Johnny Loftus
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Trainer Johnny Loftus (bottom right) with fighters Johnny Kilbane (top left), Leo Houck (top center) and Sam Robideau (top right), and manager Jack McGuigan (bottom left), in a photo taken circa 1910-1915.
- Renowned early 20th-century boxing trainer from Philadelphia.
- Birth year circa 1875, death year uncertain.
- Among those he worked with were world champions Abe Attell, Young Corbett II, George Dixon, Danny Dougherty, George Gardner, Jack Johnson, Stanley Ketchel, Kid McCoy, Terry McGovern, Frankie Neil and Battling Nelson.
- Worked with other noted fighters such as Bobby Barrett, Al Ettore, Frankie Conway, Leach Cross, Willie Fitzgerald, Jimmy Gardner (younger brother of George), Eddie Hanlon, Leo Houck, Al Kaufman, Tommy Langdon, Hughey McGovern (younger brother of Terry), Tommy O'Keefe, Sam Robideau and Unk Russell.
- Managed 1930s Philadelphia bantamweight Jimmy Mack.
- 1911 article on Loftus in The Reading Eagle.