I heard some guy call into a radio show today. His dad was a fighter that fought in over 200 bouts. He was 4'11". I think I remember hearing something about him having a nickname like the paper boy or something. He fought for 16 years, supposedly one of the best ever. I think he was a featherweight and he was born in like 1898 and died in 1978 (i think). They never mentioned the guys name when I was listening. Does anyone know who this is?

Is it Pascual Perez, former World Flyweight Champion?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascual_P%C3%A9rez_%28boxer%29

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=009037&cat=boxer

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Pascual_Perez_-_El_Gr%C3%A1fico_-_1948.jpg

Newsboy Brown?

Benny Bass was something like 5 feet tall but his nickname was the "Little Fish".

Bud Ridley was 5'2, born in 1898, died in 1979.