Larry Derrick
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Name: Larry Derrick
Alias: Larry Johnson
Birth Name: George Washington Jones
Hometown: Sacramento, California, USA
Pro Boxer: Record
- Larry Derrick turned professional on April 14, 1936 in Los Angeles, California under the name Larry Johnson.
- He was inactive in 1937.
- He returned to the ring as Larry Derrick on January 12, 1938.
- Eddie Mueller stated in his May 8, 1938 column that Derrick formerly fought under the name Larry Johnson in 1936.
- Derrick admitted to Alan Ward in his May 19, 1938 column that he fought under the name of Larry Johnson as a 17-year-old high school student in 1936.
- Not to be confused with West Oakland lightweight Young Derrick.