Jimmy McLarnin

2019-05-20T17:58:14Z

Bob:

[[File:McLarnin.Jimmy.2.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Jimmy McLarnin]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1991 Old Timer Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/mclarnin.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
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'''Manager''': [[Charles (Pop) Foster]] 
'''[[:Category:Jimmy McLarnin Gallery|Jimmy McLarnin Gallery]]'''

*Also known as the "Irish Lullaby," the "Beltin' Celt," and the "Dublin Dynamiter."
*His two amateur fights against Mickey Gill were:
5/25/1923 - Lost by decision in Vancouver for the B.C. championships final (described as a robbery)
8/19/1923 - Won by decision in Vancouver to win the B.C. championship
*His brother, [[Sammy McLarnin|Sammy]], also was a professional boxer. Little is known about his career at this time.
*On October 27, 1933, in Los Angeles, both McLarnin and his manager, Pop Foster (who was born in Leeds, England in 1880), became American citizens.
*McLarnin was also quite a competent golfer and played regularly with his good friends Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Fred Astaire.
*McLarnin and his wife lived in Glendale, California. She died in 1985. They were married for fifty years and had four children.
*McLarnin later moved to the Tri-Cities area of Washington state to live with family there. Up until circa early 2003, he was doing fine physically and mentally. He then developed Alzeimer's Disease and was placed in a nursing-care facility in Pasco, Washington, where he died in 2004.
*The [[:Ring Magazine: May 1994|May 1994 issue]] of [[The Ring Magazine]] ranked McLarnin as the fifth [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest welterweight of all-time]].

== External Links ==
*[http://www.boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51871 Andy Lytle Newspaper Excerpts]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/10/sports/othersports/10mclarnin.html?_r=0 "Jimmy McLarnin, Top Boxer Called Baby Face, Dies at 96" New York Times]

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Tommy Loughran

2017-10-30T13:39:24Z

Bob: /* Biography */

[[File:Loughran.Tommy.2.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Tommy Loughran]]
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1991 Old Timer Category Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/loughran.html click]]]
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]
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'''Division''': Light Heavyweight 
'''Manager''': [[Joe Smith]] 
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===Biography===

'''Tommy Loughran''' (born November 29, 1902, Philadelphia, PA ? died July 7, 1982, Altoona, PA) was the 1927-1929 undefeated Light-Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world and is regarded as one of the most skilled fighters of all time.

Loughran's effective use of coordinated foot work, sound defense and swift, accurate counter punching is now regarded as a precursor to the techniques practiced in modern boxing. Loughran fought many middleweight, light-heavyweight, and heavyweight champions in his career - including [[Gene Tunney]], [[Jack Sharkey]] and Georges Carpentier. In his esteemed career Loughran even achieved a Newspaper Decision over fistic phenom Harry Greb. Loughran was but 19 years old when he first met Greb.

As a light heavyweight, he defeated two future world heavyweight champions: [[Max Baer]] and [[James J. Braddock]]. Loughran finally fought [[Primo Carnera]] for the Heavyweight title. Despite the 8 inch size disadvantage, the age disadvantage and weight disadvantage Loughran was up against, he still managed to beat the colossus - at least that's how the fans and critics since have ruled it. The judges however thought differently.

In later years, when interviewed for the book, Loughran reportedly agreed to only be awarded a win if he could stop the giant. Considering the conditions, Loughran's state and Carnera's connections, it is not unfair to assume some sort of corruption was at hand.

While Loughran is remembered among boxing's elite, his career was marred by his fragile hands and jaw. Loughran was also a very small Light heavyweight and possessed no fear of larger men. Loughran fought regularly, even taking fights with only a few hours notice. When examining Loughran's career one must consider the, almost masochistic, abuse Loughran embraced.

Record Notes. Several bouts that were included in early published records for Loughran are not included in his BoxRec record, because they have not yet been verified. They are as follows: 1920, Bill Clark, W ko 3; 1920, Eddie Moran, W ko 4; 1920, Joe Brock, w ko 2; 1921, Ted Mitchell, No decision, 8; 1921. If and when these fights are verified, they will be added to BoxRec.

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*Featured on the covers of the [[Ring Magazine: December 1927|December 1927]] ''The Ring'' and [[:Image:SDM2712.jpg|Self-Defense]] magazines
*Named [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year]] for 1929 and 1931
*Promoting boxing programs in Philadelphia at the Metropolitan Opera House in the winter of 1939-40.
*Was a contestant on an early (circa 1956) episode of the American television series "To Tell the Truth" -- All four members of the panel correctly guessed Loughran.
*Became a well-known bridge card-game player.
*Died at Altoona, PA
*[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/loughran.htm CBZ Record]
*1979 ''Sports Illustrated'' [http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1094862/index.htm article] re: Loughran serving as [[Jack Dempsey]]'s sparring partner in 1926.
*"Saint Monica Parish and Tommy Loughran": [http://www.philaplace.org/story/1866/]

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