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Does anyone have information or details on Jack Gardner's fights with Bruce Woodcock and Joe Bygraves?

Did he lose on cuts to Bygraves by TKO round 2?

Writing a bio on him and I need more details. I saw his amatuer fight against Johnny Morkus and Gardner's KO victory of Williams.

I think Johnny Williams was a great boxer and Jack Gardner was a great fighter.

Williams is overrated, or at least when they act like he was better than Jack Gardner. The first fight, Gardner beat Williams to a pulp in the Fight of the Year. The second fight, Williams won a close decision over Gardner for his titles and the newspapers even suggested that the first thing Williams should do is have a rematch. The third fight, Gardner knocked out Williams.

Corey, it sounds like you are really serious trying to find out as much as possible about fighters named Gardner. Might I suggest that you do some research with contemporary sources, such as newspapers?

There is a commercial service you can purchase on a subscription basis that has lots of newspapers on-line: newspaperarchive.com The coverage, however, is sometimes hit and miss, but they keep expanding and you can find more and more papers on-line through this service.

In addition, the old Brooklyn Eagle is available on-line, and the Library of Congress has a fairly large collection of newspapers on-line. Just go the websites, and you can navigate your way to the on-line historic newspapers.

Also, if you live in or near a major city, many large public libraries subscribe to an on-line service called "ProQuest." Several of the major newspapers are available through this service, including the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Post, the Atlanta Constitution, etc.

Finally, if you live in or near a city that has a major university, even better! Many universities have extensive newspaper microfilm archives. (For example, if you live in or near Las Vegas, UNLV has one of the finest repositories of newspapers from the western United States. The University of Missouri, with its outstanding school of journalism, has extensive microfilm archives. UCLA is good too.)

If you can't find a newspaper on microfilm at the library or on-line, don't despair. Your local library can probably get any microfilm newspapers that it doesn't have through interlibrary loan. Talk to your local librarian about resources available to you.

I hope this helps, and good luck with your research!