Editing Jimmy Carter (boxer) (section)

==First taking the World Lightweight Championship, May 1951==
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On May 25, 1951, Carter took the World Lightweight Championship from reigning champion [[Ike Williams]] in a fourteenth-round TKO at Madison Square Garden. Williams was down in the fifth, tenth, and fourteenth rounds.<ref name=BR/> Carter knocked Williams to the mat a total of four times, and was leading the scorecards of all three officials before the bout was stopped. In the fifth round, Williams was dropped to the canvas for a five count, and never was the same. Surprisingly, Carter was not at all well known at the time of the bout, and his victory was considered an upset.<ref>Rose, Murray, "Ike Williams is Defeated By Unknown", ''The News-Palladium'', Benton Harbor, Michigan, pg. 6, 25 May 1851</ref>

In his first title defense before 7,251 fans on November 14, 1951, he went up against Art Aragon at the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, winning in a fifteen-round unanimous decision. Aragon was down in both the sixth and fifteenth rounds, but claimed after the fight that a left to his jaw in the twelfth is what finally did him in.<ref name=BR/> It was an easy win for Carter, as Aragon lacked the skills to take down the world champion. Aragon took a severe beating in the last four rounds that sealed the victory for Carter.<ref name=TMS/> Carter had oddly lost to Aragon on August 28 of that year in a fifteen-round split decision at the same location. Some boxing writers speculated he may have thrown the fight on purpose. Some even believed Carter was controlled by mafia kingpin [[Frankie Carbo]].<ref name=CBZ/>

He lost the title on May 14, 1952, against [[Lauro Salas]] at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles in a fifteen-round split decision that was a jarring upset for many.<ref name=BR/> The decision was a controversial one, and many boxing writers disagreed with the official' final ruling for Sales.<ref>"Mexico's Lauro Sales Pounds Out Upset Win Over Champion" ''Denton Record-Chronicle'', Denton, Texas, pg. 9, 15 May 1952</ref>