Suey Welch

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Suey Welch

Date of birth	c.1898
Place of birth	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death	January 16, 1974
Place of death	Long Beach, California, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Head coach
US college	None
Career history
As coach
1917–1918	Akron Burkhardts
As player
1916–1918	Akron Burkhardts
Career highlights and awards
World Boxing Hall of Fame

Stephen H. "Suey" Welch (born 1898 or 1899 – January 16, 1974) was an Akron, Ohio-based manager who handled boxers from the 1920s through the 1970s. He specialized in bringing fighters from Ohio to Southern California, where many of them went on to become main event fighters. Most notably, he managed Middleweight Champion Gorilla Jones. One of the last fighters he brought to Southern California in the 1970s was Gil King of Akron. He purportedly got his name of Suey, while catching rides on a Chinese laundryman's truck as a child.