Young Jack Johnson

Name: Young Jack Johnson
Birth Name: John Lee Storey
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Lockhart, Texas, USA
Died: 1963-11-09 (Age:35)
Height: 191cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Managers: Wirt Ross, Bert Lewis, Johnny Forbes
Johnson was a former Army boxing champion. He was discovered by Wirt Ross, who subsequently sold his contract to Bert Lewis and Johnny Forbes.

In the autumn of 1963, he was fatally stabbed by his step-daughter, Bobby Steptoe, at his home in Queens.

Sources

Los Angeles Times, "Bean Favored over Johnson in Bout Tonight," February 13, 1955