Jim Savage

Name: Jim Savage
Birth Name: James Roach Savage
Hometown: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Birthplace: Orange, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1949-04-16 (Age:67)
Height: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Managers: Dan Morgan, Jack Gilmartin
Trainer: Chris Freeman

• Jim Savage's brother Danny Savage also boxed professionally.
• Photo 2, Photo 3; Another photo (& article): [1]
• Between 1905 and 1906 Jim Savage worked as one of Bob Fitzsimmons's sparring partners.
• Made debut on Summit Athletic Club stag card Feb 9, 1906 against one Vane Carlton. Result unknown.
• Scheduled to box 3 rounds with Peter Maher at Summit AC in March 1906, but the gate receipts were stolen and the card fell through.
• Sept 5, 1907: Savage was to box Kid Cutler in a six round preliminary to a bout between Jim Barry and Jack Blackburn at the Savoy A.C. in Bridgeport, Conn. Result unknown.
• November 30, 1909: Savage was scheduled to box 15 rounds with Jack Reed at Allentown, PA but had to back out because of bruised ribs.
• January 17, 1910: Savage boxed Black Bill in a lively six round exhibition at Orange's Armory.
• April 27, 1910: Savage is to fight a rematch with Dan 'Porky' Flynn at Boston but is stricken with what is believed to be appendicitis and returns home. He spends two weeks in St Mary's Hospital in Orange, NJ.
• Sept 7, 1910: It is reported in the Newark Evening Star that Margaret (nee Allen), the wife of Jim Savage, passed away at their home at 157 Washington Street.
• December 1910: Savage is involved with arranging a benefit boxing card to aid victims of the Newark factory fire.
• Born James Roach Savage on May 13,1881 in Orange, New Jersey to fire chief Michael Savage (Ancestry.com)
• According to his obituary, Savage worked as a trainer at the Friars Club and Motion Picture Club in New York City, conditioning stars including John McCormack, Bing Crosby and Major Edward Bowes. He died of a heart attack at his Orange, New Jersey, home April 16, 1949. (New York Times Obituary - April 17, 1949)