Eddie Nichols

Eddie Nichols (1905-1955) was an amateur welterweight in 1920's. He was born in San Antonia, TX. His first boxing lesson came from first black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson (who in turn became good boxers thanks to Chojnski, they trained in jail after being arrested, at the time, late 19th century, early 20th century did not allow fights between mixed races and boxing was illegal, in general)! He moved to Chicago in 1923. He is fonldy remembered as a famous trainer in Chicago. He was the owner of Nichols gym where many famous boxers trained. He died on December 24 1955 in his sleep.