Barbados Joe Walcott
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Joe Walcott was a professional boxer from Barbados who reigned as the World Welterweight Champion from 1901 to 1906, becoming the first black man ever to capture the title. He is retrospectively known
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Sam Langford, circa 1910
Walcott (left) with Joe Gans in 1904
Honey Mellody, 1910s
Jersey Joe Walcott
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Arnold Raymond Cream, best known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1930 to 1953. He held the New York State Athletic Commission, National Boxing Association,
Barbados Joe Walcott
…He is retrospectively known as Barbados Joe Walcott to distinguish him from American heavyweight Arnold Cream (1914–1994), who adopted the ring name Jersey Joe Walcott to honor his predecessor. He was elected to The Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1955 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991…
Walcott (left) with Robert Culp in the television series Cain's Hundred in 1962
Jersey Joe Walcott in 1937
Ezzard Charles (left) dodges a right hand from Jersey Joe Walcott (right) during their first boxing match on June 22, 1949, at Comiskey Park in Chicago
Rocky Marciano (left) and Walcott (right) pose with their signed contract to fight for the heavyweight title, c. August 1952