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126:Boxing record
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69:
59:
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45:June 11, 1959
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1735:. Legacy.com
1727:
1715:. Retrieved
1705:
1693:. Retrieved
1683:
1671:. Retrieved
1661:
1649:. Retrieved
1639:
1605:
1494:Sands Casino
1480:David Brown
1327:Harry Arroyo
1142:Gene Hatcher
705:Civic Center
689:Sammy Young
663:Civic Center
446:Loreto Garza
345:Buddy McGirt
321:Round, time
281:By decision
270:By knockout
246:James McGirt
242:Loreto Garza
218:Gene Hatcher
215:
195:
177:
176:
132:Total fights
125:
76:
62:(2023-05-02)
18:
1861:2023 deaths
1856:1959 births
1838:Terry Marsh
1821:Gary Hinton
1786:Melvin Paul
1585:1981-12-26
1552:1982-02-09
1522:1982-03-16
1489:1982-04-02
1459:1982-04-20
1429:1982-05-18
1420:Mike Blunt
1399:1982-07-18
1369:1982-09-14
1359:Arturo Leon
1337:1982-10-30
1305:1983-01-06
1275:1983-03-31
1245:1983-07-05
1215:1983-07-29
1185:1983-08-30
1152:1983-11-12
1120:1984-02-07
1090:1984-03-13
1057:1984-04-27
1048:Andre Wynn
1027:1984-05-25
997:1984-06-29
967:1984-09-26
937:1984-12-14
904:1985-02-05
865:1985-03-25
833:1985-07-10
800:1985-08-23
790:Gary Hinton
768:1985-11-21
735:1986-02-28
658:1986-10-30
648:Gary Hinton
623:1987-03-04
613:Terry Marsh
588:1987-06-14
555:1988-01-23
522:1988-08-13
489:1988-10-27
456:1989-01-25
421:1989-06-17
388:1989-09-20
355:1989-11-10
238:Terry Marsh
234:Gary Hinton
60:May 2, 2023
1850:Categories
1713:. CBS News
1631:References
1296:Al Carter
1176:Al Carter
1062:Felt Forum
699:1986-07-26
560:Cobo Arena
513:Luis Mora
461:ARCO Arena
148:Wins by KO
77:Statistics
49:Lima, Ohio
41:1959-06-11
25:Joe Manley
1783:Previous:
1620:Kronk Gym
327:Location
315:Opponent
265:8 losses
84:Weight(s)
1805:(Spring)
1739:July 29,
1717:July 29,
1695:July 29,
1673:July 29,
1651:July 29,
1614:See also
1366:10 (10)
1334:10 (10)
1302:10 (10)
1272:10 (10)
1149:12 (12)
1024:10 (10)
994:10 (10)
901:10 (10)
862:12 (12)
797:12 (12)
765:10 (10)
732:10 (10)
655:10 (15)
620:10 (15)
585:10 (10)
385:10 (10)
262:29 wins
115:Orthodox
1182:7 (10)
1117:3 (10)
1054:1 (10)
964:7 (10)
934:7 (10)
830:7 (10)
786:22–3–1
756:23–3–1
721:24–3–1
686:25–3–1
644:26–3–1
609:26–4–1
576:27–4–1
552:2 (10)
543:27–5–1
510:27–5–2
477:28–5–2
453:7 (10)
442:28–6–2
418:5 (10)
409:28–7–2
376:29–7–2
352:9 (10)
341:29–8–2
312:Record
309:Result
1762:BoxRec
1582:6 (6)
1549:4 (6)
1519:1 (6)
1486:8 (8)
1456:3 (8)
1426:6 (8)
1396:8 (8)
1242:3 (8)
1212:1 (8)
1087:8 (8)
695:6 (6)
519:8 (8)
486:1 (8)
330:Notes
292:Draws
156:Losses
111:Stance
95:Height
70:, U.S.
51:, U.S.
1799:Next:
1796:1981
1760:from
1320:Loss
1263:10–1
1233:11–1
1203:12–1
1173:13–1
1138:13–2
1135:Loss
1108:14–2
1078:15–2
1045:16–2
1015:17–2
985:18–2
955:19–2
925:20–2
890:21–2
851:21–3
848:Loss
821:22–3
783:Draw
606:Loss
540:Loss
507:Draw
439:Loss
406:Loss
338:Loss
324:Date
318:Type
182:boxer
164:Draws
103:Reach
1741:2024
1719:2024
1697:2024
1675:2024
1653:2024
1573:1–0
1570:Win
1546:TKO
1540:2–0
1537:Win
1510:3–0
1507:Win
1477:4–0
1474:Win
1453:TKO
1447:5–0
1444:Win
1417:6–0
1414:Win
1387:7–0
1384:Win
1355:8–0
1352:Win
1323:8–1
1293:9–1
1290:Win
1260:Win
1239:TKO
1230:Win
1200:Win
1179:TKO
1170:Win
1114:TKO
1105:Win
1084:PTS
1075:Win
1051:TKO
1042:Win
1012:Win
982:Win
961:TKO
952:Win
931:TKO
922:Win
887:Win
876:NABF
874:For
827:TKO
818:Win
753:Win
718:Win
683:Win
670:Won
641:Win
617:TKO
573:Win
516:PTS
483:TKO
474:Win
373:Win
349:TKO
244:and
140:Wins
57:Died
31:Born
1579:UD
1516:KO
1483:UD
1423:KO
1393:UD
1363:UD
1331:SD
1299:MD
1287:10
1269:UD
1257:11
1227:12
1209:KO
1197:13
1167:14
1146:UD
1132:15
1102:16
1072:17
1039:18
1021:UD
1009:19
991:UD
979:20
949:21
919:22
898:UD
884:23
859:UD
845:24
815:25
794:SD
780:26
762:UD
750:27
729:UD
715:28
692:UD
680:29
672:IBF
652:KO
638:30
603:31
582:UD
570:32
549:KO
537:33
504:34
471:35
450:KO
436:36
415:KO
403:37
382:UD
370:38
335:39
305:No.
284:15
273:14
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1534:2
1504:3
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1411:6
1381:7
1349:8
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287:3
276:5
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143:29
135:39
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159:8
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