1 TheBoxing Biographies Newsletter Volume 4- No 10 6TH May , 2009 www.boxingbiographies.com If you wish to receive future newsletters ( which includes the images ) please email the message “NEWS LETTER”
[email protected] The newsletter is also available as a word doc on request As always the full versions of these articles are on the website Please Help if you have any information on the following I am doing research on 2 Canadian fighters from the mid 1930's -40's . They are Sonny Jones and Katsumi Morioka . Sonny was a very good welter and Katsumi was a very good bantam . I know that they both had quite a few fights in the UK . Any info or pics would be greatly appreciated . Name: Sonny Jones Career Record: click Birth Name: Jordan Jones Nationality: Canadian Birthplace: Edmonton, AB Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Born: 1915-03-16 Died: 1944-08-28 Age at Death: 29 According to the Jan. 4, 1946 TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE, Jones was killed in action in France during World War II serving in the Canadian Army. Name: Katsumi Morioka Career Record: click Alias: Jimmy Morioka Birth Name: Katsumi James Inomata Nationality: Canadian Birthplace: New Westminister, BC Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Born: 1915-09-11 Height: 5' 5½″ 2 Last year Volume 3- No 7 12th Nov , 2008 I published the first 2 installments of this 6 partstory but was unable to present the complete story as I did not have the third in the series. However this has been resolved thanks to a member of the Mizler family who have been kind enough to provide it, along with many other items, so we can continue to enjoy his career story.