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Jersey Joe Walcott.
Walcott, “Jersey Joe”
(b. 31 January 1914 in Merchantville, New Jersey; d. 2 February 1994 in Camden, New Jersey), professional boxer who at age thirty-seven became the oldest fighter to win the sport’s heavyweight championship title (1951), a record he retained until 1994.
Walcott was born Arnold Raymond Cream.
Jersey joe walcott biography of donald
His father, Joseph Arnold Cream, was an immigrant from the West Indian island of Barbados who worked as a laborer for the Pennsylvania Railroad. His mother, Ella Edna Amos, was a New Jersey native and homemaker. Walcott was the fifth of twelve children, and his father, who taught him the fundamentals of boxing, died when Walcott was fourteen.
His formal education ended early, but he quickly acquired his pugilistic skills, later recalling that he and his pals “boxed up and down the street from morning to night. I fought as soon as I could walk. My father sparred open handed with me in the yard.” Additionally, it was his father who impressed upon him the first commandme