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Young Peter Jackson (31 October 1877 – 14 September 1923) was a boxer active between 1895 and 1914. During his career, he was able to achieve victories over some of the most storied fighters of all-time, including Sam Langford , Barbados Joe Walcott , Philadelphia Jack O'Brien , and Mysterious Billy Smith .
The World Colored Welterweight Championship was a title that existed during the time of the color bar in professional boxing.. On 26 July 1936, Herbert Lewis Hardwick ("The Cocoa Kid") met Young Peter Jackson at Heinemann Park in New Orleans, Louisiana in a 10-round title bout referred by Harry Wills, the former three-time World Colored Heavyweight Champ.
Young Peter Jackson (April 15, 1912 – April 9, 1979) was an African American boxer active from 1929 to 1939. Born Peter Martin in Los Angeles, California, he renamed himself in honor of the great colored heavyweight champ Peter Jackson and the welterweight contender Peter Jackson.
Young Peter Jackson (boxer, born 1877) (1877–1923), African American welterweight boxer known as "The Baltimore Demon" Young Peter Jackson (boxer, born 1912) (1912–1979), African American lightweight boxer
The World Colored Middleweight Championship was a title awarded to black boxers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was the only recognized middleweight championship available to blacks prior to Tiger Flowers (5 August 1895 - 16 November 1927) winning the world middleweight boxing championship by defeating Harry Greb on 26 November 1926.
Peter Jackson (boxer) (1861–1901), Australian World Colored Heavyweight Champion boxer also known as "Peter the Great" Young Peter Jackson (boxer, born 1877) (1877–1923), American welterweight boxer known as "The Baltimore Demon" Young Peter Jackson (boxer, born 1912) (1912–1979), American lightweight boxer
Lord Justice Peter Jackson said on Friday that doctors caring for eight-month-old Indi Gregory, and other critically ill children, at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham had been put in an ...
Smith bowed out in 1915 when stopped by Jack Root. During his career, Smith scored wins over Young Peter Jackson, Hall of Famers “Barbados” Joe Walcott and George “Kid” Lavigne. Smith died at the age of 66 in Portland, Oregon, where he ran a saloon called “The Champion's Rest.”