# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbados-joe-walcott
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:23:03.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbados-joe-walcott"
name: "Barbados Joe Walcott"
slug: "barbados-joe-walcott"
description: "Joe Walcott, also known as Barbados Joe Walcott to distinguish him from the more recent American boxer known by the same name, was a professional boxer from Barbados who reigned as the World Welterweight Champion from 1901 to 1906, becoming the first black man ever to capture the title. He was elected to The Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1955 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991."
tagline: "British boxer (1873-1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbados_Joe_Walcott_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1873-03-13"
deathDate: "1935-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.995440328597807
  historical:           11.37142133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بربادوس جو والكوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Walcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Barbados Joe Walcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باربادوس جو والکات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walcott"
    title: "Joe Walcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Walcott"
    title: "Joe Walcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_Joe_Walcott"
    title: "Barbados Joe Walcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "バルバドス・ジョー・ウォルコット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Walcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Walcott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Walcott"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump