Description
Jersey Joe Walcott
Record: 49-20-1
31 KOs 6 KOs
Division: Heavy
Bouts: 70
Career: 1930-1953
Debut: 1930-09-09
Birth name: Arnold Raymond Cream
Alias: Jersey
Nationality: USA
Residence: Camden, New Jersey, USA
Birth place: Pennsauken, New Jersey, USA
Jersey Joe Walcott became the Heavyweight Champion of the World with a seventh-round knockout of Ezzard Charles on July 18, 1951. It was his fifth attempt at the title. At the age of 37, Walcott became the oldest boxer to win the World Heavyweight Championship, a record that would stand until George Foreman regained the title at age 45 in 1994.
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