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Jersey Joe Walcott. 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 ...
Jersey Joe Walcott broke the record for the oldest man to win the title, at the age of 37. He is one of the trickiest, smoothest and most creative boxers of ...
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Walcott, “Jersey Joe”. ( b. 31 January 1914 in Merchantville, New Jersey; d. 2 February 1994 in Camden, New Jersey ), professional boxer who at age thirty-seven became the oldest fighter to win the sport’s heavyweight championship title (1951), a record he retained until 1994. Walcott was born Arnold Raymond Cream.
Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 - February 25, 1994), better known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was a world heavyweight boxing champion. He became the oldest man to win the heavyweight title at the age of 37. A smooth, agile fighter and consummate counter-puncher, he started his professional career as a lightweight and fought in obscurity for ...
Feb 27, 1994 · CAMDEN, N.J. -- Jersey Joe Walcott, 80, one of the great craftsmen of the boxing ring, who became the oldest man to win the heavyweight championship, died Feb. 25 at a hospital here. The cause of ...
Since his retirement, Jersey Joe Walcott, as Arnold Cream, is the Sheriff of Camden County, elected by one of the widest margins in southern New Jersey’s political history. The popular Walcott maintains his interest in boxing serving as a referee in many championship bouts thru out the world.
Feb 17, 2007 · February 17, 2007 contributed by: Clay Moyle. "Jersey" Joe Walcott, September 16, 1937. Courtesy The Ring (CC BY 3.0) Born on January 31, 1914 in Merchantville, New Jersey, Arnold Raymond Cream was the son of immigrants from Barbados. He took up boxing at age fourteen after his father died and debuted professionally at age 16 as a lightweight ...
