# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/battling-levinsky
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:31:48.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/battling-levinsky"
name: "Battling Levinsky"
slug: "battling-levinsky"
description: "Barney \"Battling\" Levinsky was an American boxer who was the world light heavyweight champion from 1916 to 1920. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Levinsky as the #12 ranked light heavyweight of all time, while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #9. The International Boxing Research Organization rates Levinsky as the 20th best light heavyweight ever. He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1966, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1982, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000."
tagline: "American boxer (1891–1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Battling_LevinskyBoxer.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1891-06-10"
deathDate: "1949-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.955617333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "باتلينج فينسكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "باتلينج فينسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battling_Levinsky"
    title: "Battling Levinsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2392146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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