Boxers Who Died From A Bout With Tuberculosis

Chuck1052 · Post by **Chuck1052** » 21 Mar 2005, 01:59

Name/Weight Division/Country/When Active As a Boxer

Nonpariel Jack Dempsey, Middleweight/Late 19th Century
(I think that Dempsey died after a bout with tuberculosis.)
Joe Gans, Lightweight, United States, Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Peter Jackson, Heavyweight, Australia, Late 19th Century
Johnny Murphy, Lightweight, United States, Early 20th Century
(Murphy was one of many fine lightweights from the San Francisco Bay Area active at the time.)
Fighting Billy Murray, United States/Middleweight, 1910s

I know that tuberculosis killed many more fighters, especially during the
late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

- Chuck Johnston

robert.snell1 · Post by **robert.snell1** » 21 Mar 2005, 06:13

in the states tb was known as the white plague

lamphey · Post by **lamphey** » 21 Mar 2005, 07:55

Jim Driscoll, Featherweight, Wales, early 1900s.

Ric · Post by **Ric** » 21 Mar 2005, 11:37

Panama Al Brown

robert.snell1 · Post by **robert.snell1** » 21 Mar 2005, 11:42

Career: 1901 - 1919
Died of tuberculosis at the age of 44 on the 30.01.1925.
Over 100,000 people lined the streets of Cardiff, as his funeral procession passed through the city.
The nuns of Nazareth still tend his grave in remembrance of his charitable work.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » 21 Mar 2005, 14:13

British featherweight Nel Tarleton.

enrique · Post by **enrique** » 25 Mar 2005, 10:58

Cuban middleweight Kid Charol who fought Dave Shade to a draw.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » 27 Mar 2005, 16:54

lamphey wrote:Jim Driscoll, Featherweight, Wales, early 1900s.

Boxers Who Died From A Bout With Tuberculosis

Boxers Who Died From A Bout With Tuberculosis

white plague

a great man