"debut as a professional boxer in 1941 and in 1947 lost to Sugar Ray Robinson by 9th round TKO. After the bout, Doyle went to the hospital, suffering from a severe head injury. Although Doyle was leading, Referee Jackie Davis stopped the bout after Doyle went down for the third time in the 9th round. In 1947, Doyle challenged Sugar Ray Robinson for the World Welterweight Title. Robinson had the advantage in every round except the sixth, when he was staggered twice and hurt. A single left hook from Robinson ended the fight. ""That punch knocked Jimmy rigid... With heels"
"killed his opponent in the ring. However, Robinson was convinced to go ahead with the bout after taking counsel from a priest and a minister. Jimmy Doyle (boxer) James Emerson Delaney (August 12, 1924 – June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmy Doyle, was an American welterweight boxer. A mixed-race Creole, Doyle was born James Emerson Delaney in Los Angeles on August 12, 1924, ""Jimmy Doyle,"" was the son of Edward (originally Edouard) Delaney and Marie Elodie Barret, both from New Orleans, who moved to Los Angeles shortly after their marriage in 1921. Jimmy's father was born in 1886 to"
"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."" Doyle was taken to St. Vincent's Charity Hospital immediately after the bout, and failed to regain consciousness and died a few hours later. Jimmy Doyle was fighting in Cleveland, since after suffering some heavy knockouts in California that state's boxing commission would not sanction him to"
"fight again. After his death, criminal charges were threatened against Robinson in Cleveland, up to and including manslaughter, though none actually materialized. Robinson's biographer Wil Haygood stated during a September 25, 2010 book festival appearance that Doyle was pushing himself to fight to ""buy his mother a house"" and after Doyle's death in 1947, Robinson gave the earnings of his next four fights to Doyle's mother, so she could buy that house. In a tragic bit of irony, Robinson had tried to back out of the fight due to a nightmare the night immediately before the match, in which he"
"Jimmy Doyle (boxer) James Emerson Delaney (August 12, 1924 – June 25, 1947), known professionally as Jimmy Doyle, was an American welterweight boxer. A mixed-race Creole, Doyle was born James Emerson Delaney in Los Angeles on August 12, 1924, ""Jimmy Doyle,"" was the son of Edward (originally Edouard) Delaney and Marie Elodie Barret, both from New Orleans, who moved to Los Angeles shortly after their marriage in 1921. Jimmy's father was born in 1886 to Joseph Georges Delaney and Elodie Landry, part of a French-speaking family of colored Creoles who hailed from the upper Bayou Lafourche country. ""Doyle"" made his"
"in Doyle's death later that night. Robinson said that the impact of Doyle's death was ""very trying"". After his death, criminal charges were threatened against Robinson in Cleveland, up to and including murder, though none actually materialized. After learning of Doyle's intentions of using the bout's money to buy his mother a house, Robinson gave Doyle's mother the money from his next four bouts so she could purchase herself a home, fulfilling her son's intention. In 1948 Robinson fought five times, but only one bout was a title defense. Among the fighters he defeated in those non-title bouts was future"
"in 7th place overall. Doyle Kenady Doyle Kenady (29 August 1948 – 3 February 1999) was a world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor from the United States. Doyle was best known for winning the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in 1978 and 1980 in the +110 kg weight class. Doyle Kenady broke the world record in the deadlift at the 1986 Budweiser World Recorder Breakers Meet Deadlifting a 903-pound World Record on April 6, 1986 in a deadlift suit. It was the first 900+ pound deadlift in front of international judges Doyle competed in the 1983 World's Strongest Man contest in"
"was called a ""war"", but Robinson was able to pull out a close 15-round decision, winning the vacant World Welterweight title. In June 1947, after four non-title bouts, Robinson was scheduled to defend his title for the first time in a bout against Jimmy Doyle. Robinson initially backed out of the fight because he had a dream that he was going to kill Doyle. A priest and a minister convinced him to fight. Sadly, his dream proved true. On June 25, 1947 Robinson dominated Doyle and scored a decisive knockout in the eighth round that knocked Doyle unconscious and resulted"
"Lost"" in September 2007. A book to accompany the programme called ""Jack Doyle: The Gorgeous Gael"" was released in late 2007. Jack Doyle Joseph ""Jack"" Doyle (31 August 1913 – 13 December 1978), known as ""The Gorgeous Gael"", was an Irish boxer, actor, and a tenor. He was born Joseph Doyle and known to his friends as Joe but changed it to Jack when starting his professional career. At one time or another, Doyle was a contender for the British Boxing Championship. Doyle was born into a working-class family in Cobh, in County Cork, Ireland in 1913. At six feet"
"Don Cockell Donald John ""Don"" Cockell (22 September 1928 – 18 July 1983) was an English boxer. He fought for most of his career as a light-heavyweight and became the British and European champion at that weight. Later in his career he moved up to heavyweight and held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. He is best remembered for fighting against Rocky Marciano for the world heavyweight championship. Cockell defeated a number of top heavyweights in his career, including Roland La Starza, Harry Matthews (twice), Tommy Farr, Freddie Beshore, Johnny Arthur, Johnny Williams and Uber Bacilieri. In his earlier incarnation"
"Arthur Conan Doyle. Attribution James Belcher James Belcher, also known as Jem Belcher (15 April 1781 – 30 July 1811) was an English bare-knuckle prize-fighter and Champion of All England 1800-1805. He was born at his father's house in St. James's churchyard, Bristol, on 15 April 1781. His mother was a daughter of Jack Slack (d. 1778), a noted pugilist, who defeated Jack Broughton in April 1750. 'Jem' Belcher followed the trade of a butcher, though he was never formally apprenticed, and signalised himself when a lad by pugilistic and other feats at Lansdown fair. He was a natural fighter,"
"Percy Hayles Percival ""Percy"" Hayles (24 October 1940 – 28 August 1978 (aged 37)) was a Jamaican professional light/light welter/welterweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the British Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the Jamaican lightweight title against Bunny Grant, and World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title and World Boxing Association (WBA) World light welterweight title against Carlos ""Morocho"" Enrique Hernandez Ramos, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. lightweight to , i.e. welterweight. He was the 1964 Men's Winner of the Jamaica Sportsperson of the year, he was killed when he"
"Mike Towell Mike Towell (12 September 1991 – 30 September 2016) was a Scottish professional boxer from Dundee, Scotland. On 29 September 2016 Towell fought Dale Evans at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow where he suffered head injuries after being TKO'd in the fifth round of the scheduled 12 round fight. Afterwards he was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where it was discovered he had serious bleeding to the brain which led to his death on 30 September 2016. It was reported that Towell had stopped sparring a few weeks before the fatal fight due to suffering"
"Doyle Kenady Doyle Kenady (29 August 1948 – 3 February 1999) was a world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor from the United States. Doyle was best known for winning the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in 1978 and 1980 in the +110 kg weight class. Doyle Kenady broke the world record in the deadlift at the 1986 Budweiser World Recorder Breakers Meet Deadlifting a 903-pound World Record on April 6, 1986 in a deadlift suit. It was the first 900+ pound deadlift in front of international judges Doyle competed in the 1983 World's Strongest Man contest in Christchurch, New Zealand, finishing"
"Jack Doyle Joseph ""Jack"" Doyle (31 August 1913 – 13 December 1978), known as ""The Gorgeous Gael"", was an Irish boxer, actor, and a tenor. He was born Joseph Doyle and known to his friends as Joe but changed it to Jack when starting his professional career. At one time or another, Doyle was a contender for the British Boxing Championship. Doyle was born into a working-class family in Cobh, in County Cork, Ireland in 1913. At six feet three inches, he was good with his fists and in 1929, joined the Irish Guards regiment of the British Army based"
"for a purse of five hundred and fifty pounds. At the time, Watson (who was also known as Robert Watson, Curley Watson and Seaman Watson) was the boxing champion of the Royal Navy. Curly Watson later died of injuries sustained in a fight with Frank Inglis in London on 5 March 1910. Jeptha had been having problems with damage to his eyesight since before the March 1907 title fight and had received treatment at the Moorfields Eye Hospital, and now had blurred vision. Jeptha did not hold onto the title for long. He was defeated by Joe White in the"
"Jones died from arteriosclerosis and diabetes at his home near McArthur Park on January 4, 1982, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 75. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in East Los Angeles. Gorilla Jones William Landon Jones (1906–1982) known as ""Gorilla"" Jones, was an American boxer who held the NBA Middleweight Boxing Championship of the World. Although he was nicknamed ""Gorilla"" for his exceptional reach, Jones is to be distinguished from the original ""Gorilla Jones"", who campaigned from 1913 to 1924 and held the World Colored Welterweight title. Jones was never knocked out. He had 52 knockouts"
"on the cover of British pop singer Morrissey's single ""Boxers"". The photo was taken from an issue of ""Ring"" magazine. Conn is now a member, along with Louis and Zivic, of the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. In April 2017, Conn's widow Mary Louise Conn died. She was 94 years old. Billy Conn William David ""Billy"" Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with"
"Doug Jones (boxer) Doug Jones (February 27, 1937, New York City–November 14, 2017) was an American heavyweight boxer. Doug ""Pugilism"" Jones started off his career successfully with 18 consecutive wins against mostly lightly regarded opponents, until his first loss occurred at the hands of Eddie Machen. He lost his next two fights, and the third a draw. Jones fought for the world light-heavyweight championship against Harold Johnson but lost a 15-round decision. He then moved up to the heavyweight division. Jones won his next two fights against Bob Foster (who was in his ninth professional fight) and Zora Folley. Jones"
"In 1842 they went 118 rounds,"" However, by all accounts, Thomas McCoy died in the 77th round. Various sources report his birth as April 12, 1813, or April 12, 1815. Yankee Sullivan Yankee Sullivan (born James Ambrose; c. March 10, 1811 – May 31, 1856), also known as Frank Murray and James Sullivan, was a bare-knuckle fighter and boxer. He was a prizefighting champion from 1851 to October 12, 1853. He considered himself to be the inheritor of Tom Hyer's title, and lost any claim to that title after losing a fight to John Morrissey. James Ambrose was born in"
"Yankee Sullivan Yankee Sullivan (born James Ambrose; c. March 10, 1811 – May 31, 1856), also known as Frank Murray and James Sullivan, was a bare-knuckle fighter and boxer. He was a prizefighting champion from 1851 to October 12, 1853. He considered himself to be the inheritor of Tom Hyer's title, and lost any claim to that title after losing a fight to John Morrissey. James Ambrose was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland in 1811. He grew up in London 's East End and became a prizefighter at an early age. He arrived in Australia after being sentenced to"
"Nonpareil Dempsey John Edward Kelly (December 15, 1862 – November 1, 1895) was an Irish-born American boxer, better known as Nonpareil Jack Dempsey who was the first holder of the World Middleweight Championship. He was nicknamed ""Nonpareil"" because of his reputation of being unbeatable. Dempsey was born on December 15, 1862 in Curran, County Kildare, Ireland. In Dempsey's first 65 contests, he lost only 3 times (to George LaBlanche (a loss he avenged) and to Billy Baker twice (both bouts were fixed to have Baker win)). This ended when Bob Fitzsimmons pummelled him around the ring and begged him to"
"was hit by a car while riding a bicycle near Kingston, Jamaica. Percy Hayles Percival ""Percy"" Hayles (24 October 1940 – 28 August 1978 (aged 37)) was a Jamaican professional light/light welter/welterweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the British Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the Jamaican lightweight title against Bunny Grant, and World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title and World Boxing Association (WBA) World light welterweight title against Carlos ""Morocho"" Enrique Hernandez Ramos, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. lightweight to , i.e. welterweight. He was the 1964 Men's Winner"
"he was hit, at 4:30 a.m. on the 17th. He remains the only baseball player to die from a head injury in MLB. On July 4, 1950, Bernard Doyle, a 56-year-old New Yorker originally from Dublin, was accidentally shot and killed while in his seat at the Polo Grounds. Doyle had brought a friend's 13-year-old son with him to see the Brooklyn Dodgers play the Giants. He was killed by a stray bullet about an hour prior to the start of the game. A 14-year-old boy later confessed to having shot a gun into the air from his rooftop at"
"at the World Cyber Games in Counter-Strike, where he represented Australia in 2001 and again in 2006. Jeremy Doyle Jeremy ""JD"" Doyle (2nd November 1983 – 18 December 2011) was an Australian wheelchair basketball player. He became paraplegic due to being run over by a truck and competed in the 2009 Paralympic World Cup and the 2010 World Championship. He died of cancer in 2011 at the age of 28. Doyle was born on 19 November 1983. He became a paraplegic at the age of four after being struck by a car. He worked for ING in 2009. In 2009,"
"up to his death. Several months before his death, he had a heart attack. Johnny du Plooy Johnny du Plooy (27 September 1964 – 12 April 2013) was a former South African heavyweight boxer best known for his win over former WBA World Heavyweight champion Mike Weaver. He challenged once for the WBO World Heavyweight title in 1989. du Plooy had a very impressive amateur record of 196-4. The tall 6'3 South African boxer began his career in 1985 with 17 straight wins. He then lost to ex-champ Mike Weaver by 7th round KO. He later avenged this defeat by"
"Bunny Grant George Leslie ""Bunny"" Grant (29 September 1940 – 1 November 2018) was a Jamaican professional feather/super feather/light/light welter/welterweight/light middleweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Jamaican lightweight title, Jamaican welterweight title, Central American light welterweight Title, Latin American junior welterweight title, and British Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight title and World Boxing Association (WBA) World light welterweight title against Eddie Perkins, Commonwealth welterweight title against Clyde Gray, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e. featherweight to , i.e. light middleweight. Bunny Grant was"
"It was his second bout of the night, having earlier beaten Jerry Donoghue in a semi-final, with a knockout in the third round. The belt's value was quoted at the time as £40. At the time of the 1901 census he and his wife Nell had seven surviving children. His last recorded fight was in 1907. The 1911 census shows the family living in a house in Edmonton, north London - a much more up-market area. He died in 1943, aged 73, and was buried without a headstone. His silver championship prize belt, still in the possession of descendants of"
"died suddenly from a heart attack, at the age of 44, on 14 November 1949. His two sons, Tommy and Jimmy, also played in the League of Ireland for St. Patrick's Athletic. Tommy also played for Shamrock Rovers. His nephew, another Tommy Dunne, also played for Rovers and another nephew Christy Doyle, played for Shelbourne and the Republic of Ireland. Dunne initially played junior football. However his career was put on hold during the Irish Civil War when he was interned by the Irish Free State authorities for alleged Republican sympathies. His brother, Christy, was an active Republican. He subsequently"
"In March 1947, Levine faced Herbie Kronowitz of Brooklyn losing in a ten round unanimous decision in the main event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The crowd of 12,000 was said to have been enthralled during the entire battle between the two fighters. Kronowitz always claimed that he really defeated Levine in the confrontation. His fight record was: W: 52(36 ko's)| L:15 | D:5 | Total 72 Complete fight record: http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=013083 Additional career info: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?t=81457 When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport: https://www.amazon.com/dp/027595353X/ Artie Levine Statistics: http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?t=81457 Artie Levine Artie Levine (January 26, 1925 – January 13, 2012)"
"Ron Lyle Ronald ""Ron"" Lyle (February 12, 1941 – November 26, 2011) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, and in 1995. He challenged once for the undisputed world heavyweight title, losing to Muhammad Ali in 1975. Lyle was known for his punching power, crowd-pleasing fighting style, as well as courage and determination inside the ring. He held notable wins over Buster Mathis, Oscar Bonavena, Jimmy Ellis, Earnie Shavers, Joe Bugner, and Scott LeDoux, but is best known for his slugfest against George Foreman in 1976, which won Fight of the Year honors by ""The Ring"""
"and Zeljko Mavrovic in Germany. In 1994 in his final fight Bey knocked out David Jaco in China. Bey died in a construction accident in Camden in 2017. David Bey David Bey (March 11, 1957 – September 14, 2017) was a heavyweight boxer who held the USBA title, and challenged Larry Holmes for the world title in 1985. Bey was an outstanding amateur boxer who had taken up the sport to lose weight and eventually competed on the U.S. All Army Boxing Team. He made his professional debut in 1981, defeating future undisputed world heavyweight champion James ""Buster"" Douglas by"
"Jimmy Carruthers James William Carruthers (5 July 1929 – 15 August 1990) was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division. Jimmy was the 2009 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Veterans category. Carruthers's boxing career started as an Australian representative at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his first-round match of the bantamweight competition, he fought Fred Daigle of Canada and won on points. He defeated Arnoldo Parés of Argentina in his second match. However, he had sustained an eye injury during his bout with Parés, and had to withdraw from the"