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1104:Hock Bones
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524:Kid Reese
342:Tim Kelly
312:Tim Kelly
222:17 losses
101:Wins by KO
46:Statistics
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295:Location
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1565:. BoxRec
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219:18 wins
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32:American
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280:Record
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548:Loss
458:Loss
396:Loss
366:Draw
336:Loss
292:Date
286:Type
181:from
117:Draws
1571:2012
1509:2016
1420:1–0
1417:Win
1396:PTS
1390:1–1
1366:PTS
1360:1–2
1336:TKO
1330:1–3
1306:PTS
1298:1–4
1274:PTS
1266:2–4
1263:Win
1251:Won
1236:PTS
1228:3–4
1225:Win
1204:TKO
1198:3–5
1163:3–6
1139:PTS
1131:4–6
1128:Win
1107:TKO
1101:5–6
1098:Win
1071:6–6
1068:Win
1041:6–7
1017:PTS
1009:7–7
1006:Win
985:TKO
979:7–8
949:7–9
925:PTS
919:8–9
916:Win
835:PTS
796:Win
775:PTS
745:PTS
706:Win
685:TKO
676:Win
646:Win
613:Win
583:Win
518:Win
497:PTS
488:Win
467:TKO
437:TKO
428:Win
375:PTS
345:PTS
315:PTS
306:Win
93:Wins
1426:KO
1369:10
1309:10
1277:20
1239:20
1171:KO
1142:15
1125:10
1095:11
1077:KO
1065:12
1047:KO
1035:13
1020:15
1003:14
973:15
955:KO
943:16
928:15
913:17
895:KO
883:18
865:DQ
853:19
838:10
823:20
805:KO
793:21
763:22
748:15
733:23
715:KO
703:24
673:25
655:DQ
643:26
622:KO
610:27
592:KO
580:28
559:KO
545:29
527:KO
515:30
485:31
455:32
425:33
407:KO
393:34
363:35
333:36
303:37
273:No.
233:10
230:10
1586::
1492:^
1414:1
1399:8
1384:2
1354:3
1324:4
1292:5
1260:6
1222:7
1192:8
1157:9
778:8
500:4
378:4
348:4
318:4
263:2
255:1
252:1
244:6
241:7
145:.
112:17
104:10
96:18
88:37
1573:.
1511:.
120:2
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