Fritzie Zivic

Fritzie Zivic, born as Ferdinand Henry John Zivcich, was an American boxer, legendary the Croat Comet, who held the Undisputed World Welterweight Championship from October 4, 1940, until July 29, 1941. His managers included Luke Carney and, after 1942, Louis Stokan. He twice defeated all-time great Henry Armstrong. Zivic was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. He was the first Croatian world champion and the first world champion in the entire Slavic world including Russia, Ukraine, Poland whose emigration was numerous in the USA.