Jersey Joe Walcott Charles prevailed, winning by decision in 15 rounds. Walcott, disappointed but eager to see his dream of being a champion come true, went on, and in 1950, he won four of his five bouts, including a three-round knockout of future world light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson. On March 7, 1951, he and Charles fought for a second time and again Charles won a 15-round decision to retain his world title. But on July 18, he joined a handful of boxers who claimed the world title in their fifth try, when he knocked out Charles in seven rounds in Pittsburgh, to
Frederic C. Walcott of Bethume Cookman College, Daytona, Florida, from 1922 to 1948. He also served as regent of the Smithsonian Institution from 1941 to 1948. Walcott died in Stamford, Connecticut on April 27, 1949 (age 80 years, 67 days). He is interred at New Milford Center Cemetery in New Milford. Frederic C. Walcott Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869April 27, 1949) was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, Walcott attended the public schools of Utica, New York and graduated from Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, New Jersey) in 1886, from Phillips Academy (Andover, Massachusetts) in