Young Erne

Young Erne is an American boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his first 36 fights, he had a record of 28-2-6.

Young Erne
Statistics
Real name	Hugh Frank Clavin
Nickname(s)	Yi Yi Erne, Hugh Clavin
Weight(s)	Lightweight
Nationality	United States
Born	(1884-03-17)March 17, 1884 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	February 29, 1944(1944-02-29) (aged 59)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	271
Wins	158
Wins by KO	16
Losses	62
Draws	50
No contests	1

Fights

• Young fought Tommy Love in Philadelphia. Tommy won by decision.
• Young fought Abe Attell in Philadelphia twice. The first fight was a draw. The second fight, Abe won by decision.
• Young fought Young Corbett II three times in Philadelphia. The first fight Young lost by decision. The second fight they fought to a draw. The third fight Young won by decision.
• Young fought Aurelio Herrera in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young fought Harry Lewis four times in Pennsylvania. The first fight Harry won by decision. Erne won the other three by decision.
• Young fought Abe Attell again in Philadelphia. Erne won by decision.
• Young fought Jimmy Briggs to a draw in Philadelphia.
• Young fought Freddie Welsh in Philadelphia. Young lost by decision.
• Young also fought Kid Lavigne in Philadelphia. Young won by TKO.
• Young would fight Young Corbett II again in Philadelphia. Young lost by decision.
• Young then fought Johnny Summers in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young would also fight Harlem Tommy Murphy in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young would fight Freddie Welsh again, losing by decision.
• Young fought Harlem Tommy Murphy again in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young fought Billy Willis in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young fought Jack Britton in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young fought Willie Fitzgeral in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young would then go on to fight Leo Houck two straight times in Pennsylvania. Houck won both fights by decision.
• Young fought Billy Willis again in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young would meet Billy Willis again in Philadelphia. Young won by decision.
• Young also met Packey McFarland in Philadelphia. Young lost by decision.
• Young would meet Young Tommy Coleman three times in Philadelphia. The first fight Erne lost win by decision. The second fight Erne won by decision. The third fight resulted in a draw.
• Young fought Mike Gibbons but lost by decision in Philadelphia.
• Young fought Packey McFarland again in Philadelphia. Young lost by decision.
• Young would meet Young Tommy Coleman two more times in Philadelphia. Young would go on to lose both fights by decision.

External links

• http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=11899&cat=boxer&pageID=3
• http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:11899