Joe Walcott

CTL-E-7057 · Person · other · 1914–1994

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Combined Graph record U-07929 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-7057.

Arnold Raymond Cream, born January 31, 1914, in Merchantville, New Jersey, fought as Jersey Joe Walcott — a ring name he took, the International Boxing Hall of Fame records, from his boxing idol, the earlier welterweight champion Joe Walcott of Barbados, a different fighter. Walcott turned professional in 1930 and challenged Joe Louis for the heavyweight title in 1947. The Hall records that he won the heavyweight title on his fifth try: after Ezzard Charles beat him again in their first 1951 meeting, Walcott knocked Charles out in the seventh round of the rematch to finally win the crown at age thirty-seven, then the oldest man to win the heavyweight championship — a record that stood until forty-five-year-old George Foreman won in 1994. He lost the title to Rocky Marciano, retired after their 1953 rematch, and later served as a referee and as chairman of the New Jersey State Athletic Commission. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990 and died February 25, 1994.

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• Also known as: Jersey Joe Walcott, Arnold Raymond Cream, Arnold Cream

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0457. [Head correction, 2026-11-03: the staged packet carried SPE-0439 in error — that row (named "Joe Walcott" in roster v2) is the ORIGINAL Barbados Joe Walcott, a different fighter who remains unbuilt; this record's subject, Jersey Joe Walcott, is roster row CTL-SPE-0457. The AAES Cohort 7 entry is filed under 0457.] Firsts disposition: oldest heavyweight champion of his time — carried in the Hall's dated form (oldest to win the title at 37 in 1951, record held until George Foreman at 45 in 1994), never as a standing record. Identity, stated plainly: this record is Arnold Raymond Cream, 'Jersey Joe' Walcott; he took his ring name from the ORIGINAL Joe Walcott of Barbados, an earlier and different fighter — the two men must never be conflated. Death-date variance: most accounts give February 25, 1994; Encyclopedia.com gives February 2, 1994 — the description carries only the year-side facts both support plus the commonly reported date is flagged here rather than blended. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Walcott's is a perseverance record — five title tries across two decades before the left hook against Charles made him champion at thirty-seven. Photo: CLEARED, Public domain, 1953 photograph whose file description names American boxer Jersey Joe Walcott.

Referenced by

• Barbados Joe Walcott — related to → this record

Sources

• International Boxing Hall of Fame. "Jersey Joe Walcott." IBHOF.com. Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
• Encyclopedia.com. "Walcott, 'Jersey Joe.'" Encyclopedia.com. Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)

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