Billy Fox (boxer) Billy Fox (boxer) "Blackjack" Billy Fox (born April 20, 1926) is a retired American light heavyweight boxer. He is best known for having won a controversial fight against future middleweight champion Jake LaMotta. Billy Fox, known as "Blackjack", started off his career by winning 36 consecutive fights, all by knockout, before he was knocked out by Gus Lesnevich for the world light heavyweight title. He would rack up 7 more wins, including a win in a bout thrown by Jake LaMotta. That fight was fixed by the notorious Frank "Blinky" Palermo, a member of the Philadelphia crime family, who owned
Jack Parker (boxer) points by the English fighter, William Butler, who went on to win the gold medal. During World War II, Parker served as a stoker first class in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Parker died on 9 August 1993, and was buried at Makara Cemetery. Jack Parker (boxer) John Arthur Leonard Parker (10 July 1915 – 9 August 1993) was a New Zealand amateur boxer, who represented his country at the 1938 British Empire Games, and won one national amateur title in the bantamweight division. Born in Wellington on 10 July 1915, Parker was the son of Joseph Elvery Parker and