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BARNEY KEISWETTER MW 1929-1939
Born - Cape Town, South Africa
Hometown - Cape Town / Wales / Sydney
44(8)-9-9; 1NC
Keiswetter got off to an 8-1-0 start in Cape Town, claiming the Cape Middleweight belt. In 1931, he lost a bout for the South African belt to Eddie Maguire. In late 1931, he moved to Wales where he would battle mostly club level middleweights for most of 1932. While in Wales, Barney was TKO'd by Del Fontaine and compiled a 23-3-5; 1 record over 13 months. Next, Barney headed to Australia where he began to face slightly better competition. In his two years down under, Keiswetter beat Bobby Delaney twice, fought to a 15 round draw with Ron Richards and out pointed Wally Hancock. Midway through 1934, he headed back to South Africa, avenged his earlier loss to Eddie Maguire by taking the title in twelve rounds and then promptly retired. Barney came back to the ring in 1937 to be out pointed by Tommy Bensch then again in 1939 to KO Seaman Forrest before hanging the gloves up for good.
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