Joe Gans George Dixon, won the Bantamweight World Title in 1892. Barbados Joe Walcott won the World Welterweight title on December 18, 1901. Gans reigned as champion from 1902 to 1908. A slender man, never weighing over 137 pounds. Gans frequently fought heavier boxers, adding to the legend of his scientific fighting technique. On January 6, 1902, Gans defeated the former World Welterweight Champion Canadian born Eddie Connolly. Connolly lost in a five round disqualification at the Washington Sports Club in Philadelphia. One reporter noted that Connolly, "did nothing but hug and wrestle, adding variety to his performance in the third by
Gregory Walcott Jackie Cooper. He was frequently cast in westerns like "Bonanza" (seven times), "Maverick", "Frontier Doctor", "Wagon Train", "The High Chaparral", "26 Men", "Sugarfoot" (with Will Hutchins and cast opposite another guest star, Joi Lansing, in the 1958 episode "Bullet Proof"), "Laramie", "The Rifleman", "The Tall Man", "The Dakotas", and in several episodes of CBS's "Rawhide", through which he began a long collaboration with Clint Eastwood. Walcott had featured roles in Eastwood's films "Joe Kidd" (1972), "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974), "The Eiger Sanction" (1975), and "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978). Walcott made a guest appearance on "Perry Mason" as Bill