Jack Britton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Boxing champion
Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1885
Place of Birth: Clinton, New York, United States
Date of Death: 27-Mar-1962
Profession: boxer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Jack Britton
- Jack Britton (October 14, 1885 – March 27, 1962) was three-time world welterweight boxing champion.
- Born William J.
- Breslin in Clinton, New York, his professional career lasted for 25 years beginning in 1905.
- He holds the world record for the number of title bouts fought in a career with 37 (18 of which ended in no decisions), many against his arch-rival Ted "Kid" Lewis, against whom he fought 20 times.
- Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Britton as the #6 ranked welterweight of all time while The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #3.
- He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1960 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame as a first-class member in 1990.Ernest Hemingway's short story "Fifty Grand" is based on the Jack Britton/Mickey Walker fight in Madison Square Garden on November 1, 1922.
- Other sources link this story to the Britton/Benny Leonard fight the previous June in the Bronx Hippodrome where Leonard lost in what appeared to be an intentional foul.
- Leonard was specifically mentioned in the first draft of Hemingway's short story.
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