Boxing: Jersey Joe Walcott dies
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Your support makes all the difference.Jersey Joe Walcott, the oldest man to reign as world heavyweight champion, died in Camden, New Jersey late on Friday. He was 80. Walcott, who lost a record six heavyweight title fights, finally won the crown on 7 July 1951 with a seventh-round knockout of Ezzard Charles. Walcott, 37 at the time, defended the title a year later, beating Charles again, but he lost the title later in 1952 when knocked out by Rocky Marciano.
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