Jerry Jerome (boxer)

Jerry Jerome (24 May 1874 – 27 September 1943) was the 1912 Australian middleweight boxing champion. Born just outside Dalby, Queensland he was the first Indigenous Australian to win a major boxing title — defeating Charlie Godfrey to claim the Middleweight Championship of Australia at Brisbane on 7 September 1912.[1] He died in Cherbourg, Queensland.[2] In his professional career he had 24 losses and 40 wins, with 34 by knock-out.[3]

Dave Smith v Jerry Jerome at Sydney Stadium on 19 April 1913

Jerry was the 2008 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Old Timers category.

References
  1. "BOXING". Queensland Times. LIV (8549). Queensland, Australia. 9 September 1912. p. 7 (DAILY). Retrieved 28 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Sports Factor, ABC.com, Interview with Professor Colin Tatz, and others. 19 May 2006.
  3. "100 Not out" Archived 14 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine, A century of sport from the State Library of Queensland.



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