Ad Wolgast

Ad Wolgast, born Adolphus Wolgast on February 8, 1888, and died on April 14, 1955, was nicknamed the Michigan Wildcat and was the world's lightweight champion from 1910 to 1912. He turned professional in 1906 and won the World Lightweight Title on February 22, 1910, with a technical knockout in a forty round bout against Battling Nelson. He went on to defend the belt five times, including a controversial 1912 bout with Mexican Joe Rivers in which the two men knocked each other out with simultaneous blows, before losing the title to Willie Ritchie in 1912. His siblings Johnny and Al Wolgast were also boxers. In later life he suffered a breakdown and was committed to a state hospital in 1927.