1. Ernest Cutler Price better known as Jack Dillon, was an American boxer who held the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World.
18 Facts About Jack Dillon
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Jack Dillon was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1959 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Jack Dillon's managers included Sam Murbarger, and later Steve Harter.
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Jack Dillon turned pro in 1908 and claimed the vacant World Light Heavyweight title with a win over Battling Levinsky on April 14,1914, in a twelve-round points decision in Butte, Montana, though at the time his claim to the title was not universally recognized.
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The Los Angeles Times wrote of their title match that Jack Dillon showed more aggression and tenacity than his opponent and that by the third Levinsky was showing signs of fatigue.
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Jack Dillon defeated Levinsky again on May 29,1914, in a twelve-round points decision in Jack Dillon's hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Jack Dillon truly fought the greatest competitors of his era, during the time of the greatest middleweights history had ever known.
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Between 1910 and 1918, Jack Dillon fought the great middleweight champion George Chip twelve times, often beating him in newspaper decisions.
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Jack Dillon fought hard punching German-American Middleweight Champion Frank Klaus four times between 1911 and 1913.
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Jack Dillon fought the great Billy Miske five times from 1916 to 1917 in hotly contested contests before large crowds, though Miske usually won.
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Jack Dillon lost twice to Mike Gibbons, in the decision of most newspapers, in November 1916, and September 1917.
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Jack Dillon fought Middleweight champion Al McCoy three times, impressively winning twice in ten round newspaper wins, once in Brooklyn in 1917, and once in Muncie, Indiana in August 1918.
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On October 24,1916, Jack Dillon lost the belt in a twelve-round points decision against Levinsky in Boston.
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Jack Dillon opened strongly but weakened in the final rounds when Levinsky landed blows to his face, jaw, and body.
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Still facing tough competition, Jack Dillon faced the great Middleweight Champion Harry Greb twice, once on July 30,1917, in Pittsburgh, and once on March 14,1918, in Toledo, Ohio.
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Later in Toledo in 1918, Jack Dillon was pummeled more fiercely and seemed to have lost his championship form.
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In retirement in Florida, Jack Dillon lived next door to a restaurant that he owned and operated.
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Jack Dillon died on August 7,1942, at the State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Florida, where he had spent five months with an illness.