Charles Turner
Name: Charles Turner
Alias: Stockton Cyclone
Hometown: Stockton, California, USA
Birthplace: California, USA
Died: 1913-08-13 (Age:50)
Pro Boxer: Record
Charles Turner died August 13, 1913, at age 51 years at his mother's home in Stockton. Fellow boxer Rufe Turner, his brother, was at his bed-side. Tacoma Daily News (See also, San Francisco Call [1].)
- Turner's entry in the 1900 census (San Joaquin, California), which gives his occupation as "Pugilist", recorded a birth date of June 1863 in California, his father being born in Arkansas and his mother in Virginia. He was unmarried and literate. (Source: Boxing Historian Tony Gee).
In the April 30, 1893 Carson City Nevada Morning Appeal, Turner is said to be 34 years old, five feet ten inches tall about 190 pounds. He fought a 49 round draw with Billy McRhuson, beat Pete Brown in 4 rounds, Billy Graham in 4 rounds, Jack McAuley in 10 rounds, Joe Donovan in 4 rounds, Jack Bishop (210 pounds) in 11 rounds, William Johnson in 16 rounds, Jack McAuley again in 10 rounds, Billy Ross in 9 and lost to Soldier Walker in 23 rounds.