Jim Hall

Professional Boxer, Boxer

1868 – 1913

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Who was Jim Hall?

Montague James Furlong, commonly known as Jim Hall, was an Australian middleweight boxer. He won the Australian middleweight title in 1887 before moving to the United States in an attempt to capture the World title from Jack Dempsey. Described as "one of the best little fighters that ever lived" in The Milwaukee Journal, Hall's career was affected by alcoholism, and he died of tuberculosis in 1913.

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Born
Jul 22, 1868
Australia
Nationality
  • Australia
Profession
Lived in
  • New South Wales
  • Beloit
Died
Mar 14, 1913
Stevens Point

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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