Jimmy Doyle (boxer)

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Jimmy Doyle boxer
Data
Birth Name James Emerson Delaney
Weight class Welterweight
nationality Americans
birthday August 12, 1924
place of birth los Angeles
Date of death June 25, 1947
Place of death Cleveland , Ohio
style Left delivery
Combat Statistics
Struggles 53
Victories 43
Knockout victories 14th
Defeats 7th
draw 3
No value 0

James Emerson Delaney (born August 12, 1924 in Los Angeles , † June 25, 1947 in Cleveland Ohio ), known as a professional boxer under the name Jimmy Doyle , was an American welterweight boxer .

Family and youth

James Emerson Delaney was born on August 12, 1924 in Los Angeles into a Louisian Creole mixed breed family. His parents were Edward (originally Edouard) Delaney and Marie Elodie Barret, who both moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles shortly after their wedding in 1921 . Jimmy's father was the son of Joseph Georges Delaney and Elodie Landry, born in 1886, a French-speaking colored Creole family from Bayou Lafourche .

Professional career and death

Jimmy Doyle made his debut as a professional boxer in 1941. The career ended after 53 professional fights, of which he had won 43, 14 of them by knockout, 1947 with the defeat by Sugar Ray Robinson in the ninth round by technical knockout . Doyle had challenged Robinson for the world welterweight title. Although Doyle was leading on points, referee Jackie Davis stopped the fight after Doyle went down for the third time in the ninth round. Robinson had, however, had an advantage in every round, with the exception of the sixth, where he was hit twice directly and injured. A single left hook Robinson ended the fight.

“That punch knocked Jimmy rigid… With heels resting against the canvas as if hinged, Doyle's body went down. It struck the floor with a thud, like a rigid mass falling. His head crashed against the padded canvas, and as the referee started the count. Doyle raised his head and rested on his elbows… The referee counted to ten. Doyle was out. "

"That blow hurt Jimmy ... As if his heels fell off the mat, Doyle's body fell to the ground. It hit the floor with a thump, as if a rigid mass were falling. His head crashed on the padded tarpaulin and the referee began to count. Doyle raised his head and rested on his elbows ... The referee counted to ten. Doyle was out. "

- Nat Fleischer : The Ring , September 1947, “Sugar Ray Robinson backed out of the fight because he had a dream that he killed him: well his dream came true,” p. 4

After the fight, Doyle was immediately rushed to St. Vincent's Charity Hospital because he suffered a serious head injury and was passed out. He died there a few hours later without regaining consciousness.

Jimmy Doyle's fight against Sugar Ray Robinson took place in Cleveland because he had previously suffered some serious KOs in California and the state boxing association did not allow him another fight. After his death, a criminal investigation against Robinson, including murder, was threatened in Cleveland, but no charges were brought. Robinson's biographer Wil Haygood announced at a literary festival on October 25, 2010 that Doyle was compelled to fight because he "wanted to buy his mother's house," and after Doyle's death, Robinson gave the income to his next four fights to Doyle's mother so that she could buy the house.

supporting documents

  1. ↑ www.time.com
  2. ↑ www.creolegen.org
  3. ↑ The Ring, June 1946, p. 31
  4. ↑ a b Wil Haygood, Book TV, September 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Doyle, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delaney, James Emerson (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American welterweight boxer
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1947
Place of death Cleveland Ohio