Who is Jack London boxing in this photo?

[jimmystone]

Please.

[Bladder]

Looks like Bruce Woodcock.

[Caractacus]

Jack London died in 1916.
looks like it may possibly be Gunboat Smith (?)
Maybe Jack London was promoting his novel
A PIECE OF STEAK (published in 1909)
BTW Did you know that the reason Gene Tunney supposedly quit boxing
was just after he read THE GAME (published in 1905)

[orbtastic]

Looks like Woodcock to me.

Here's the same fight from another angle:



https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/re ... d637462478

[Caractacus]

BTW are you sure that is Jack London the famous American writer ?
the dude in the photo looks bald-headed
and every photo I have seen of Jack London he has practically a mop of hair on his head.
or did he wear a rug ?
( looks more like Bull Montana there )

[Bladder]

BTW are you sure that is Jack London the famous American writer ?

No, it is Ted Hankey.

[Caractacus]

BTW to all of the American Chaps here.
I just had to find the answer to my own question to this ,because I was temporaly confused having been an American
all of my life.
The dude pictured above is "Jack London" a British boxer and British HW Champion
(and father of British HW Champion Brian London.)
and Not the famous writer who wrote Call of the Wild(1903) ,White Fang ( 1906). The Abysmal Brute (1913) among many other things

[Caractacus]

anyways I think this may be the answer to the posters question.

[wouter]

No, it is Ted Hankey.

Yes. If you look closely you can see a little plastic bat flying in the background. Right behind the young girls hiding under the chair.

[jimglen]

Bruce Woodcock, British Heavyweight Title... Woodcock the Victor.

[jimmystone]

Thank you. Great physique that.

[orbtastic]

He was a decent lump but man he looks lean there. Really lean. I would guess he was the old cruiserweight really. Far too big to make light heavy. He was much bigger than Mills, for example.

[Caractacus]

-1933-
( looks like London's specialty was a heck of a right to the body of his opponents)

[nobleart1978]

The photos were of London fighting Bruce Woodcock

Video was London fighting Jim Wilde at Swansea in 1937

[Caractacus]

both photos were of Woodcock ?
how come then, the first one the dude looks about 6 ft 5"
and the second photo , the dude looks about 5 ft 10" ?
I also noticed in the film that Jimmy Wilde
looks to be wearing the same type of boxing trunks as the photos.

[evrenb]

Both are Woodcock.