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'''Eddie Nichols''' (1905-1955) was an amateur welterweight in the 1920's. He was born in [[Directory:San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Directory:Texas|Texas]] and moved to [[Directory:Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] in 1923. His first [[boxing]] lesson came from the first black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson (who in turn became a good boxer thanks to legendary middleweight boxer [[Joe Chojnski]], they trained in jail after being arrested. At the time, in late 19th, early 20th century many states in the [[Directory:United States|United States]] did not allow fights between mixed races and boxing was illegal in general, in general)! In Chicago, some fonldy remember him as a fine trainer. He was the owner of Nichols Gym where many famous boxers trained (Bob Satterfield, Bob Baker, Sonny Liston when he was starting out). He died on Christmas eve [[December 24]] [[1955]], in his sleep. His funeral took place on Monday January 2 1956.

'''Eddie Nichols''' (1905-1955) was an amateur welterweight in the 1920's. He was born in [[Directory:San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Directory:Texas|Texas]] and moved to [[Directory:Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] in 1923. His first [[boxing]] lesson came from the first black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson (who in turn became a good boxer thanks to legendary middleweight boxer [[Joe Choynski]], they trained in jail after being arrested. At the time, in late 19th, early 20th century many states in the [[Directory:United States|United States]] did not allow fights between mixed races and boxing was illegal in general, in general)! In Chicago, some fonldy remember him as a fine trainer. He was the owner of Nichols Gym where many famous boxers trained (Bob Satterfield, Bob Baker, Sonny Liston when he was starting out). He died on Christmas eve [[December 24]] [[1955]], in his sleep. His funeral took place on Monday January 2 1956.

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