Jack "Kid" Lester (2 May 1891 – 1916) was an American heavyweight boxer.

Biography

He was born in

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as Jack Jubeck on May 2, 1891 to

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parents. He was raised in

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. Lester's record was fairly unspectacular, though his knockout ratio in winning bouts was fairly high. His first manager was Harry Burns, but in 1910, ex-boxing champion Tommy Burns took Lester on. Tommy Burns sent Lester to

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in 1911 to gain fight experience, and in September that year he beat Bill Lang, the Australian heavyweight champion, by points. While in Australia Lester and Burns's relationship became strained and Lester dropped Burns for Hugh MacIntosh. Lester spent the entirety of 1912 in Australia, but by March 1913 Lester was back in the States and fighting in

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. Towards the end of his career he lost two matches to Light Heavyweight champion

Jack Dillon Ernest Cutler Price (February 2, 1891 – August 7, 1942), better known as Jack Dillon, was an American boxer who held the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World. Dillon was often referred to as "Jack the Giant Killer" for his ability to ha ...

. He died in 1916 at the age of 26.

Professional boxing record

References

Best of Times, movie 1986

External links

boxrec.com
Jack Lester biography

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