Professional boxer. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
in 1991.
Won world middleweight boxing championship in 1897. Never defended his
title, but moved up to heavyweight class.
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 395-396.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Biography in: "The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame
Official Record Book". Third edition, pp. 162-163. Ithaca, NY: McBooks
Press, 2002.
Convicted of manslaughter in the death of Theresa Mors, a wealthy
antique shop owner with whom he was living. They had planned to be
married (the 10th time for him) as soon as her divorce became final. He
was sentenced to 10 years.