BOXER

Jackie Fields

1908 - 1987

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Jackie Fields (Jacob Finkelstein, February 9, 1908 – June 3, 1987) was an American professional boxer who won the Undisputed Welterweight Championship twice. Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Fields as the #19 ranked welterweight of all-time. Fields was elected to the United Savings-Helms Hall of Boxing Fame in 1972, the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979, the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1987, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Jackie Fields is the 230th most popular boxer (up from 250th in 2024), the 12,650th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,162nd in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Jackie Fields ranks 230 out of 496. Before him are Alfonso Pérez, Kubrat Pulev, Antonio Tarver, Armando Martínez, Joseph Parker, and Imane Khelif. After him are Alan Minter, Mircea Fulger, Kim Kwang-sun, Shannon Briggs, Damir Škaro, and Dmitry Bivol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jackie Fields ranks 412. Before him are Luis Pérez, Billy Gonsalves, Antony Tudor, Raymond Scott, Jean Claessens, and Vic Lindquist. After him are Imogene Coca, Lilian Bond, Polly Ann Young, Harry Blackmun, Dennis O'Keefe, and Eddie Hapgood. Among people deceased in 1987, Jackie Fields ranks 257. Before him are Hermione Gingold, Antony Tudor, Alexander Wood, Silvio Pietroboni, Joan Greenwood, and Obafemi Awolowo. After him are Esmond Knight, Walter Abel, Frank Carlson, Fela Sowande, Gus Johnson, and Cathryn Damon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jackie Fields ranks 12,650 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Acton (1972), and Bobby Goldsboro (1941). After him are Blake Shelton (1976), Hughie Thomasson (1952), Steven Lindsey (1960), Harold Stephen Black (1898), Roger L. Jackson (1958), Jenifer Lewis (1957), Ralph Merkle (1952), Walter Bahr (1927), Anderson Cooper (1967), and George Whitefield Chadwick (1854).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Jackie Fields ranks 71. Before him are Wilfred Benítez (1958), Terence Crawford (1987), Fidel LaBarba (1905), Bruce Seldon (1967), Micky Ward (1965), and Antonio Tarver (1968). After him are Shannon Briggs (1971), Chris Byrd (1970), Laila Ali (1977), Ryan Garcia (1998), Shane Mosley (1971), and Gene Fullmer (1931).

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