What is Johnny Saxton?
{{no sources|date=January 2025}} [[File:Johnny Saxton 1956.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Saxton in 1956]]'''Johnny Saxton''' (July 4, 1930, [[Newark, New Jersey]] &ndash; October 4, 2008) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Boxing|boxer]] who won the [[welterweight]] championship. ==Life== ===Career=== Saxton beat [[Kid Gavilan]] in 1954 to become the welterweight champion. The lost the title the following year to [[Tony DeMarco]]. In 1956, he won the title again by beating [[Carmen Basilio]], but lost the title in a rematch with Basilio later in the year. He [[Retirement|retired]] in 1958. ==Other websites== * [http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=009703 Boxing record]{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{start box}} {{Succession box| before=[[Kid Gavilan]]| title=World [[List of welterweight boxing champions|Welterweight Champion]]| after=[[Tony DeMarco]]| years=Oct 20, 1954– Apr 1, 1955 }} {{Succession box| before=[[Carmen Basilio]]| title=World [[List of welterweight boxing champions|Welterweight Champion]]| after=[[Carmen Basilio]]| years=March 14, 1956– Sept 12, 1956 }} {{end box}} {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saxton, Johnny}} [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:American boxers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey]] [[Category:1930 births]]