Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John McCormack (American boxer)


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The result was delete Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:45, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

John McCormack (American boxer)
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 * The only "evidence" that this person existed is a unsubstantiated story in Lenny McLean's autobiography. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gallicrow (talk • contribs)


 * Delete I could find information about a Scottish boxer with this name, but nothing about any notable American boxer. Cullen328 (talk) 03:24, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:03, 6 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete - based on the sketchy available information, McCormack was a bare knuckle fighter and unlikely to have been in any significant sanctioned boxing events. BoxRec has entries for an Australian Jack McCormack, a Scottish John McCormack, and an Irish John Young McCormack but not for an American John McCormack boxing during the time period claimed in the article.  The only mention appears to be in Lenny McLean's autobiography which is referenced in the article with no page number.  Google Books doesn't provide a preview but I did find this which indicates that Lenny McLean likely did make mention of McCormack in his book, but that does not establish notability and there is no other coverage that I can find. -- Whpq (talk) 17:35, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - could not find any sources for this boxer. KVIKountry (talk) 00:12, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
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