Gorilla Jones

Gorilla Jones
Born	William Landon Jones (1906-05-12)May 12, 1906 Memphis, Tennessee
Died	January 4, 1982(1982-01-04) (aged 75) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Other names	Gorilla
Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Reach	75 in (191 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	172
Wins	109
Wins by KO	66
Losses	28
Draws	17
No contests	3

William Landon Jones (1906–1982) known as "Gorilla" Jones, was an American boxer who held the NBA Middleweight Boxing Championship of the World. Although he was nicknamed "Gorilla" for his exceptional reach, Jones is to be distinguished from the original "Gorilla Jones", who campaigned from 1913 to 1924 and held the World Colored Welterweight title. Jones was never knocked out. He had 52 knockouts out of his 101 wins, with over 141 total fights.^[1] He was posthumously inducted into World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2009.