Sailor Davis - Revision history

Ric at 17:50, 10 June 2022

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	According to the June 17, 1911 ''Newark Evening Star'' [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-06-17/ed-1/seq-9/], '''Sailor Davis''' (first name unknown) had fought some 75 bouts thus far, with 18 KOs.		According to the June 17, 1911 ''Newark Evening Star'' [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-06-17/ed-1/seq-9/], '''Sailor Davis''' (first name unknown) had fought some 75 bouts thus far, with 18 KOs. (The article then went on to list all his battles to that date.)

	He had been born 23 years earlier in Virginia, and had come to Newark around 1908 when he started his pro boxing career. (Earlier, in 1906, he had won the United States navy welter title before turning pro.)		He had been born 23 years earlier in Virginia, and had come to Newark around 1908 when he started his pro boxing career. (Earlier, in 1906, he had won the United States navy welter title before turning pro.)
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	By May 1911 he had moved to Tichenor Place in Newark, where he had fitted up a gym for himself and [[Buddy Faulkes]]--a fellow African-American boxer. [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-05-01/ed-1/seq-13/]		By May 1911 he had moved to Tichenor Place in Newark, where he had fitted up a gym for himself and [[Buddy Faulkes]]--a fellow African-American boxer. [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-05-01/ed-1/seq-13/]

	Davis was stationed aboard the USS ''Hancock'' docked in the Brooklyn Naval Yard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hancock_(AP-3)] Davis commuted back and forth daily from Brooklyn to Newark to ~~fight~~.		Davis was stationed aboard the USS ''Hancock'' docked in the Brooklyn Naval Yard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hancock_(AP-3)] Davis commuted back and forth daily from Brooklyn to Newark to box. See also: [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-04-06/ed-1/seq-13/]

	~~That June 17 newspaper article then went on to list all his battles to-date.~~


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Ric at 17:09, 9 June 2022

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	According to the June 17, 1911 ''Newark Evening Star'' [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-06-17/ed-1/seq-9/], '''Sailor Davis''' (first name unknown) had fought some 75 bouts thus far, with 18 KOs.		According to the June 17, 1911 ''Newark Evening Star'' [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-06-17/ed-1/seq-9/], '''Sailor Davis''' (first name unknown) had fought some 75 bouts thus far, with 18 KOs.

	He had been born 23 years earlier in Virginia, and ~~came~~ to Newark around 1908 when he started his pro boxing career. (Earlier, in 1906, he had won the United States navy welter title before turning pro.)		He had been born 23 years earlier in Virginia, and had come to Newark around 1908 when he started his pro boxing career. (Earlier, in 1906, he had won the United States navy welter title before turning pro.)

			By May 1911 he had moved to Tichenor Place in Newark, where he had fitted up a gym for himself and [[Buddy Faulkes]]--a fellow African-American boxer. [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-05-01/ed-1/seq-13/]

	Davis was stationed aboard the USS ''Hancock'' docked in the Brooklyn Naval Yard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hancock_(AP-3)] Davis commuted back and forth daily from Brooklyn to Newark to fight.		Davis was stationed aboard the USS ''Hancock'' docked in the Brooklyn Naval Yard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hancock_(AP-3)] Davis commuted back and forth daily from Brooklyn to Newark to fight.

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<human>187644</human>
According to the June 17, 1911 ''Newark Evening Star'' [https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn91064011/1911-06-17/ed-1/seq-9/], '''Sailor Davis''' (first name unknown) had fought some 75 bouts thus far, with 18 KOs.

He had been born 23 years earlier in Virginia, and came to Newark around 1908 when he started his pro boxing career. (Earlier, in 1906, he had won the United States navy welter title before turning pro.)

Davis was stationed aboard the USS ''Hancock'' docked in the Brooklyn Naval Yard. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hancock_(AP-3)] Davis commuted back and forth daily from Brooklyn to Newark to fight.

That June 17 newspaper article then went on to list all his battles to-date.

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[[Category:African American Boxers]]