Jack Kentworth

Name: Jack Kentworth
Alias: Kenworth
Hometown: Salem, Oregon, USA
Stance: Southpaw
Pro Boxer: Record

An ex-convict, according to the Tacoma Times newspaper (Tacoma, WA, USA), March 2, 1932, Jack Kentworth was accused of murdering fellow Portland boxer Johnny Hansen. On July 2, 1932, Kentworth pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Kentworth was mentioned in an April 12, 1936 Portland Oregonian article about a magazine being produced by prisoners at the Oregon State Penitentiary. Kentworth was the most prolific contributor to that publication.

According to the June 30, 1955 Oregon Statesman, inmate and future boxer Jack Kentworth was discovered by Salem promoter Harry Plant while working on boxing shows at the Salem Penitentiary.

The March 3, 1932 edition of the same newspaper reported that Kentworth had been released from prison on March 2, 1929. Kentworth had served two years for burglary committed in Umatilla County.

It was believed that Kentworth was not his real name, and that he was connected with a prominent family in the East. Reportedly upon his release from prison, he had been given a new name.

According to Ancestry.com, there was a John J. Kentworth on the 1930 U.S. Census living in Oregon. He was 24 years old and was born in Texas. He was listed as being a boxer. He may have been born in 1905. One John Kentworth is listed in the several editions of Elyria, Ohio Chronicle-Telegram. No one with the name of John or Jack Kentworth was found in the Oregon Death Records database on Ancestry.com.