Gorilla Jones ("The Fighting Gorilla")

[1] Jones won on a first round disqualification against Battling Ortega from a low blow in Colorado, Springs on September 1, 1921.

[2] On January 6, 1922, Jones defeated well known black boxer Speedball Hayden in a ninth round knockout at Fort Bliss Arena in El Paso, Texas.

Hayden had defeated Jones earlier on April 1, 1921 in Phoenix, Arizona in an eight round points decision.

[3][1] Because of the color bar in pro boxing, Jones never competed for the world title which was not open to black boxers during his career.

He won the World Colored Welterweight Championship from Eddie Palmer, the inaugural champion, in a twenty round points decision in New Orleans on February 15, 1915, though he apparently never defended it.