- Died while refereeing a boxing match.
- World Lightweight boxing champion, 1917-1923.
- Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1990.
- Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1980.
- Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979.
- Named in The Sporting News 75th anniversary edition as Best Boxer of the Last 75 Years. (1997)
- Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
- Referenced in televisions's "Fight for the Title" (1957) as the kindhearted lightweight champion of the world. It is uncertain as to whether the story of his match with Kid Leonard is true. Michael Landon co-stars as a beaten opponent in one of his earliest performances.
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