Billy Fox (boxer) Contents Boxing career Popular culture References External links Navigation menu"Reel Life: 'Raging Bull'""BLINKY PALERMO, MOBSTER WHO RAN BOXING DIES!"Professional boxing record for Billy Fox

Boxers from OklahomaLight-heavyweight boxers1926 birthsLiving peopleSportspeople from Tulsa, OklahomaAmerican male boxers


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Billy Fox
Statistics
Weight(s)Light Heavyweight
NationalityAmerican
Born
(1926-04-20) April 20, 1926 (age 92)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights58
Wins48
Wins by KO47
Losses9
Draws1
No contests0

"Blackjack" Billy Fox (born April 20, 1926) is a retired American light heavyweight boxer. He is best known for having won a controversial fight against future middleweight champion Jake LaMotta.




Contents





  • 1 Boxing career


  • 2 Popular culture


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Boxing career


Billy Fox, known as "Blackjack", started off his career by winning 36 consecutive fights, all by knockout, before he was knocked out by Gus Lesnevich for the world light heavyweight title. He would rack up 7 more wins, including a win in a bout thrown by Jake LaMotta.[1] That fight was fixed by the notorious Frank "Blinky" Palermo, a member of the Philadelphia crime family, who owned Fox under the table.[2] Fox then lost two fights in a row against Red Willis Applegate and Gus Lesnevich, to whom he lost in the first round by a knockout in 1:58 seconds.


He would fight 12 more fights, and amass a record of 48 wins (47 by knockout), 9 losses, and 1 draw. His knockout ratio is 81 percent.



Popular culture


Billy Fox was portrayed in Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull by Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.



References




  1. ^ Jeff Merton, ESPN.com. Page 2 - "Reel Life: 'Raging Bull'" Accessed 7 January 2008.


  2. ^ "BLINKY PALERMO, MOBSTER WHO RAN BOXING DIES!". Ring Talk. Retrieved 9 September 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em




External links



  • Professional boxing record for Billy Fox from BoxRec

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