Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-12-19 (117 years old)

Place of Birth

Magherageery, Ireland

Jimmy McLarnin

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Archibald McLarnin (19 December 1907 – 28 October 2004) was an Irish-Canadian professional boxer who became a two-time welterweight world champion and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee. McLarnin has been referred to as the greatest Irish boxer of all time. BoxRec ranks McLarnin as the 11th best pound-for-pound fighter of all-time, the second best Canadian boxer of all time after Sam Langford, and the third greatest welterweight of all time.

Known For

Acting

1946

Joe Palooka, Champ as Jimmy McLarnin

1940

Swing with Bing as Himself

1937

Big City as Jimmy McLarnin