Career
Undefeated in his first seven fights, he lost to Edouard Verret on a points decision in September 1925. He fought Verret again in January 1926, this time winning on points over twenty rounds. His next fight was a challenge for Harry Mason"s British welterweight title, winning a controversial points decision over 20 rounds and earning a Lonsdale Belt.
A rematch two months later ended in the same result.
In 1926 he travelled to the United States for a series of fights with the aim of securing a shot at the world title, which included wins over Paul Doyle and Meyer Grace, a draw with Jimmy Jones, and a defeat to Jack Movey. The fight was subject to an inquiry by the International Boxing Union, which confirmed the result in December.
Promoter Ted Salmon unsuccessfully tried to get Hood a fight with Young Corbett for the world welterweight title in 1933, and Hood filed a challenge with the New York State Athletic Commission in January 1934 for a world title fight with Jimmy McLarnin, but he didn"t get a chance to challenge for the title. Hood lost to Len "Tiger" Smith in February 1934, the match postponed from January after Hood fell ill with influenza, subsequently announcing his retirement from boxing and relinquishing the British welterweight title, saying "We must all bow to the inevitable, and being no exception I realise that my best boxing days are now past" He returned, however, in October to fight Smith again, this time winning a points decision over 15 rounds, this proving to be his final fight.
Hood went on to run The Bell Inn, a public house, in Tanworth-in-Arden for 36 years.
Jack Hood died on 1 July 1992, aged 89. Hood"s Lonsdale Belt sold at auction in 2011 for £36,000.
