1952
Oct 31   Paroled from prison 

1953
Feb   St. Louis Golden Glove Heavy Champ
Feb   Midwest Golden Glove Heavy Champ
      (beat Olympic Gold Medalist Ed Sanders)
Mar   National Golden Glove Heavy Champ
Jun   International Golden Glove Heavy Champ

Professional Record

1953
Sep 2	Don Smith	St. Louis, MO		KO 1
Sep 17	Ponce DeLeon	St. Louis, MO		W4
Nov 21	Ben Thomas	St. Louis, MO		W6

1954
Jan 24	Martin Lee	St. Louis, MO		KO 6
Mar 31	Stanley Howlett	St. Louis, MO		W 6
Jun 24	John Summerlin	Detroit, MI		W 8
   (televised, Summerlin was 22-1, disputed decision)
Aug 10	John Summerlin	Detroit, MI		W 8
Sep 7	Marty Marshall	Detroit, MI		L 8

1955
Mar 1	Neil Welch	St. Louis, MO		W 8
Apr 21	Marty Marshall	St. Louis, MO		KO 6
May 5	Emil Brtko	Pittsburgh, PA		KO 5
May 25	Calvin Butler	St. Louis, MO		KO 2
Sep 13	John Gray	Indianapolis, IN	KO 6
Dec 13	Larry Watson	E. St. Louis, MO  	KO 4

1956
Mar 6	Marty Marshall	Pittsburgh, PA		W 10

1957
Jan     Begins 9-month sentence for beating up cop in May 1956
Aug 24  Paroled from jail


1958
Jan 29	Bill Hunter		IL              KO 2
Mar 11	Benjamin Wise		IL              KO 4
Apr 3	Bert Whitehurst 	MO              W 10
May 14	Julio Mederos		IL              KO 3
Aug 6	Wayne Bethea		IL              KO 1
Oct 7	Frankie Daniels 	FL              KO 1
Oct 24	Bert Whitehurst         MO              W 10           
Nov 18	Ernie Cab		FL              KO 8

1959
Feb 18	Mike DeJohn		FL              KO 6
Apr 15	Cleveland Williams	FL              KO 3
Aug 5	Nino Valdes		IL              KO 3
Dec 9	Willie Bermanoff	OH              KO 7

1960
Feb 23	Howard King		FL              KO 8
Mar 21	Cleveland Williams	TX              KO 2
Apr 25	Roy Harris		TX              KO 1
Jul 18	Zora Folley		CO              KO 3
Sep 7	Eddie Machen		WA              W 12

1961
Mar 8	Howard King		FL              KO 3
Jul 14	Suspended by PA Athletic Comm'n after being arrested
Nov 6	Ernie Terrell		Chicago, IL	Exh 4
Dec 4	Albert Westphal 	PA              KO 1

1962
Apr 17	Applies for license to box in New York
Apr 26	NY Commission denies license

Sep 25	Floyd Patterson        Chicago, IL	KO 1
            (Wins World Heavyweight Championship)

1963
Jul 22	Floyd Patterson	       Las Vegas, NV	KO 1
            (Retains World Heavyweight Championship)

1964
Feb 25	Cassius Clay           Miami Beach      KO by 7
            (Loses World Heavyweight Championship)

1965
May 25	Muhammad Ali           Lewiston, Me     KO by 1
            (For World Heavyweight Championship)

1966
[May]	Opponent	    Anchorage, AK	Exh
[May]	Opponent	    Anchorage, AK	Exh
May 29	Gerhard Zech           Sweden           KO 7
Aug 19	Amos Johnson           Sweden	       KO 3  

1967
Mar 30	Dave Bailey	      Sweden        KO 1                     
Apr 28	Elmer Rush	       Sweden        KO 6

1968
Mar 16	Billy McMurray         NV               KO 4
May 23	Billy Joiner	       CA              KO 8   
Jul 6	Henry Clark		CA              KO 7
Oct 14	Sonny Moore		AZ              KO 3
Nov 3	Willie Earls		Juarez, MEX	KO 2
Nov 12	Roger Rischer		PA              KO 3
Dec 10	Amos Lincoln		MD              KO 2

1969	
Mar 28  Billy Joiner		MO              W 10
May 19  George Johnson	        NV              KO 7
Sep 23  S.D. "Sonny" Moore      TX              KO 3
Dec 6   Leotis Martin	       NV            KO by 9
1970
Jun 29	Chuck Wepner	   Jersey City, NJ	KO 10

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