# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-hostak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:24:52.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-hostak"
name: "Al Hostak"
slug: "al-hostak"
description: "Albert (Al) Paul Hostak, nicknamed \"the Savage Slav,\" was an American middleweight boxer who fought from 1932-1949. Hostak twice held the National Boxing Association Middleweight title between 1938 and 1940. He was known as a hard puncher and had a record of 64 wins, 9 losses, and 11 draws. In 2003, Hostak made The Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time."
tagline: "American boxer (1916-2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/48/AlHostak.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1916-01-07"
deathDate: "2006-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.84
  momentum:             1.823204419889503
  historical:           7.407704000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hostak"
    title: "Al Hostak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "آل هوستاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hostak"
    title: "Al Hostak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hostak"
    title: "Al Hostak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hostak"
    title: "Al Hostak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hostak"
    title: "Al Hostak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "アル・ホスタック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BB"
    title: "Хостак, Эл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2829353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump