1937
	Diamond Gloves Welterweight Champion

1938
	Wins Diamond Gloves & Golden Gloves
---   	Dan Ely 		---         	       KO 2 (Am.)
             (Ely was Canadian National Champ)

1939
---	Bradley Lewis		San Francisco		W (Am.)
---	Leroy Bolden		San Francisco		W (Am.)
	 (Wins National AAU Middleweight Championship)

1940
Mar 15	Medley Johnson		Middletown, PA		KO 3
Mar 20	Jimmy Brown		Reading, PA		KO 2
Mar 27	John Reeves		Cincinnati		W 6
Apr 2	Charley Banks		Cincinnati		W 6
Apr 10	Kid Ash			Portsmouth, OH		KO 3
Apr 16	Charley Banks		Cincinnati		KO 2
Apr 24	Remo Fernandez		Cincinnati		KO 6
May 10	Eddie Fowler		Portsmouth, OH		KO 3
May 17	Pat Wright		Middletown, PA		KO 4
Jun 5	Frankie Williams	Cincinnati		KO 7
Jun 12	John Reeves		Columbus, OH		KO 4
Jun 24	Bradley Lewis		San Francisco		KO 3
Sep 23	Marty Simmons		Cincinnati		W 10
Oct 3	Bill Hood		Cincinnati		KO 2
Dec 2	Charley Jerome		Cincinnati		KO 2

1941
Feb 10	Billy Bengal		Cincinnati		W 10
Feb 22	Slaka Cavrich		Cincinnati		KO 2
Mar 10	Floyd Howard		Cincinnati		KO 7
Mar 31	Joe Sutka		Cincinnati		W 10
May 12	Rudy Kozole		Cincinnati		W 10
Jun 9	Ken Overlin		Cincinnati		L 10
Jul 21	Al Gilbert		Cincinnati		KO 6
Oct 13	Pat Mangini		Cincinnati		KO 1
Nov 17	Teddy Yarosz		Cincinnati		W 10

1942
Jan 13	Anton Christoforidis	Cincinnati		KO 3
Mar 2	Ken Overlin		Cincinnati		D 10
Apr 8	Billy Pryor		Cincinnati		W 10
May 13	Evelio "Kid" Tunero	Cincinnati		L 10
May 25	Charley Burley		Pittsburgh		W 10
Jun 29	Charley Burley		Pittsburgh		W 10
Jul 14	Steve Mamakos		Cincinnati		KO 1
Jul 27	Booker Beckwith		Pittsburgh		KO 9
Aug 17	Jose Basora		Pittsburgh		KO 5
Sep 15	Mose Brown		Pittsburgh		KO 6
Oct 27	Joey Maxim		Pittsburgh		W 10
Dec 1	Joey Maxim		Cleveland		W 10

1943
Jan 7	Jimmy Bivins		Cleveland		L 10
Mar 31	Lloyd Marshall		Cleveland		KO by 8

1944-45

Served in the US Army during World War II

1946
Feb 18	Al Sheridan		Cincinnati		KO 2
Mar 25	Tee Hubert		Cincinnati		W 10
Apr 1	Billy Duncan		Pittsburgh		KO 4
Apr 15	George Parks		Pittsburgh		KO 6
May 13	Tee Hubert		Cincinnati		KO 4
May 20	Archie Moore		Pittsburgh		W 10
Jun 13	Shelton Bell		Youngstown, OH		KO 5
Jul 29	Lloyd Marshall		Cincinnati		KO 6
Sep 23	Billy Smith		Cincinnati		W 10
Nov 12	Jimmy Bivins		Pittsburgh		W 10

1947
Feb 17	Billy Smith		Cincinnati		KO 5
Mar 10	Jimmy Bivins		Cleveland		KO 4
Apr 14	Erv Sarlin		Pittsburgh		W 10
May 5	Archie Moore		Cincinnati		W 10
Jul 14	Fitzie Fitzpatrick	Cincinnati		KO 5
Jul 25	Elmer Ray		New York		L 10
Sep 16	Joe Matisi		Buffalo			W 10
Sep 29	Lloyd Marshall		Cincinnati		KO 2
Oct 16	Al Smith		Akron, OH		KO 4
Oct 27	Clarence Jones		Huntington, WV		KO 1 
Nov 3	Teddy Randolph		Buffalo			W 10
Dec 2	Fitzie Fitzpatrick	Cleveland		KO 4

1948
Jan 13	Archie Moore		Cleveland		KO 8
Feb 20	Sam Baroudi		Chicago			KO 10
	(Baroudi died from injuries sustained in the fight.)
May 7	Elmer Ray		Chicago			KO 9
May 20	Erv Sarlin		Buffalo			W 10
Sep 13	Jimmy Bivins		Washington DC		W 10
Nov 14	Walter Hafer		Cincinnati		KO 7
Dec 10	Joe Baksi		New York		KO 11

1949
Feb 7	Johnny Haynes		Philadelphia		KO 8
Feb 28	Joey Maxim		Cincinnati		W 15
Apr 18	Charley Banks		Detroit			Exh 4
Apr 22	Willard Reed		Indianapolis		Exh 4
Apr 29	Hubert Hood		Omaha, NE		Exh 4
May 10	Charlie Banks		South Bend, IN		Exh 4
May 11	Jackie Lyons		Gary, IN		Exh 4
Jun 22	Jersey Joe Walcott	Chicago			W 15
	(Wins Vacant NBA Heavyweight Title)
Aug 10	Gus Lesnevich		New York		KO 7
	(Retains NBA Heavyweight Title)
Sep 2	Joe Modzele		Chicago			Exh 4
Sep 19	Alabama Kid		Columbus, OH		Exh 4
Oct 14	Pat Valentino		San Francisco		KO 8
	(Retains NBA Heavyweight Title)
Oct 17	Rex Layne		Salt Lake City		Exh 4
Oct 18	Sammy Andrews		Los Angeles		Exh 4
Oct 26	Billy Smith		Oakland			Exh 4
Oct 28	Al Smith		San Diego		Exh 2
Oct 28	Lloyd Gibson		San Diego		Exh 2

1950
Aug 3	Joe Modzele		Pittsburgh		Exh 4
Aug 15	Freddie Beshore 	Buffalo			KO 14
	(Retains NBA Heavyweight Title)
Sep 27	Joe Louis		New York		W 15
	(Wins World Heavyweight Title)
Dec 5	Nick Barone		Cincinnati		KO 11
	(Retains World Heavyweight Title)

1951
Jan 12	Lee Oma			New York		KO 10
	(Retains World Heavyweight Title)
Feb 4	Henry Hall		New Orleans		Exh 6
Feb 6	Jimmy Brown		Camp Folk, LA		Exh KO 2
Mar 7 	Jersey Joe Walcott	Detroit			W 15
	(Retains World Heavyweight Title)
May 30	Joey Maxim		Chicago			W 15	
	(Retains World Heavyweight Title)
Jul 18	Jersey Joe Walcott	Pittsburgh		KO by 7
	(Loses World Heavyweight Title)
Oct 10	Rex Layne		Pittsburgh		KO 11
Dec 12	Joey Maxim		San Francisco		W 12
Dec 21	Joe Kahut		Portland, OR		KO 8

1952
Jun 5	Jersey Joe Walcott	Philadelphia		L 15
	(For World Heavyweight Title)
Aug 8	Rex Layne		Ogden, UT		L 10
Oct 8	Bernie Reynolds		Cincinnati		KO 2
Oct 24	Cesar Brion		New York		W 10
Nov 26	Jimmy Bivins		Chicago			W 10
Dec 15	Frank Buford		Boston			KO 7

1953
Jan 14	Wesbury Bascom		St. Louis		KO 9
Feb 4	Tommy Harrison		Detroit			KO 9
Apr 1	Rex Layne		San Francisco		W 10
May 12	Bill Gilliam		Toledo, OH		W 10
May 26	Larry Watson		Milwaukee		KO 5
Aug 11	Nino Valdes		Miami Beach		L 10
Sep 8	Harold Johnson		Philadelphia		L 10
Dec 16	Coley Wallace		San Francisco		KO 10

1954
Jan 13	Bob Satterfield		Chicago			KO 2
Apr 29	Max Chris		Denver			Exh 3
Apr 29	Chuck Woodworth		Denver			Exh 3
Jun 17	Rocky Marciano  	New York		L 15
	(For World Heavyweight Title)
Sep 17	Rocky Marciano		New York		KO by 8
	(For World Heavyweight Title)

1955
Feb 18	Charley Norkus		New York		W 10
Apr 11	Vern Escoe		Edmonton, Alberta	KO 3
Apr 27	Johnny Holman		Miami Beach		KO by 9
Jun 8	Johnny Holman		Cincinnati		W 10
Jul 13	Paul Andrews		Chicago			W 10
Aug 3	Tommy Jackson		Syracuse, NY		L 10
Aug 31	Tommy Jackson		Cleveland		L 10
Nov 14	Toxie Hall		Providence		L 10
Dec 6	Toxie Hall		Rochester, NY		W 10
Dec 22	Bob Albright		San Francisco		W 10
Dec 29	Young Jack Johnson	Los Angeles		KO by 6

1956
Apr 21	Don Jasper		Windsor, Ont.		KO 9
May 21	Wayne Bethea		New York		L 10
Jun 19	Bob Albright		Phoenix			KO 7
Jul 13	Pat McMurty		Tacoma, WA		L 10
Aug 13	Harry "Kid" Matthews	Seattle			L 10
Oct 2	Dick Richardson		London			LDQ 2
Dec 1	Announces Retirement

1957
Retired

1958
Aug 28	Johnny Harper		Fairmont, WV		W 10
Sep 30	Alfredo Zuany		Juarez, Mexico		L 10
Oct 27	Donnie Fleeman		Dallas			KO by 6

1959
Jul 3	Dave Ashley		Cincinnati		KO 7
Jul 30	George Logan		Boise, ID		KO by 8
Sep 1	Alvin Green		Oklahoma City		L 10

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