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
Brian Mitchell (boxer) rated the world's best junior-lightweight boxer from 1986 to his retirement in 1991. He proved his toughness by making 12 title defences on the road, and he proved his ability time after time when fighting for the world title. Many South Africans would consider him the country's greatest ever pugilist. Today, he is one of South Africa's foremost boxing trainers. Mitchell was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2009. Brian Mitchell (boxer) Brian Mitchell (born 30 August 1961 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional boxer and quite possibly the best South African boxer of all