Jack Britton
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican boxer (1885-1962)
Jack Britton was an American boxer who was the first three-time world welterweight boxing champion. Born William J. Breslin in Clinton, New York, his professional career lasted for 25 years beginning in 1905.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 2
Awards 2
Connected to Jack 6
Mickey WalkerAlso won WBA World Welterweight Champion
Tony DeMarcoAlso won WBA World Welterweight Champion
Jimmy McLarninAlso won WBA World Welterweight Champion
Young Corbett IIIAlso won WBA World Welterweight Champion
Don JordanAlso won WBA World Welterweight ChampionAbout this person
Jack Britton was an American boxer who was the first three-time world welterweight boxing champion. Born William J. Breslin in Clinton, New York, his professional career lasted for 25 years beginning in 1905. He holds the world record for the number of title bouts fought in a career with 37, many against his arch-rival Ted "Kid" Lewis, against whom he fought 20 times. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Britton as the No. 6 ranked welterweight of all time while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at No. 3. He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1960 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a first-class member in 1990.
United StatesFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.