Why didn't Peter Jackson become a charter member of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame? It appears that Llew Edwards, Fritz Holland and Harry Stone are not members of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame. If they are not, what is the reason? Besides being very prominent boxers in Australia when that country was a very important boxing center, all three were Australian titleholders and had many bouts in the country. While fighting in Australia, Edwards compiled a tremendous record while Holland and Stone compiled credible ones. In regards to being considered for induction into the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame, one possible drawback for Edwards, Holland and Stone is that all three were foreign-born. But Holland and Stone, both American-born fighters, resided in New Zealand and Australia respectively for the rest of their lives after they retired as boxers. I do not know where the UK-Edwards lived after he retired. - Chuck Johnston
During the first couple of decades of the 20th Century, legal restrictions seriously hampered professional boxing in the United States despite the fact it certainly was a boxing center during that period of time. At the time, both France and Australia may have become important boxing centers partly due to the legal restrictions on the sport in the U.S. Notice that I wrote in a previous post on this thread that Australia was "A" boxing center at during the era, not "THE" boxing center. Look at how many top fighters from North America fought in France and Australia during the first two decades of the 20th Century . For instance, American-born Sam McVea fought in France and Australia over a span of about seven years before finally returning to his native country. During the 1920s, very few, if any, top North American fighters fought in Australia or France largely because there were far more opportunities to get lucrative bouts in the United States than during the previous twenty years. - Chuck Johnston
