Jack Humbeeck
{{short description|Belgian boxer}}
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| real_name = Jacques Van Humbeeck
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| weight = heavyweight
| height = 186 cm
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| nationality = Belgian
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|6|5|df=y}}
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| total = 105
| wins = 42
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| losses = 50
| draws = 13
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Jack Humbeeck also written as Jaak van Humbeeck (born 5 June 1904) was a Belgian boxer.{{cite web |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017907014:mpeg21:a00096 |title=Taylor-Humbeeck |language=nl |work=De avondpost |via=Delpher |date=8 October 1927 |access-date=19 May 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010495627:mpeg21:a0195 |title=Humbeeck te Munchen |language=nl |work=Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad |via=Delpher |date=16 November 1925 |access-date=19 May 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010495627:mpeg21:a0195 |title=Boksen. |language=nl |work=Het Vaderland |via=Delpher |date=8 October 1927 |access-date=19 May 2024 }} He competed in the heavyweight category.{{cite web |url=https://www.imago-images.com/st/0060149344 |title=Jack Humbeeck, the Belgian Heavyweight, photographed in London 17 May |website=www.imago-images.com |access-date=19 May 2024 }} He competed at international competitions and fought between 1921 and 1933.{{cite web |url=https://boxerlist.com/boxer/jack-humbeeck/45514 |title=Jack Humbeeck |work=boxerlist.com |access-date=19 May 2024}}
Career
Humbeeck made his debut on 20 May 1921 in Antwerp against Boudinon and won. During his career he had 105 fights, winning 42 of them (50 losses, 13 draws). He won 36.59% of his fights via KOs.{{cite web |url=https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/55272 |title=Jack Humbeeck |work=boxrec.com |access-date=19 May 2024 }}
Humbeeck became national champion for the first time in 1922 and became it many times more until 1927. In 1923, he won the European title. He fought his last match against Arthur Meurant on 23 October 1933, which he lost.
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Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen