1945, before retiring. Berg's brother Teddy was also a boxer, and the two fought on the same bill in 1941. After retiring from boxing, he worked as a film stunt man, joined the Royal Air Force, and owned a restaurant in London. Personal life In 1930 Berg's marriage to New York University student Eleanor Kraus, the daughter of a New York silk merchant, was announced, although by November 1931 the relationship had ended. In September 1930 Berg was served with a writ claiming £10,000 for breach of promise by Sophia Levy, who claimed the two had a relationship. Berg married Bunty Pain, a dancer at the Trocadero, on 11 August 1933 at Prince's Row register office in London. In October 1940 he was awarded £500 damages for slander after John Macadam suggested in a BBC broadcast that Berg would fight Eric Boon after "drawing his old-age pension" and "tottering along to Earl's Court", although the decision was overturned on appeal. Hall of Fame Berg was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Berg was also inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Berg, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. Miscellaneous Academic Howard Fredrics wrote an opera about Kid Berg's life. The non-religious Berg used his Jewishness to get the crowd on his side, entering the ring wearing tephillin. Alongside "The Battling Levinsky" is mentioned in the title track of Madness' "The Liberty of Norton Folgate" Berg was the subject of an episode of ITV biographical documentary This Is Your Life in 1987. On 19 June 1933, he was the guest of honour who officially opened Walthamstow Stadium. Professional boxing record See also List of light welterweight boxing champions List of British lightweight boxing champions List of select Jewish boxers Stepney Historical Trust References and notes Sources Harold Finch The Tower Hamlets Connection – a Biographical Guide Stepney Books The Whitechapel Windmill by John Harding with Jack Kid Berg 1987, Robson Books External links Sparring with Jack Kid Berg (1934) Article. Internet Movie Database listing for Jack Kid Berg Jack Kid Berg - CBZ Profile English male boxers Jewish boxers Jewish American boxers People from Stepney English Jews 1909 births 1991 deaths International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees World light-welterweight boxing champions World boxing champions Boxers from Greater London 20th-century American Jews