Johnny Bratton
NBA Welterweight Champion
1951
JOHNNY BRATTON
b. September 9, 1927
d. August 15, 1993
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WON
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LOST
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DRAWS
3 |
KO'S
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NBA welterweight champion
Johnny Bratton has boldly signed this FDC in black fountain pen ink... The
envelope has two small pulp photos attached to the reverse and is postmarked May
10, 1947
measures: 3.5 x 6.5"
condition: some mild wrinkling and tape at
all four corners
sold
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Bratton turned pro in 1944 and captured the vacant
National Boxing Association
World welterweight title in 1951 with a majority decision win
over
Charley Fusari
[2],
fight in which Fusari was down for a four-count in the 4th round
and a nine-count in the 10th. He lost the belt two months later
to
Kid Gavilan
by decision after Bratton's jaw was broken within the first five
rounds. In 1953 Bratton rematched Gavilan for the World
Welterweight Title and lost a lopsided decision with scores
85-65, 83-67, 82-68 all for Gavilan. After the loss to Gavilan,
Bratton's career spiraled downward with losses to
Johnny Saxton
and
Chico Varona.
He retired in 1955 after a brutal loss to Del Flanagan, a fight
stopped by the Ring doctor because Bratton was cut over both
eyes and because he appeared "dazed and didn't know where he
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