Mack Spaw

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Name: Mack Spaw
Birth Name: Mack C. Spaw
Hometown: Globe, Arizona, USA
Birthplace: Dripping Springs, Texas, USA
Died: 1978-03-02 (Age:80)
Pro Boxer: Record

According to his page on the Find A Grave website, one Mack C. Spaw was born in Dripping Springs, Texas on October 12, 1897 and died in San Luis Obispo, California on March 2, 1978. He is buried in Los Osos Memorial Park in Los Osos, California.

According to the "Fanning" column on the sports page in the May 20, 1926 edition of the Arizona Republic (Phoenix, Arizona) on Newspapers.com, Mack Spaw was a cousin of fellow boxer, Jack "Spar," Note- Jack Sparr?Spar (real name: John Warren Spaw) was a very active boxer based in Arizona and Southern California from 1918 to 1930, according to his record on the BoxRec website. Sparr was the father of Jackie McCoy (real name: Warren Spaw), who had a very interesting career as a professional boxer before becoming a famous boxing manager, trainer and cornerman.