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Izzy was your typical Brooklyn-based Jewish slugger of the period. He had a pretty short career (less than two years), but between early 1948 and late 1949, he had twenty-eight pro fights, winning only eight.

Strictly a prelim fighter, all of Izzy's bouts were four and six round affairs. He did have some sort of a punch (he won by kayo in seven of his eight wins). But Blum had two major faults, a suspect jaw and an ability to bleed. What else can you say about a guy who dropped two straight decisions to Casto Shimkevich?

BoxRec lists Blum as a welterwieght, but for the vast majority of his matches he weighed in at 160 plus pounds.