Also known as
Peter the Great · Black Prince
Description
Australian heavyweight boxer born on Saint Croix, a sailor before he boxed.
After early lessons with Jack Dowridge he trained under Larry Foley in Sydney
and had a long international career; he was in the International Boxing Hall of
Fame's first class (1990).
Teachers (3)
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Jack Dowridge
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“Jackson was at one stage a pupil of "The Black Diamond" Jack
Dowridge, a Barbadian immigrant who pioneered boxing in Queensland, Australia.”
— Peter Jackson (boxer) - Wikipedia (English).
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Larry Foley
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“Both Slavin and Jackson had trained under Larry Foley and a real feud had
existed between them for several years, due to Slavin's racism and a
romantic triangle with a woman named Josie Leon.”
— Peter Jackson (boxer) - Wikipedia (English).
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“At his gym at the White Horse, Foley taught, trained and guided the careers of
the great boxers Young Griffo, Bob Fitzsimmons, Paddy Slavin, and Peter Jackson
as well as the lesser known Dan Creedon and George Dawson.”
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Jem Mace
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One source, through Foley.
“With the help of his protégé, Australian champion Larry Foley, he schooled a
generation of mostly Australian boxers, including the Caribbean-born Peter
Jackson, multiple-weight-class champion, British-born Bob Fitzsimmons, and Young
Griffo.”
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Peter Jackson. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNYZFFQ1EASQR65HS2 - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FNYZFFQ1EASQR65HS2, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Peter Jackson}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNYZFFQ1EASQR65HS2}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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