# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-machen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:46:20.714Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-machen"
name: "Eddie Machen"
slug: "eddie-machen"
description: "Edward Mills Machen was an American professional boxer. He was one of six children of a rural mail carrier. Machen dropped out of high school and became an amateur boxer. However, after just three bouts he was arrested and convicted of armed robbery. After his release, he became a professional boxer, determined never to return to prison again. His 64-bout career began on March 22, 1955, and he went on to win his first 24 bouts. He was highly rated and fought most of the big names of his era and he defeated many of the important names of his period such as Bob Baker, Jerry Quarry, Niño Valdés, Joey Maxim, Willi Besmanoff, Tommy Jackson, Brian London, Howard King and Doug Jones (boxer)"
tagline: "American boxer (1932–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Machen_by_Stanley_Weston.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: "1932-06-15"
deathDate: "1972-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.09
  momentum:             34.0024860161591
  historical:           5.747774666666666
  currentAttention:     11.24
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Machen"
    title: "Eddie Machen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%86"
    title: "إدي مشن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Machen"
    title: "Eddie Machen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Machen"
    title: "Eddie Machen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Machen"
    title: "Eddie Machen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Machen"
    title: "Eddie Machen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346220"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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