Jim McCormick

Name: Jim McCormick
Alias: McDonald
Birth Name: John Heimann
Hometown: Galveston, Texas, USA
Birthplace: Galveston, Texas, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 189cm
Reach: 203cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Managed briefly by John L. Sullivan.

Jim McCormick of Texas, managed by John L. Sullivan, fought Gus Ruhlin August 11, 1905 at Colma, California. [1]

Jim McCormick fought World Champion Jack Johnson several times.

• Worked as a trial horse for John L Sullivan during the latter's vaudeville tour in 1905. Met all comers who wanted a crack at Sullivan and $50.
• March 1906 married Lucretia Vincent, former vaudeville beauty.
• July 1906 Joplin, MO. McCormick arrested for assault and battery with intent to commit robbery of one Fred Dunham.

He is sometimes confused with Jack McCormick of Philadelphia--an error traceable to the 1906 edition of T. S. Andrews World’s Sporting Annual Record Books and the 1944 edition of the Ring Record Book..

Article in the May 5th, 1905 Spokane Press with McCormick's own account of his record: [2]