Walter Whitehead

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Name: Walter Whitehead
Alias: L.C. Whitehead
Hometown: Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Birthplace: Cuba
Died: 1910-01-13
Pro Boxer: Record

  • African American but also reported as being a "Cuban"
  • Fought from around 1904, lived in Fargo and Grand Forks as well as Duluth.
  • 1906 reportedly working as a waiter in the Ryan Hotel, St. Paul, MN, while also fighting.
  • Stabbed half a dozen times by Ralph Jones in an argument over a dice game at Duluth. He lingered for about a week before dying. Jones pleaded guilty in March and was sentenced to 30 years.