Carter landed a few solid rights to the head in the fourth that left Giardello staggering, but was unable to follow them up, and Giardello took control of the fight in the fifth round. Carter won two more fights (one a decision over future heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis) in 1964, before meeting Giardello in Philadelphia for a 15-round championship match on December 14. That win resulted in The Ring 's ranking of Carter as the number three contender for Joey Giardello's world middleweight title. He remained ranked in the lower part of the top 10 until December 20, when he surprised the boxing world by flooring past and future world champion Emile Griffith twice in the first round and scoring a technical knockout. He fought six times in 1963, winning four bouts and losing two. At the end of 1965, they ranked him as the number five middleweight. The Ring first listed him as one of its "Top 10" middleweight contenders in July 1963. His aggressive style and punching power (resulting in many early-round knockouts) drew attention, establishing him as a crowd favorite and earning him the nickname "Hurricane." After he defeated a number of middleweight contenders-such as Florentino Fernandez, Holley Mims, Gomeo Brennan, and George Benton-the boxing world took notice. At 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), Carter was shorter than the average middleweight, but he fought all of his professional career at 155–160 lb (70–72.6 kg). This used interviews with survivors, case notes from the original investigations, and 40 hours of tapes recorded with Carter by author Ken Klonsky for his 2011 book 'The Eye of the Hurricane."Īfter his release from prison in September 1961, Carter became a professional boxer. In 2019, the case was the focus of a 13-part BBC podcast series, the 'Hurricane Tapes'. From 1993 to 2005, Carter served as executive director of Innocence Canada. The story inspired the 1975 Bob Dylan song "Hurricane" and the 1999 film The Hurricane (with Denzel Washington playing Carter). An attempt by prosecutors to try the case a third time was rejected by the New Jersey Supreme Court.Ĭarter's autobiography, titled The Sixteenth Round, written while he was in prison, was published in 1975 by Warner Books. In 1967, they were convicted of all three murders, and given life sentences, served in Rahway State Prison a retrial in 1976 confirmed their sentences, but was overturned in 1985. Carter, who had a history of violence, and Artis were interrogated for 17 hours, released, then re-arrested weeks later. The victims were all white, and the incident took place during a period of high racial tensions, putting pressure on the police to close the case. They were allowed on their way, but after dropping off the third man, Carter and Aris were stopped passing the bar a second time 45 minutes later, and arrested. Shortly after the killings at 2:30 am, a car containing Carter, Artis, and a third acquaintance was stopped by police outside the bar on their way home from a nearby nightclub. In 1966, Carter, and his cousin, John Artis, were arrested for a triple homicide committed at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson, New Jersey. Artis and Carter remained close friends until Carter died in 2014, Hogan said.Rubin " Hurricane" Carter (– April 20, 2014) was an American-Canadian middleweight boxer, wrongfully convicted of murder and later released following a petition of habeas corpus after serving almost 20 years in prison. He said Carter often called Artis his “hero” because Artis turned down an offer for a reduced prison term if he would implicate Carter in the killings. Hogan said Artis was the “forgotten man” in the case, which drew widespread attention to Carter, but little to Artis. Lee Sarokin threw out the convictions, writing that the prosecution had been “predicated upon an appeal to racism rather than reason, and concealment rather than disclosure.” After years of appeals and advocacy, including by the boxing great Muhammad Ali and other celebrities, the men were released.Īrtis was paroled in 1981. He met Carter and co-wrote the song “Hurricane,” which he performed on his Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1975. Artis and Carter were each sentenced to three life terms after being convicted by an all-white jury based mainly on the testimony of two thieves who later recanted.ĭylan became aware of Carter’s plight after reading the boxer’s autobiography. The three victims were white witnesses said the two men who killed them were Black. Artis and Carter were convicted in a 1966 slaying at a bar in Paterson, New Jersey.
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