Jackie Davis of Chicago
In 1929 Jackie Davis of of Springfield, IL (who is the same fighter as Jackie Davis of Chicago), made the final of the the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament at featherweight, the decision was awarded to Barney Ross. Representing Chicago he won the Intercity Golden Gloves at featherweight in the 2nd division vs. James Quinn. Davis had a distinguished professional career where he was a long time contender at featherweight and Junior Lightweight though never getting a title shot. Became a respected boxing referee after his professional fighting career ended.
| Preceded by: Jack Sullivan |
Intercity Golden Gloves 2nd Division Featherweight Champion 1929 |
Succeeded by: Joe Roman |
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Jackie Davis of Chicago is the same fighter as Jackie Davis who had a professional fighting career that went from 1929 to 1935. Davis ended up winning 73 fights, losing 28 and drawing in 18-minus 3 ND bouts over his eight year career. This paged should be Moved to Jackie Davis's professional record page on boxrec which is titled Chicago Jackie Davis.