firemanjimflynn

There is a video of him fighting that a film restorer put together www.truveo.com/Sam-Langford-vs-Jim-Flynn-1910-Part-1-Spee...

"Assuming an Irish name was not unusual in that era of boxing; there were Jewish fighters with Irish names too; and Jim Flynn, the only man who ever knocked out Jack Dempsey, was actually named Andrea Chiariglione. One reason for the name changes is that there were not enough Irish fighters to satisfy the large number of Irish fans." -- Pete Hamill, "Why Sinatra Matters" (Boston: Little, Brown, 1998), p. 58.

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Jim Flynn was one of the greatest, in his day

This appears to be an old photo of Fireman Jim Flynn that the Bain agency copied and circulated to its subscribers at the end of November, 1913, to publicize Flynn's two upcoming fights in New York City, against Battling Levinsky (December 9) and George Rodel (December 22). A dozen other Bain/LOC photos of Jim Flynn have already been posted to Flickr. He was not born a Flynn: "Assuming an Irish name was not unusual in that era of boxing; there were Jewish fighters with Irish names too; and Jim Flynn, the only man who ever knocked out Jack Dempsey, was actually named Andrea Chiariglione. One reason for the name changes is that there were not enough Irish fighters to satisfy the large number of Irish fans." -- Pete Hamill, "Why Sinatra Matters" (Boston: Little, Brown, 1998), p. 58.

Wystan: Thanks for the information on Mr. Flynn - and his real name! We will add to the record when we update - and take a look at the other photos of him as well.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireman_Jim_Flynn

Could this be in Washington state? Harry M. Myers was a mountaineer who climber Mt. Ranier and other Washington peaks.

Also, there is an Arlington near Seattle.

he's training in pants and they're posing like they're running, haha!

Flynn, who had a reputation for fighting mean and dirty, met Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson in the ring at Las Vegas, New Mexico, on July 4, 1912. Johnson had beaten Flynn in a non-title fight in 1907. Johnson hadn't trained for the rematch, but was still able to hold Flynn off for 14 rounds. Flynn, frustrated, engaged in obvious head-butting of his opponent, so the referee ended the fight and awarded victory to Johnson. (The studio photo above shows Flynn in training for an earlier bout.)

"Assuming an Irish name was not unusual in that era of boxing; there were Jewish fighters with Irish names too; and Jim Flynn, the only man who ever knocked out Jack Dempsey, was actually named Andrea Chiariglione. One reason for the name changes is that there were not enough Irish fighters to satisfy the large number of Irish fans." -- Pete Hamill, "Why Sinatra Matters" (Boston: Little, Brown, 1998), p. 58.