Jimmy McLarnin

Jimmy McLarnin

Born

December 19, 1907

Died

October 28, 2004 (96 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Magherageery, Ireland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Archibald McLarnin (19 December 1907 – 28 October 2004) was an Irish-Canadian professional boxer who became a two-time welterweight world champion and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee. McLarnin has been referred to as the greatest Irish boxer of all time. BoxRec ranks McLarnin as the 11th best pound-for-pound fighter of all-time, the second best Canadian boxer of all time after Sam Langford, and the third greatest welterweight of all time.