title the following year...

, Francisco Guilledo

Francisco Guilledo

Francisco Guilledo , more commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds , rose from obscurity to win the World Flyweight boxing championship in 1923, earning acclaim in some quarters as "the...

 also known as Pancho Villa, and Frankie Genaro

Frankie Genaro

Frank "Frankie" Genaro was a former Olympic gold medalist and boxing world flyweight champion...

 before retiring in 1929.

Kid Williams died in Baltimore, Maryland in 1963.

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