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Jack Solomons was a British boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 promoter who has been called "one of the greatest boxing promoters in history."

He began promoting boxing in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 during the 1930s. His first great success came when he put together a match between Jack London
Jack London (boxer)

Jack London was an England heavyweight boxing. He was United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Heavyweight champion from 1944 to 1945. His son, who fought as Brian London, also became United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Heavyweight champion from 1958 to 1959....
 and Bruce Woodcock
Bruce Woodcock (boxer)

Bruce Woodcock was an England boxing. He was the United Kingdom and Empire heavyweight champion 1945-1950, and European heavyweight champion 1946-1949....
 for the British heavyweight
Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization....
 title. He was involved in many major British boxing promotions involving Woodcock, Freddie Mills
Freddie Mills

Freddie Mills, was an England boxer, who was the world light heavyweight boxing champion from 1948 to 1950. He was born in Poole, England....
, and Randy Turpin
Randy Turpin

Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as The Leamington Licker, was an England boxing who was considered by some to be Europe's best Middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s....
 during those years. He promoted the bout between Turpin and Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight....
 when Robinson lost his middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 world title in 1951.






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Jack Solomons was a British boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
 promoter who has been called "one of the greatest boxing promoters in history."

He began promoting boxing in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 during the 1930s. His first great success came when he put together a match between Jack London
Jack London (boxer)

Jack London was an England heavyweight boxing. He was United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Heavyweight champion from 1944 to 1945. His son, who fought as Brian London, also became United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations Heavyweight champion from 1958 to 1959....
 and Bruce Woodcock
Bruce Woodcock (boxer)

Bruce Woodcock was an England boxing. He was the United Kingdom and Empire heavyweight champion 1945-1950, and European heavyweight champion 1946-1949....
 for the British heavyweight
Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization....
 title. He was involved in many major British boxing promotions involving Woodcock, Freddie Mills
Freddie Mills

Freddie Mills, was an England boxer, who was the world light heavyweight boxing champion from 1948 to 1950. He was born in Poole, England....
, and Randy Turpin
Randy Turpin

Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as The Leamington Licker, was an England boxing who was considered by some to be Europe's best Middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s....
 during those years. He promoted the bout between Turpin and Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson was a professional boxer. Frequently cited as the greatest boxer of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight....
 when Robinson lost his middleweight
Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s....
 world title in 1951. He was particularly associated with promoting boxing matches at Harringay Arena
Harringay Arena

Harringay Arena was a sporting and events venue on Green Lanes in Harringay, North London, England. Built in 1936, it lasted as a venue until 1958....
 in north London. In all, he promoted 26 world title fights.

He died in 1979. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
International Boxing Hall of Fame

The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York....
 in 1995.

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