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With a record of 38-9-2 (13 KO's) Jackie Marshall born July 10th 1928 was a orthodox boxer with a 4 year career as a professional lasting from December 1946 to November 19th, 2018. November 2018 was the last time Jackie Marshall fought. Marshall's longest KO streak is 7 fights long out of his 49 career fights.
In his first fight in December 1946, Marshall defeated Joe Flanagan in a 6 round fight. The fight went the full distance and secured Marshall his first win and distance win to kick of his pro career. Marshall continued his mostly successful career with numerous fights following his debut against boxers including Paddy Dowdall, Mickey O'neill and Johnny Smith. Fights included fighting once in 1946 and 11 times in 1948.
Marshall then went on to fight and beat Willie Devanney on May 24th, 1947 maintaining his unbeaten record. Becoming the first person to stop Willie Devanney, Marshall beat Devanney via TKO in the 5th round of a 8 round fight. Fights against boxers including Chris Jenkins, Pat Kelly and Jack Harding followed where he won 7 fights taking his winning streak to 14 wins.
On April 17th, 1948, Marshall took on and was defeated by George ginger Roberts meaning his career tally went to 14-1-1. On April 17th, 1948, Marshall took on and was defeated over the distance by George ginger Roberts in his first career defeat. Marshall lost via PTS in a valiant effort. Marshall's win streak of 14 rose to 17 following 3 great wins, becoming the first to stop Sammy Welsh, 11th person to beat Billy Gunn and 8th person to defeat Tom Mcgoldrick.
Marshall went into his next career fight with a record of 17-1-1 and took this to 18 wins with a win against Fanie Bushney on June 25th, 1948. Marshall was the first person to stop Fanie Bushney and he did it in the 5th round via KO. 8 wins followed for Marshall including being the 4th person to go the distance with Mickey O'neill, 5th person to go the distance with Vic Manini and 5th person to go the distance with Tommy Barton.
On July 7th, 1949, Marshall went into action again and beat Johnny Flannigan taking the winning record to 27 wins. An impressive win for Marshall as he proves his technical boxing talent by taking Flannigan the 8 round distance and becoming the first person to beat Flannigan. The fight ended in a PTS victory for Marshall.
Taking a knock to his career, Marshall fought and was defeated by Peter Fallon on April 30th, 1951 taking his record to 37-9-2. Marshall fought a brave fight but in the end was outclassed by Peter Fallon over the 8 distance.
The wins continued with the defeat of Rees Moore on May 9th, 1951 in Marshall's most recent fight taking his winning record to 38 wins. Still causing trouble for his opponents, Marshall became only the 13th person to defeat Moore in a tough fight over the full 8 rounds. After 49 fights, this was Marshall's final fight as a pro.