# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lew-jenkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:41.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lew-jenkins"
name: "Lew Jenkins"
slug: "lew-jenkins"
description: "Lew Jenkins was an American boxer and NYSAC and The Ring lightweight champion from 1940 to 1941. He was born in Milburn, Texas and was raised during the Great Depression. He began fighting in carnivals and later continued his boxing in the US Coast Guard. He was an exceptionally powerful puncher and 51 of his 73 wins were by knockout. His managers included Benny Woodhall, Frank Bachman, Hymie Kaplan, and Willie Ketchum and his trainer was Charley Rose."
tagline: "American lightweight boxer (1916-1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lew_Jenkins_1940_by_ACME.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: "1916-12-04"
deathDate: "1981-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.65
  momentum:             4.595588235294117
  historical:           6.547625333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Jenkins"
    title: "Lew Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ليو جنكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Jenkins"
    title: "Lew Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Jenkins"
    title: "Lew Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Jenkins"
    title: "Lew Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Jenkins"
    title: "Lew Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_Jenkins"
    title: "Lew Jenkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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