Paul Pender
Birth Name:
Paul Pender
Birth Date:
June 20, 1930
Birth Place:
Brookline, Massachusetts
Death Date:
January 12, 2003
Place of Death:
Veterans Administration Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts
Age:
72
Cause of Death:
Alzheimer's disease
Cemetery Name:
Holyhood Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Sports
Paul Pender was an American boxer and firefighter from Massachusetts who held the World Middleweight Championship. In 1959, the National Boxing Association withdrew its recognition of Sugar Ray Robinson as middleweight champion. Gene Fullmer and Carmen Basilio fought for the vacant NBA title, and Fullmer won. Pender beat Robinson, one of the greatest fighters of all time, for the disputed middleweight championship title. He won by split decision in 15 rounds. Pender fought Robinson once again to defend his title and went on to beat him by split decision.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Holyhood Cemetery
584 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 02467
USA
North America
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Grave Location:
Field of St. Lawrence, Lot 7625, Grave 3Grave Location Description
Paul Pender is buried in Brookline, Massachusetts at Holyhood Cemetery at the left end of the Field of St. Lawrence bordering alongside the Field of St. Paul section – about four spaces inward. He is also about 300 feet from the historic Kennedy Family gravesite.
Grave Location GPS
42.31900009, -71.16984908Visiting The Grave:
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Read More About Paul Pender:
- Published Obituary
- Wikipedia Entry
- Forgotten Champ: Paul Pender
- Paul Pender: Boxing, CTE, and “Case Zero”
- The Middleweight Champion Time Forgot
- A day like today, Paul Pender defeated Sugar Ray Robinson
- Paul Pender vs Sugar Ray Robinson II - Eye on the Ring
- The Cyber Boxing Zone: Paul Pender
- Unforgotten, The Paul Pender Story
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