during his fights led to calls for him to be banned from boxing. Though Grim did not win many bouts, he was credited with a newspaper decision over former welterweight champion Matty Matthews in 1904. He tried unsuccessfully to secure a fight with reigning heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries. His run came to an end when he was knocked out by Sailor Burke in 1906. Four years later, he was knocked out by Sam McVea in Paris. Grim began to suffer mental health issues and was admitted to a sanitarium in 1913, before being released in 1916. He promoted fights in Philadelphia and worked as a foreman in a shipyard in New York. In later life he was committed to the Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases, where he died in 1939. Grim's tour of Australia in 1908-09 formed the basis for Michael Winkler's critically-acclaimed 2021 novel Grimmish. Notes External links 1881 births 1939 deaths American people of Italian descent Italian emigrants to the United States Middleweight boxers People from Avellino Welterweight boxers American male boxers Sportspeople from the Province of Avellino