Peter Jackson (boxer)

Peter Jackson
Data
Birth Name	Peter Jackson
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	British
birthday	July 3, 1861
place of birth	Frederiksted
Date of death	July 13, 1901
Place of death	Roma
size	1.87 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	94
Victories	46
Knockout victories	31
Defeats	3
draw	3
No value	42

Peter Jackson (aka The Black Prince ; born July 3, 1861 in Frederiksted on Saint Croix , then Danish West Indies, now the US Virgin Islands ; † July 13, 1901 in Roma , Australia ) was a dark-skinned heavyweight boxer. He lived mostly in Australia.

He was - along with Harry Wills - one of two outstanding boxers who, because of their skin color, could never box for the heavyweight title. In 1882 he began his professional career in Australia. In his prime he only lost once; he was several times Australian heavyweight champion. In 1888 he boxed for the first time in the USA. But John L. Sullivan refused to face him.

In 1891 he boxed against the future challenger James J. Corbett in a multi-hour fight, which was canceled without a decision due to mutual exhaustion after 61 rounds. Corbett later beat Sullivan lightly. At the end of his career he served James J. Jeffries in 1898 as an opponent and went KO.

In 1901 he died of tuberculosis in Australia . In 1990 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

literature

• Richard Broome: Peter Jackson . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 9. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1983, ISBN 0-522-84273-9 (English).

Web links

• Peter Jackson in the BoxRec database
• Boxing: Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame - Peter Jackson
• Boxing: Article about heavyweights without a championship fight
• Hall of Fame
• Peter Jackson ( Memento from February 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive )