Jimmy Clark (boxer)

James G. Clark (February 26, 1914 – September 12, 1994), also known as Jimmy Atkinson, was an American boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1]

He was born James Clark Atkinson in Norfolk, Virginia, to parents Ernest Atkinson and Beatrice Davis.^[1][2]

At the 1936 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the middleweight class after losing his fight to Henryk Chmielewski. After the Olympics, he turned professional with a career record of 19 wins and 20 losses.^[1] His biggest professional win was a first-round knockout of Tony Zale on February 21, 1938 in Chicago.^[2]

Clark was inducted into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Buffalo Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998.^[2] An Army veteran of World War II, he died at the age of 80 in Jamestown, New York.^[2]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimmy Clark". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
2. "Jimmy Clark". Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 28, 2015.

External links

• Boxing record for Jimmy Clark from BoxRec (registration required)
• Biography for Jimmy Clark from BoxRec