Spider Jones
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Spider Jones | |
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Born | Charles Jones April 20, 1946 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | broadcaster/motivational speaker |
Years active | 1983 to present |
Employer | Spider Jones Motivational Services |
Known for | former amateur boxer |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
Title | President/CEO |
Awards | Premier Award from the Prov. of Ont., for outstanding achievements & contributions to the community. World Boxing Federation Ring Announcer of the Year, The Edward R. Murrow Award for Broadcaster, The Canadian Crime Victim Award, Seneca College Distinguished Alumni Award, B'Nai Brith Award for Community Service, Bob Marley Award for Education, Dan McArthur Award for in-depth investigative reporting on guns, gangs and crime |
Website | SpiderJones.com |
Charles "Spider" Jones (born April 20, 1946) is a Canadian journalist, author, and former amateur boxer.[1] He is a former three-time Golden Glove Champion and was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. Jones was once voted "Boxing Commentator and M.C. of the Year" by the Board of Governors of the World Boxing Federation.
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.
Books[]
- Out of the Darkness: The Spider Jones Story. ECW Press (November, 2003). ISBN 1-55022-603-7
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Categories:
- 1946 births
- Black Canadian boxers
- Black Canadian broadcasters
- Canadian non-fiction writers
- Canadian sports talk radio hosts
- Canadian talk radio hosts
- Living people
- Canadian male boxers
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- Seneca College alumni
- Sportspeople from Detroit
- Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario
- Writers from Detroit
- Writers from Windsor, Ontario
- Canadian boxing biography stubs