Gorilla Jones
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Name: Gorilla Jones
Birth Name: William Jones
Born: 1906-05-12
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Died: 1982-01-04 (Age:75)
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Akron, Ohio, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 9″ / 175cm
Reach: 75″ / 191cm
Boxing Record: click
Manager: Suey Welch
Trainer: Joe Stanley
- Another photo
- Photo (between Gus Lesnevich & Freddie Steele)
- This boxer is to be distinquished from the original Gorilla Jones, who campaigned during the late teens-early 1920s.
Post Boxing Career
Jones was a trainer on the Pacific Coast from the mid-to-late 1940s until the 1970s, working with Milo Savage, Johnny Wells, Irish Bob Murphy, and later with Suey Welch's boxer Gil King during the early 1970s.
