Spider Jones

Charles "Spider" Jones (born April 20, 1946) is a Canadian journalist, author, and former amateur boxer. He is a former three-time Golden Glove Champion and was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996.

Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Jones spent much of his early teen years living across the border in Detroit.

Jones formerly hosted a talk radio show on CFRB 1010 in Toronto.

In 1996, Jones was voted "Boxing Commentator and M.C. of the Year" by the Board of Governors of the World Boxing Federation. In 2020, he received the Order of Ontario award, and in 2023 he received the Black Business and Professional Association's Harry Jerome Lifetime Achievement Award.

Books

 * Out of the Darkness: The Spider Jones Story. ECW Press (November 2003). ISBN 1-55022-603-7