Jersey Joe Walcott
Jersey Joe Walcott  
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| Birth Name | Arnold Raymond Cream |
| Weight class | Heavyweight |
| nationality | US-american |
| birthday | January 31, 1914 |
| place of birth | Merchantville |
| Date of death | February 25, 1994 |
| Place of death | Camden |
| style | Left delivery |
| size | 1.83 |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 71 |
| Victories | 51 |
| Knockout victories | 32 |
| Defeats | 18th |
| draw | 2 |
| Profile in the BoxRec database | |
Jersey Joe Walcott (born January 31, 1914 in Merchantville , New Jersey as Arnold Raymond Cream , † February 25, 1994 in Camden , New Jersey) was an American boxer and an undisputed heavyweight boxing champion from July 1951 to September 1952.
Walcott chose his name after Barbados welterweight Joe Walcott, whose parents were from Barbados . He won his first professional fight on September 9, 1930 against Cowboy Wallace by knockout in the first round. After a rather mixed career start, he benefited from the weakness of Jimmy Bivins' form after the war and was able to beat him. Walcott boxed twice against Joe Louis for the world championship and four times against Ezzard Charles . In the fifth attempt he succeeded in the third fight against Charles on July 18, 1951 in Pittsburgh, the title win by a knockout in the 7th round.
On September 23, 1952 he lost the title to Rocky Marciano in Philadelphia by knockout in the 13th round. This is one of the most famous knockouts in boxing. Walcott had knocked Marciano down once before and was leading on points. In the rematch he was controversially knocked out in round 1. Many observers said that Marciano didn't really hit him.
In the rematch between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston , Walcott acted as referee (see rematch against Liston ). In 1990 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .
See also
Web links
- Jersey Joe Walcott on CyberBoxingZone
- Greatest Punchers # 66
- Jersey Joe Walcott in the BoxRec database
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| SURNAME | Walcott, Jersey Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cream, Arnold Raymond (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Merchantville , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1994 |
| Place of death | Camden, New Jersey |