Don Jordan

Name: Don Jordan
Alias: Geronimo
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1997-04-13 (Age:62)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Reach: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Don Jordan Gallery
• Trainers: Jackie McCoy, Eddie Futch
  
• Managers: Felix Villareal, Harry Kabakoff, Don Nesseth (1957, reported as manager for Jesse Bogart bout), Kirk Kerkorian (1960)

In The Ring, February 1962, page 59, it was reported that Frankie Carbo, Blinky Palermo, Joe Sica, and Louis Dragna were sentenced to jail terms for extortion, in which they muscled in on Jordan's contract. Carbo received 25 years, Sica 20 years, Palermo 15 years, and Dragna 5 years. The sentences were imposed by Judge George Boldt, who also fined the four men $10,000 each. Palermo was let out on $100,000 bail, "pending a hearing by the U.S. Court of Appeals." (See articles in IBRO Journal No. 79: [1]) (Judge Boldt would later become known for "The Boldt Decision" in the federal case of United States vs. Washington, that upheld treaty rights retained by Pacific Northwest Indian Tribes regarding hunting and fishing.)

Jordan died in a San Pedro, California, nursing home. Jordan had been in a coma since September 1996 when he was assaulted and robbed in a Los Angeles parking lot.

Named The Ring magazine Progress of the Year fighter for 1958.

"The Catastrophist: The Troubled World of Don Jordan" by Carlos Acevedo: [2]

Preceded by: Virgil Akins

World Welterweight Champion 5 Dec 1958– 27 May 1960

Succeeded by: Benny (Kid) Paret