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
George Barnes (boxer) the Australian middleweight title in 1921 under the name Frank Burns, they were reputedly the first father and son combination to win national titles anywhere in the world George Barnes was the brother of the boxers; Don Barnes , Bill Barnes , and Ron Barnes . George Barnes (boxer) George Barnes (20 February 1927 — 23 August 2000 (aged 73)) born in Temora, New South Wales is an Australian professional light/light welter/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s who won the Queensland (Australia) State light welterweight title, Australian light welterweight title, Australian welterweight title, and British Empire welterweight title,