"Jimmy McLarnin, flyweight amateur champion of British Columbia, jumped into the pro ranks last night and clipped Young Fry under the chin for the count in the first round. Jimmy showed class and made a big hit. He challenged the winner of the Duncan-Robinson bout.

A crowd of 20,000 gathered to watch 25-year-old Jimmy McLarnin take on the World Welterweight Boxing Champion Young Corbett III. McLarnin, aka the Baby Faced Assassin, was considered the underdog in this fight, but Corbett had one crucial flaw.

2004年10月28日 · Jimmy McLarnin consistently fought the best fighters in the world for 13 years. Among the great opponents he faced are world champions from seven different weight classes, spanning a total of 48 pounds. In 77 career bouts, he met …

James McLarnin, known as Jimmy McLarnin, (19 December 1907 – 28 October 2004) was a Canadian professional boxer who became two-time welterweight world champion and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.

2004年11月27日 · Jimmy “Baby Face” McLarnin, a two-time welterweight boxing champion in an era when each weight division had only one titleholder, has died. He was 96. McLarnin died Oct. 28 at a nursing home...

2024年12月21日 · A look back at Jimmy McLarnin, a great welterweight champion and one of the rare happy endings in boxing history.

2004年11月11日 · It was there, on May 29, 1933, at the age of 26, that Jimmy McLarnin became welterweight champion of the world when he starched rock-jawed Young Corbett III in the first round. One day short of a year later, McLarnin lost the crown to Barney Ross via 15-round decision in Long Island City, N.Y.

Jimmy McLarnin was born on December 19, 1907 in Magherageery, County Down, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Joe Palooka, Champ (1946), Big City (1937) and Tony Canzoneri vs. Jimmy McLarnin (1936). He was married to Lillian Cupit. He died on October 28, 2004 in Richland, Washington, USA.

2024年8月5日 · Name: Jimmy McLarnin Alias: Baby Face/Belfast Spider Birth Name: James Mc Larnin Hometown: Glendale, California, USA Birthplace: Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Died: 2004-10-28 (Age:96) Stance: Orthodox Height: 168cm Reach: 170cm Referee: Record Pro Boxer: Record. Manager: Charles (Pop) Foster; Jimmy McLarnin Gallery

McLarnin was honoured as Canada’s “Boxer of the Half-Century”. He was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and Ring’s Boxing Hall of Fame. Jimmy fought professionally for thirteen years from 1923 to 1936 and held a record of 63 wins (20 KO, 42 decision, 1 foul), and 14 losses (3 draws, 10 decision, 1 KO).