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)

• person
  Jack Dowridge

  sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable

  Probable

  Wikipedia only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Wikipedia only.

  “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). Wikipedia (English)link history info
• person
  Larry Foley

  sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable

  Probable

  Wikipedia only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onLarry Foley's boxing academy, White Horse Hotel badge

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Wikipedia only.

  “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). Wikipedia (English)link history info

  “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.”

  — Larry Foley - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
• person
  Jem Mace

  sports_martial_artsBoxing Possible

  Possible

  One source, through Foley.

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  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.”

  — Jem Mace - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

Lineage

• Boxing Larry Foley ← Jem Mace · 2 generations

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