The guy is Sam Berger, an amateur champion, and friend of Jim Jeffries, also the main sparring partner of Big Jeff...
The Boilermaker a little later on This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
Old Beau Jack who was the most crowd pleasing fighter I ever saw... So exciting that Beau Jack SOLD out MSG 7 times in one year...I saw Beau Jack demolished by Ike Williams in Philly in 1948...Ref almost caused Beau Jack his life ala Benny Paret...Beau's nemesis was the great Ike Williams....SAD to see for me, as the first pro card my dad took me to see was headlined by Beau Jack....
Just a cocky kid from Pittsburgh This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
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Must've been a sight to see Beau Jack in the flesh doing what he did best a great but sadly mostly forgotten fighter...I've seen the footage of Williams TKO over Jack, very brutal.