Biography

Hank Kaplan was born on April 15, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was married to Sylvia L. Kaplan. He died on December 14, 2007 in Miami, Florida, USA.

Longtime boxing writer and historian.

A former amateur boxer, Hank Kaplan was the founder of Boxing Digest and one of the sport's most noted and respected historians. He was admitted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

Inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.

Children: Barbara, Steven.

Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996.

[When asked for his opinion on who he thought the greatest fighter of all time] I suppose there is a definitive answer to that, but I'd have to break it down this way. My personal favorite fighter is Joe Louis. But the greatest two-fisted fighter I have ever seen is Henry Armstrong. The most skilled fighter I've ever seen is probably Sugar Ray Robinson. The most scientific boxer I have ever seen is Willie Pep, without a doubt. And the man I believe to the greatest fighter who ever lived is Harry Greb. Nobody before him or since him has done the things he did. He was merely a middleweight and he fought light-heavyweights and heavyweights all over the lot. And here is a guy with 300 fights.