Claim: After trying to sell a newspaper to Teddy Roosevelt aboard the presidential yacht USS Mayflower in September 1906, Abraham Jacob Hollandersky (December 3, 1888 – November 1, 1966) and the President engaged in a brief and friendly exchange of light blows after Roosevelt waved off his Secret Service bodyguards.
Evidence: Abe "The Newsboy" Hollandersky (December 3, 1888 – November 1, 1966) was an American professional boxer who became the second American to win the Panamanian national Heavyweight Title when he defeated Californian Jack Ortega in nine rounds in Panama City on May 30, 1913. After he tried to sell a newspaper to Teddy Roosevelt aboard the presidential yacht USS Mayflower in September 1906, Roosevelt had Admiral Robley D. Evans, Commander of the North Atlantic Fleet, create the official unpaid title "Newsboy of the Navy," for Hollandersky, giving him the right to sell papers to any Navy ship and travel to any destination on U. S. Naval vessels. Hollandersky and the President engaged in a brief and friendly exchange of light blows after Roosevelt waved off his Secret Service bodyguards.