Johnny Coulon Explained

Johnny Coulon
Realname:Johnny Coulon
Nickname:The Cherry Picker From Logan Square
Chicago Spider
Nationality:Canadian
Weight:Bantamweight
Height:5feet
Birth Date:February 12, 1889
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States
Style:Orthodox
Total:91
Wins:67
Ko:31
Losses:11
Draws:12
No Contests:1

John Frederic Coulon (February 12, 1889 – October 29, 1973) was a Canadian-American professional boxer who was the world bantamweight champion from March 6, 1910, when he wrested the crown from England's Jim Kendrick, until June 3, 1914, when he was defeated by Kid Williams in Vernon, California.[1] He was also a boxing manager late in life and managed, among others, Eddie Perkins.

As there was some dispute over the sanctioning of the World Bantamweight Title by different boxing associations, other sources, particularly many American newspapers of the day, and the World Boxing Association, which became the National Boxing Association, recognized his first taking the bantamweight world championship on February 26, 1911, when he defeated Frankie Conley in twenty rounds in New Orleans, Louisiana.[2]

Early life

Born in Toronto to American parents Emile Eugene Coulon (1857–1911) and Sarah Loretta Waltzinger (1857–1923), Coulon grew up in turn-of-the-century Chicago, where, as a prelim fighter, he became known as "The Cherry Picker from Logan Square." In the summer of 1906, at the age of seventeen, he received a life saving medal from the U.S. government, and was matched to fight Danny Goodman in Davenport, winning the eight-round match. According to the Chicago Tribune, it may have been his professional debut, but was certainly not one of his first. He began fighting as an amateur in Chicago two years earlier, once appearing in Kid Howard's Gymnasium, weighing barely one hundred pounds for some bouts. According to his Boxrec record, he won roughly fifteen fights as an amateur, frequently by knockout.[3] [4]

Early boxing career

Coulon turned pro at 16 and was a champion at 21. His career, managed by his father, Emile E. "Pop" Coulon, stretched from 1905 to 1920. Counting newspaper decisions, the hall-of-famer, according to Boxrec, is listed as losing only eleven times in 91 fights, but he claimed to have fought over 300 total bouts.[5]

Coulon won 26 of his early bouts before losing a 10-round decision to Kid Murphy. In a rematch with Murphy in 1908, Coulon reversed the decision and earned recognition as the American bantamweight champion, though the title was billed as the Paperweight World Title, and not recognized as the World Bantamweight Title by all sanctioning bodies.[6]

Boxing career and taking the World Bantamweight Title

After an important win against Jim Kendrick in 19 rounds on February 18, 1910, in New Orleans, Louisiana, he later defeated him again in a nineteen-round battle in the same city where he won by technical knockout. The fights were billed as the "Paperweight World Championships" at a weight of 8 stones, 3 pounds or 115 pounds in American weight measure. Not all sanctioning bodies recognized this fight as bestowing the World Bantamweight Championship. Coulon defended the title against Earl Denning, Frankie Conley, Frankie Burns, and Kid Williams. Three of his opponents were Hall-of-Famers: Kid Williams, Pete Herman, and Charley Goldman, who is best known for training Rocky Marciano. He also faced Harry Forbes, a gifted bantamweight from Chicago, and brother of boxer Clarence.

His April 10, 1910, ten round New York bout at the Marathon Athletic Club in Brooklyn with Young O'Leary was another close affair with Coulon winning by "having only a shade the better of the round." The reporter for the article felt O'Leary was weakened in his attempt to make the 112 pound fighting weight, and thus had a disadvantage in the bout. The fight was considered a title fight for the "Paperweight World Championship at 115 pounds, though both fighters were under that limit. Some sources still considered the fight for the Bantamweight World Championship.[7]

Undisputedly taking the World Bantamweight Title

On year after his win against Kendrick, many sources consider his 20 round points decision over Frankie Conley on February 26, 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana, as bestowing the World Bantamweight Title for the first time at age 22. In the historic bout at the West Side Athletic Club, both men gave equal punishment throughout the bout with Conley still able to throw punches in the final twentieth round. Believing Coulon still a clear winner of the bout, the Indianapolis Star, gave eighteen of the twenty rounds to Coulon, though not by wide margins.[8]

In March and April 1911, Coulon fought Phil McGovern and Harry Forbes in ten round no decision title matches in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Forbes had been recognized as the World Bantamweight Boxing Champion from 1901 to 1903 by the World Boxing Association. Though there was no referee decision on points, if Coulon lost the fight by knockout or technical knockout before the ten rounds were completed, he still would have forfeited his title. Both bouts went the full ten rounds, and several newspapers gave Coulon the edge in the bouts.[9]

Of his February 18, 1912 twenty round World Bantamweight Title Fight victory in New Orleans over Frankie Burns, the press wrote that he had the only knockdown in the fast paced and well matched fight and that, "the crowd was loathe to leave" and the "yelling was deafening". As late as the eighteenth and nineteenth round, Burns was fighting back with jabs to the face of Coulon, though the close fight ended with a points decision for Coulon. Both men were fighting hard til the final bell. Part of the crowd's deafening yells were a result of the closeness of the fight and that many felt Burns should have gotten a draw decision. The Washington Post felt that Burns may have had the better of the seventeenth through twentieth rounds.[10] [11]

As a boxer who became a performer, his June 11, 1912, bout with Frankie Hayes in New Haven, Connecticut, was not exceedingly rare in this era of boxing. With the demanding schedule many boxers kept, where injuries and fatigue were both common, boxers would on very rare occasions perform more than box. The bout's original referee Fitzgerald left the ring after the third of ten rounds declaring the bout was a "frame-up" and that the boxers were refusing to fight. That a World Champion might fix a fight was rare but not unheard of in this era, as sometimes organized crime exerted major influence on the outcome of fights. A Police Chief Cowles warned both fighters to box, and finally in the fourth round Hayes went down by knockout, though the crowd was not convinced the knockout was genuine or staged. Bouts of this type often left the audience and law enforcement officials wondering if a "fix" was involved due to pressures from gamblers or organized crime to effect an outcome favorable to their betting.[12]

One source noted a slight decline in Coulon's boxing style after the death of his father Emile E. "Pop" Coulon on July 28, 1911, with his telling loss to Kid Williams three years later in June 1914. From July 28 though December 1912, Coulon took a six-month boxing hiatus which may have reduced his competitiveness. His unwillingness to take a new manager after the loss of his father, may have simply reduced his ability to schedule frequent bouts with top boxers and thus reduced his incentive to train. A higher percentage of his better publicized fights in late 1912 were draws, with a lower percentage of wins by decision of the referees.[13]

Losing the World Bantamweight Title

Coulon indisputedly lost the World Bantamweight Title when Kid Williams stopped him in a lop-sided victory ending in a third-round knockout on June 9, 1914, in Vernon, California. Coulon made "only a feeble resistance" in the June title bout with Williams, before a crowd of 10,700, and as he lost the bout in less than nine minutes of total fighting, New York's Evening World, wrote that "he slid into obscurity with barely a protest."[14] [15] [16]

Coulon served in the United States Army during World War I, often instructing soldiers on how to fight. He fought no well-known professional bouts from May 1917 though March 1920, while America was at war. He boxed twice in France after his service stint with Charles Ledoux and Emile Juliard in 1920, and retired from the ring that year with a total record including newspaper decisions of 67 wins, 11 losses, 12 draws, with 1 no-contest.[17]

Retirement from boxing

After retirement, he began public performances with a mystifying stage act. He would appear stripped to the waist and challenge anyone in the audience to try to lift him off his feet. It seemed an empty boast since at five feet and barely 110 pounds, he was smaller than many schoolboys. But those who took up the challenge soon left the stage baffled and frustrated when they were unable to lift Coulon an inch off the floor. Coulon himself never made any extravagant claims that he could violate natural laws. He was content to make a living by presenting a baffling stage act. The trick was that Coulon would feign a struggle, grabbing the opponent by the back of the neck and right arm and applying pressure to a nerve there. Once he even successfully prevented imposing heavyweight Primo Carnera from lifting him off the floor. His act also included what he described as levitation and his appearing to lose and gain weight at will.[18] [19]

Marriage and opening Coulon's gymnasium

On July 27, 1921, at the end of his boxing career, Coulon married his diminutive Irish wife of over fifty years, Marie Maloney (1892–1984), a native Chicagoan.[20] [21] She never saw him fight professionally, but together they opened Coulon's Gymnasium on the South Side of Chicago around 1923. Marie was the business manager, and helped to match fighters who performed at the gym both as professionals and amateurs.[22] Coulon's professional career was over when they met, but together they saw many of the great boxers train at their gym down through the years - these included Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Jim Braddock, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Muhammad Ali." Ali would often use the gym to keep himself toned during his exile years. Coulon managed junior welterweight champion Eddie Perkins and light-heavyweight contender Allen Thomas. Coulon often travelled to find Perkins fights even into his 70s.[23]

Ernest Hemingway visited Coulon's and insisted on sparring with the local pugs. LeRoy Neiman sketched boxers working out. A cult movie of the sixties, Medium Cool, filmed scenes at the gym, where Coulon briefly appeared, a tiny old man captured forever on celluloid.

Coulon was not only a topnotch trainer, but living boxing history. He was a close friend of Jack Johnson, had frequented Johnson's restaurant, the "Café de Champion," and served as a pallbearer at the great champion's funeral. He knew every heavyweight champion since the Great John L. Sullivan, trained hundreds of fighters and was a revered celebrity in Chicago during the 1960s. At 76 he could leave a ring by jumping over a top rope, landing softly on his feet. He celebrated a birthday by walking the length of the gym on his hands. He died at 84 in 1973 in Chicago and was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery along with his wife. His gym was later torn down. In 2016 all rights to the boxer was given to a relative by the name of Brenden Wirth.

Achievements and honors

Coulon was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1955 (Sport: Boxing; Theme: Strength & Science), was installed in the Catholic Youth Organization's Club of Champions for his contributions to amateur boxing in 1971, and into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999. He was elected to New York's Boxing Hall of Fame on January 6, 1966.[24]

Professional boxing record

All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,[25] unless otherwise stated.

Official record

All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column.

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateAgeLocationNotes
90Win50–6–4 Emile JuliardKO2 (10)Apr 28, 1920
89Loss49–6–4 Charles LedouxKO6 (15)Mar 16, 1920
88Loss49–5–4 Pete HermanTKO3 (10)May 14, 1917
87Win49–4–4 Bobby HughesPTS10Apr 9, 1917
86Draw48–4–4 Frankie MasonNWS10Mar 30, 1917
85Draw48–4–4 Steve FlessnerPTS15Feb 26, 1917
84Draw48–4–3 Jackie SharkeyNWS10Feb 5, 1917
83Win48–4–3 Joe WagnerNWS10Jan 1, 1917
82Draw48–4–3 George ThompsonPTS4Sep 8, 1916
81Win48–4–2 Kid JulianPTS4Aug 11, 1916
80Draw47–4–2 George ThompsonPTS4Aug 8, 1916
79Loss47–4–1 Eddie CampiPTS4Jul 28, 1916
78Loss47–3–1 Billy MascottNWS6Jul 21, 1916
77Loss47–3–1 Billy MascottPTS6Jul 3, 1916
76Win47–2–1 Johnny RitchieNWS10Apr 25, 1916
75Loss47–2–1 Kid WilliamsKO3 (20)Jun 9, 1914
74Win47–1–1 Young SinnettNWS10Jan 21, 1914
73Draw47–1–1 Frankie BurnsNWS10Jun 23, 1913
72Loss47–1–1 Frank BradleyNWS6May 12, 1913
71Win47–1–1 Tommy HudsonKO5 (8)Apr 30, 1913
70Win46–1–1 Charley GoldmanNWS10Nov 20, 1912
69Loss46–1–1 Kid WilliamsNWS10Oct 18, 1912
68Win46–1–1 Joe WagnerNWS10Jul 2, 1912
67Win46–1–1 Frankie HayesKO4 (10)Jun 11, 1912
66Win45–1–1 Johnny SolzbergNWS10May 8, 1912
65Win45–1–1 Frankie BurnsPTS20Feb 18, 1912
64Win44–1–1 Frankie ConleyPTS20Feb 3, 1912
63Win43–1–1 Harry ForbesKO3 (10)Jan 22, 1912
62Win42–1–1 George KitsonTKO3 (10)Jan 11, 1912
61Draw41–1–1 Johnny DalyNWS10May 25, 1911
60Draw41–1–1 Eddie O'KeefePTS10Apr 25, 1911
59Win41–1 Phil McGovernNWS10Apr 20, 1911
58Win41–1 Harry ForbesNWS10Mar 28, 1911
57Win41–1 George KitsonTKO5 (10)Mar 22, 1911
56Win40–1 Frankie ConleyPTS20Feb 26, 1911
55Win39–1 Terry MoranKO2 (8)Jan 18, 1911
54Win38–1 Earl DenningKO5 (8)Dec 19, 1910
53Win37–1 Charley HarveyPTS10Dec 3, 1910
52Win36–1 Frankie BurnsNWS10Jun 8, 1910
51Win36–1 Phil McGovernNWS10May 12, 1910
50Loss36–1 Frankie BurnsNWS10Apr 25, 1910
49Draw36–1 Young O'LearyNWS10Apr 11, 1910
48Win36–1 Jim KenrickTKO19 (20)Mar 6, 1910
47Win35–1 Jim KenrickPTS10Feb 18, 1910
46Win34–1 Earl DenningKO9 (10)Jan 29, 1910
45Win33–1 George KitsonPTS10Jan 15, 1910
4432–1 Earl DenningNC3 (10), Dec 20, 1909
43Draw32–1 Patsy BranniganNWS6Nov 22, 1909
42Win32–1 Young ZiringerNWS6Oct 22, 1909
41Win32–1 Tibby WatsonKO10 (20)May 28, 1909
40Win31–1 Jock PhenicieNWS6May 20, 1909
39Win31–1 Eddie DoyleNWS10Mar 4, 1909
38Draw31–1 Joe CosterNWS10Mar 1, 1909
37Win31–1 Johnny DalyNWS10Feb 18, 1909
36Win31–1 Kid MurphyTKO5 (10)Feb 11, 1909
35Win30–1 Mike OrrisonPTS6Jan 1, 1909
34Win29–1 Young O'LearyNWS6Nov 2, 1908
33Draw29–1 Hughey McGovernNWS3Oct 13, 1908
32Loss29–1 Eddie DoyleNWS3Oct 13, 1908
31Win29–1 Yankee SchwartzNWS6Oct 5, 1908
30Win29–1Terry EdwardsKO4 (?)Sep 24, 1908
29Win28–1Young Joe GansTKO5 (?)Aug 6, 1908
28Win27–1Tommy ScullyTKO9 (10)Apr 29, 1908
27Win26–1Hughey McGovernPTS10Mar 13, 1908
26Win25–1Cooney KellyKO9 (10)Feb 20, 1908
25Win24–1Kid MurphyPTS10Jan 29, 1908
24Win23–1Kid MurphyPTS10Jan 8, 1908
23Win22–1Young FitzgeraldPTS10Nov 1, 1907
22Win21–1Young FitzgeraldTKO6 (?)Mar 12, 1907
21Loss20–1Kid MurphyPTS10Mar 1, 1907
20Win20–0Young FitzgeraldPTS10Feb 12, 1907
19Win19–0Charlie KriegelPTS8Nov 15, 1906
18Win18–0Kid BrunoPTS3Oct 24, 1906
17Win17–0Fred GaylorKO1 (?)Oct 14, 1906
16Win16–0Ralph GrantTKO3 (8)Oct 11, 1906
15Win15–0Danny GoodmanPTS8Sep 3, 1906
14Win14–0Fred GaylorKO2 (?)Aug 6, 1906
13Win13–0Kid EganTKO2 (?)Mar 20, 1906
12Win12–0Eddie BerndtTKO2 (?)Mar 2, 1906
11Win11–0Eddie BerndtPTS3Feb 3, 1906
10Win10–0Jack FrancisTKO2 (?)Jan 21, 1906
9Win9–0Jimmy DunnKO1 (?)Nov 24, 1905
8Win8–0Jack RyanKO3 (?)Nov 17, 1905
7Win7–0Peter KellyKO3 (?)May 18, 1905
6Win6–0Kid CarpenterKO3 (?)Apr 12, 1905
5Win5–0George FoxKO4 (?)Mar 14, 1905
4Win4–0Kid IrwinKO2 (?)Mar 3, 1905
3Win3–0Frankle NeePTS6Feb 15, 1905
2Win2–0Kid BurnsPTS6Jan 24, 1905
1Win1–0Young BennieKO6 (6)Jan 18, 1905

Unofficial record

Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column.

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateAgeLocationNotes
90Win65–11–12 Emile JuliardKO2 (10)Apr 28, 1920
89Loss64–11–12 Charles LedouxKO6 (15)Mar 16, 1920
88Loss64–10–12 Pete HermanTKO3 (10)May 14, 1917
87Win64–9–12 Bobby HughesPTS10Apr 9, 1917
86Draw64–9–12 Frankie MasonNWS10Mar 30, 1917
85Draw64–9–11 Steve FlessnerPTS15Feb 26, 1917
84Draw64–9–10 Jackie SharkeyNWS10Feb 5, 1917
83Win64–9–9 Joe WagnerNWS10Jan 1, 1917
82Draw63–9–9 George ThompsonPTS4Sep 8, 1916
81Win63–9–8 Kid JulianPTS4Aug 11, 1916
80Draw62–9–8 George ThompsonPTS4Aug 8, 1916
79Loss62–9–7 Eddie CampiPTS4Jul 28, 1916
78Loss62–8–7 Billy MascottNWS6Jul 21, 1916
77Loss62–7–7 Billy MascottPTS6Jul 3, 1916
76Win62–6–7 Johnny RitchieNWS10Apr 25, 1916
75Loss61–6–7 Kid WilliamsKO3 (20)Jun 9, 1914
74Win61–5–7 Young SinnettNWS10Jan 21, 1914
73Draw60–5–7 Frankie BurnsNWS10Jun 23, 1913
72Loss60–5–6 Frank BradleyNWS6May 12, 1913
71Win60–4–6 Tommy HudsonKO5 (8)Apr 30, 1913
70Win59–4–6 Charley GoldmanNWS10Nov 20, 1912
69Loss58–4–6 Kid WilliamsNWS10Oct 18, 1912
68Win58–3–6 Joe WagnerNWS10Jul 2, 1912
67Win57–3–6 Frankie HayesKO4 (10)Jun 11, 1912
66Win56–3–6 Johnny SolzbergNWS10May 8, 1912
65Win55–3–6 Frankie BurnsPTS20Feb 18, 1912
64Win54–3–6 Frankie ConleyPTS20Feb 3, 1912
63Win53–3–6 Harry ForbesKO3 (10)Jan 22, 1912
62Win52–3–6 George KitsonTKO3 (10)Jan 11, 1912
61Draw51–3–6 Johnny DalyNWS10May 25, 1911
60Draw51–3–5 Eddie O'KeefePTS10Apr 25, 1911
59Win51–3–4 Phil McGovernNWS10Apr 20, 1911
58Win50–3–4 Harry ForbesNWS10Mar 28, 1911
57Win49–3–4 George KitsonTKO5 (10)Mar 22, 1911
56Win48–3–4 Frankie ConleyPTS20Feb 26, 1911
55Win47–3–4 Terry MoranKO2 (8)Jan 18, 1911
54Win46–3–4 Earl DenningKO5 (8)Dec 19, 1910
53Win45–3–4 Charley HarveyPTS10Dec 3, 1910
52Win44–3–4 Frankie BurnsNWS10Jun 8, 1910
51Win43–3–4 Phil McGovernNWS10May 12, 1910
50Loss42–3–4 Frankie BurnsNWS10Apr 25, 1910
49Draw42–2–4 Young O'LearyNWS10Apr 11, 1910
48Win42–2–3 Jim KenrickTKO19 (20)Mar 6, 1910
47Win41–2–3 Jim KenrickPTS10Feb 18, 1910
46Win40–2–3 Earl DenningKO9 (10)Jan 29, 1910
45Win39–2–3 George KitsonPTS10Jan 15, 1910
4438–2–3 Earl DenningNC3 (10), Dec 20, 1909
43Draw38–2–3Patsy BranniganNWS6Nov 22, 1909
42Win38–2–2Young ZiringerNWS6Oct 22, 1909
41Win37–2–2Tibby WatsonKO10 (20)May 28, 1909
40Win36–2–2Jock PhenicieNWS6May 20, 1909
39Win35–2–2Eddie DoyleNWS10Mar 4, 1909
38Draw34–2–2Joe CosterNWS10Mar 1, 1909
37Win34–2–1Johnny DalyNWS10Feb 18, 1909
36Win33–2–1Kid MurphyTKO5 (10)Feb 11, 1909
35Win32–2–1Mike OrrisonPTS6Jan 1, 1909
34Win31–2–1Young O'LearyNWS6Nov 2, 1908
33Draw30–2–1Hughey McGovernNWS3Oct 13, 1908
32Loss30–2Eddie DoyleNWS3Oct 13, 1908
31Win30–1Yankee SchwartzNWS6Oct 5, 1908
30Win29–1Terry EdwardsKO4 (?)Sep 24, 1908
29Win28–1Young Joe GansTKO5 (?)Aug 6, 1908
28Win27–1Tommy ScullyTKO9 (10)Apr 29, 1908
27Win26–1Hughey McGovernPTS10Mar 13, 1908
26Win25–1Cooney KellyKO9 (10)Feb 20, 1908
25Win24–1Kid MurphyPTS10Jan 29, 1908
24Win23–1Kid MurphyPTS10Jan 8, 1908
23Win22–1Young FitzgeraldPTS10Nov 1, 1907
22Win21–1Young FitzgeraldTKO6 (?)Mar 12, 1907
21Loss20–1Kid MurphyPTS10Mar 1, 1907
20Win20–0Young FitzgeraldPTS10Feb 12, 1907
19Win19–0Charlie KriegelPTS8Nov 15, 1906
18Win18–0Kid BrunoPTS3Oct 24, 1906
17Win17–0Fred GaylorKO1 (?)Oct 14, 1906
16Win16–0Ralph GrantTKO3 (8)Oct 11, 1906
15Win15–0Danny GoodmanPTS8Sep 3, 1906
14Win14–0Fred GaylorKO2 (?)Aug 6, 1906
13Win13–0Kid EganTKO2 (?)Mar 20, 1906
12Win12–0Eddie BerndtTKO2 (?)Mar 2, 1906
11Win11–0Eddie BerndtPTS3Feb 3, 1906
10Win10–0Jack FrancisTKO2 (?)Jan 21, 1906
9Win9–0Jimmy DunnKO1 (?)Nov 24, 1905
8Win8–0Jack RyanKO3 (?)Nov 17, 1905
7Win7–0Peter KellyKO3 (?)May 18, 1905
6Win6–0Kid CarpenterKO3 (?)Apr 12, 1905
5Win5–0George FoxKO4 (?)Mar 14, 1905
4Win4–0Kid IrwinKO2 (?)Mar 3, 1905
3Win3–0Frankle NeePTS6Feb 15, 1905
2Win2–0Kid BurnsPTS6Jan 24, 1905
1Win1–0Young BennieKO6 (6)Jan 18, 1905

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Lineal Bantamweight Champions. Cyber Boxing Zone.
  2. Web site: Johnny Coulon. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
  3. "Pugilistic Pointers", Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, p. 6, 23 August 1906
  4. A discussion of Coulon's first professional fight in Web site: Johnny Coulon. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Johnny Coulon. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
  6. Web site: Johnny Coulon. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
  7. "Coulon Has Shade on Young O'Leary", The Inter Ocean, Chicago, Illinois, p. 4, 12 April 1910
  8. "Johhny Coulon is Master of Conley", Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana, pg. 8, 27 February 1911
  9. Web site: Johnny Coulon. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
  10. "Johnny Coulon Retains Title", The Courier Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, pg. 7, 19 February 1912
  11. "Coulon Finds Burns Tough But Retains Bantam Title", Washington Post, Washington, D.C., pg. 8, 19 February 1912
  12. "Johnny Coulon and Frankie Hayes in Burlesque Battle", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, p. 11, 12 June 1912
  13. "Ex-Bantam Champion refused to Take Manager After Death of Parent",Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, pg. 38, 26 July 1914
  14. "Kid Williams Takes Bantam Title From Johnny Coulon With Knockout in Third", Evening World, New York, New York, p. 14, 10 June 1914
  15. Web site: Johnny Coulon. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
  16. Coulon lost his title to Kid Williams in "Williams Coming Back", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, p.22, 29 January 1923
  17. Web site: Johnny Coulon. BoxRec. 19 May 2016.
  18. Detailed description of Coulon's stage act in "Current Comment", The San Bernardino County Sun, San Bernardino, California, pg. 4, 3 January 1921
  19. His act once included Primo Carnera in "Weighed 110, Nobody Could Lift Him", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, p. 8, 21 July 1945
  20. "Johnny Coulon Marries Today", Arkansas Daily Traveller, Arkansas City, Kansas, p. 8, 27 July 1921
  21. His wife Marie was Irish in "Have Boxer Will Travel", The Daily Mail, Haggerstown, Maryland p. 29, 9 July 1964
  22. His wife Marie was Irish in "Have Boxer Will Travel", The Daily Mail, Haggerstown, Maryland p. 29, 9 July 1964
  23. He coached Perkins and travelled with him and many boxers frequented his gymnasium in "Have Boxer Will Travel", The Daily Mail, Haggerstown, Maryland p. 29, 9 July 1964
  24. "Billy Conn Voted into Boxing's Hall of Fame", The Evening Times, Syre, Pennsylvania, p. 9, 6 January 1966
  25. Web site: BoxRec: Johnny Coulon.