Jimmy McLarnin Boxer

James McLarnin, known as Jimmy McLarnin, (19 December 1907 – 28 October 2004) was an Irish-Canadian professional boxer who became two-time welterweight world champion and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee. 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 greatest welterweight of all-time (ahead of the great Henry Armstrong).

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 19, 1907
Birth place
Hillsborough County Down , Ireland
Nationality
Canadians
Date of deathOctober 28, 2004
Place of death
Richland Washington , United States
Height (meters)1.524

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