), » READ MORE: Statue planned for Camden waterfront to honor boxer Jersey Joe Walcott: ‘He wasn’t just a fighter; he was a great man’. © 2020 The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC Terms of Use/Privacy Policy. Marciano won this fight. He broke the world's record for the oldest man to win the world's heavyweight title when he earned it at the age of 7009118214640000000♠37 years, 168 days. With his gloves up and arms curled, Jersey Joe Walcott will one day watch over Camden’s waterfront. It will be the county’s first publicly displayed monument to an African American. “We do tend to think about his legacy as an athlete, but this is about paying tribute to someone who really paid back to his community,” county spokesperson Dan Keashen said. The son of immigrants from Barbados, Arnold R. Cream grew up in Merchantville. Camden County has earmarked $185,000 for the statue, though the Camden County Historical Society is still in the process of amassing about $120,000 of that. With his gloves up and arms curled, Jersey Joe Walcott will one day watch over Camden’s waterfront. Camden to honor a boxing great Today, the city will pay homage to Jersey Joe Walcott, a beloved hero in his hometown. Together, they were passionate community leaders who devoted themselves to Camden. A statue of Jersey Joe Walcott, Camden’s real-life ‘Rocky,’ to rise in the city he championed, Sculpture in Camden to honor polar explorer. Arnold Raymond Cream (Jersey Joe Walcott), boxer: born Merchantville, New Jersey 31 January 1914; married 1933 (two sons, four daughters); died Camden, New Jersey 26 February 1994. He held the world heavyweight title from 1951 to 1952, and broke the record for the oldest man to win the title, at the age of 37. A statue honoring the famed boxer, sheriff, and city legend is on its way to being completed, and county officials plan to install it in Wiggins Waterfront Park by fall 2021. People view the statue in progress of famous local boxer Jersey Joe Walcott, made by Carl LeVotch at his studio in Pennsauken, NJ on Friday, July 17, 2020. He acted in TV shows and movies, and became the first African American sheriff of Camden County. Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994), best known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1930 to 1953. American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano beat Jersey Joe Walcott for the title and won an unrivaled 49 straight fights. (A statue of Matthew Henson, a Black explorer believed to be the first man to reach the North Pole in 1909, stands at the Camden Shipyard Museum in the city’s Waterfront South section. But in Camden, he’s as well known for what came after he left the ring. Carl LeVotch, artist of the sculpture of famous local boxer Jersey Joe Walcott, sprays the sculpture in progress at his studio in Pennsauken, NJ on Friday, July 17, 2020. Using the Walcott name, he took up boxing to help support his family after the death of his father.

In 1947 he fought Joe Louis in a heavyweight title fight in Madison Square Garden, and four years later became the oldest man to win a heavyweight championship fight at age 37. Jersey Joe Walcott - Biography Arnold Raymond Cream (January 31, 1914 – February 25, 1994), better known as Jersey Joe Walcott, was an American world heavyweight boxing champion. A statue honoring the famed boxer, sheriff, and city legend is on its way to being completed, and county officials plan to install it in Wiggins Waterfront Park by fall 2021. Statue planned for Camden waterfront to honor boxer Jersey Joe Walcott: ‘He wasn’t just a fighter; he was a great man’. The statue will be displayed on the Camden waterfront. Jersey Joe Walcott (left) swings at Rocky Marciano in 1952. Donations may be made to the Camden County Historical Society, which has previously held fundraisers for the statue.