Peter Jackson

Australia
Born 1861-07-03, Christiansted, Saint Croix
Died 1901-07-13

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)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Sources

Peter Jackson (boxer) - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FNYZFFQ1EASQR65HS2
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

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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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