Benny Valgar

Benny Valgar, frequently spelled "Valger" (September 24, 1898 – October 1, 1974), was a French-born American boxer. On February 25, 1920, he faced the reigning featherweight champion, Johnny Kilbane, in a 8-round non-title bout which, without a disqualification or knockout, had no official winner. According to all of newspaper writers who reported on the fight, Valgar won convincingly. Due to the fighters being over the featherweight limit of 124 pounds, the fight was not for Kilbane's championship. Kilbane could have waved the forfeit, but chose not to.

Valgar also made it to the semi-final bout of the NYSAC World Lightweight Boxing Championship against Jimmy Goodrich, whom he lost to in a close bout on June 15, 1925.

Showing promise at an early age, Valgar was the U.S. Bantamweight National Amateur champion in 1916. In evidence of his extraordinary defensive ring skills, he was one of only two American boxers of his era to have never been knocked out, though he fought over two hundred fights.