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Johnny Buckley is a legendary Irish
boxing Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
manager and promoter from Boston, Massachusetts mostly during the first half of the 20th century who has handled some of the most famous boxers in the world including 3 World Champions. He guided
Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey (born Joseph Paul Zukauskas, , October 26, 1902 – August 17, 1994) was a Lithuanian-American boxer who held the NYSAC, NBA, and ''The Ring'' heavyweight titles from 1932 to 1933. Boxing career He took his ring name from his ...
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Lou Brouillard Lucien Pierre Brouillard, better known as Lou Brouillard, (May 23, 1911 – September 14, 1984), was a Canadians, Canadian professional boxing, boxer who held the list of undisputed world boxing champions#Welterweight, Undisputed World Welterweig ...
and Paul Pender to world boxing titles. Buckley is a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame.


Jack Sharkey

Buckley managed Sharkey to a victories which included capturing the Heavyweight Championship of North America on September 26, 1929, by beating
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with a third round knockout. Sharkey also scored an impressive fifteen round decision over
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on October 12, 1931. On June 21, 1932, Sharkey beat
Max Schmeling Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (, ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxing, boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cul ...
with a fifteen round decision in Long Island City, New York. The win against Schmeling allowed Sharkey to regain the
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Heavyweight Championship of the world after losing the title initially by disqualification in the fourth round of the first fight against Schmeling two years earlier on June 12, 1930, for a low blow.


Lou Brouillard

Under Buckley, Brouillard defeated "Young" Jack Thompson on October 23, 1931, to win the World Welterweight Championship. He would go on to win the Middleweight Championship of the world with a seventh round knockout of
Ben Jeby Ben Jeby (born Benjamin Morris Jebaltowsky; December 27, 1909 – October 5, 1985), was an American world champion middleweight boxer from the Lower East Side of New York City. He was managed by the legendary Hymie Caplin.Silver, Mike, "Sta ...
on August 9, 1933, in New York, New York.


Paul Pender

Buckley watched as Pender beat
Sugar Ray Robinson Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarde ...
twice by decision in 1960, the first earning him the Middleweight Championship of the world. He successfully defended his middleweight crown two times in 1961 against
Terry Downes Terry Downes, BEM (9 May 1936 – 6 October 2017) was a British middleweight boxer, occasional film actor, and businessman. He was nicknamed the "Paddington Express" for his aggressive fighting style. At the time of his death, Downes was Brit ...
and
Carmen Basilio Carmen Basilio (born Carmine Basilio, April 2, 1927 – November 7, 2012) was an American professional boxer who was a two-time Undisputed Welterweight Champion and Undisputed Middleweight champion, beating Sugar Ray Robinson for the latter ...
before losing the title in a rematch with Downes on July 11, 1961, in London, England. One year later he would regain the Middleweight Championship scoring a fifteen round decision over Downes in their third and final meeting on April 7, 1962.


Death

Buckley died on August 6, 1963, in St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (Boston), St. Elizabeth's Hospital. He was 74 years old.New York Times Obituaries - Johnny Buckley
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World Champions

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Jack Sharkey Jack Sharkey (born Joseph Paul Zukauskas, , October 26, 1902 – August 17, 1994) was a Lithuanian-American boxer who held the NYSAC, NBA, and ''The Ring'' heavyweight titles from 1932 to 1933. Boxing career He took his ring name from his ...
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Lou Brouillard Lucien Pierre Brouillard, better known as Lou Brouillard, (May 23, 1911 – September 14, 1984), was a Canadians, Canadian professional boxing, boxer who held the list of undisputed world boxing champions#Welterweight, Undisputed World Welterweig ...
* Paul Pender


References


External links


Boxrec Boxing Encyclopedia - Johnny Buckley
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