Sport & Note

Oscar Bonavena

Male

"Ringo"
(Oscar Natalio Bonavena)
Heavyweight, Argentina
Born: September 25, 1942, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: May 22, 1976, Reno, Nevada, USA
(murdered)
Height: 5ft 10 3/4in, mt 1,79
Weight: 203, 206, 209, 218 lbs

Italian-Argentinian

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1964
+ Jan. 3	Lou Hicks	New York, USA	TKO 1
+ Feb. 4	Everett Copeland	Sunnyside,Queens, USA	KO 1
+ Mar. 10	Wendell Newton	Sunnyside,Queens, USA	TKO 5
+ May 5	Leslie Borden	Sunnyside,Queens, USA	TKO 3
+ May 29	Byron Stoimenides	New York, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 21	Tom McNeeley	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Nov. 13	Dick Wipperman	New York, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 18	Billy Stephan	New York, USA	TKO 6
1965
- Feb. 26	Zora Folley	New York, USA	L 10
+ Apr. 17	Rene Sosa	Mar del Plata, Argentina	KO 2
+ May 2	Carlos Vazquez	Bahia Blanca, Argentina	KO 3
+ May 28	Rogelio Fernando Gregorutti	San Miguel, Argentina	KO 2
+ June 26	Rodolfo Luciano Diaz	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 4
+ July 23	Eduardo Corletti	Cordoba, Argentina	KO 1
+ Aug. 6	Alberto Gonzales	Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina	KO 2
+ Sept. 4	Gregorio Peralta	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 12
(Won Argentine Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 9	Pablo Sagrispanti	Rosario, Argentina	TKO 1
+ Oct. 22	Hector Wilson	Concepcion, Argentina	KO 2
+ Nov. 13	Billy Daniels	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 1
1966
+ Feb. 12	Bruno Segura	Mar del Plata, Argentina	KO 2
- Mar. 12	Jose Giorgetti	Mar del Plata, Argentina	LDQ 8
+ Apr. 16	Jose Giorgetti	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ June 23	George Chuvalo	New York, USA	W 10
- Sept. 21	Joe Frazier	New York, USA	L 10
+ Oct. 7	Alberto Benassi	Mar del Plata, Argentina	KO 5
+ Oct. 22	Amos Johnson	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ Nov. 18	Alberto Benassi	Rosario, Argentina	TKO 5
+ Dec. 1	Roberto Veliz	Mendoza, Argentina	KO 4
1967
+ Jan. 21	Jose Giorgetti	Mar del Plata, Argentina	KO 9
+ Apr. 8	Hubert Hilton	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 10
+ June 23	Pablo Sagrispanti	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 2
+ July 22	Luis Faustino Pires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 6
+ Aug. 5	Carlos Vazquez	General Roca, Argentina	TKO 3
+ Sept. 16	Karl Mildenberger	Frankfurt, Germany	W 12
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
- Dec. 2	Jimmy Ellis	Louisville, USA	L 12
(For WBA Heavyweight Title Eliminator)
1968
+ Feb. 16	Felipe Pedro Marich	Cordoba, Argentina	TKO 6
+ Mar. 8	Alberto Benassi	La Rioja, Argentina	KO 3
+ Apr. 20	Lee Carr	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 3
+ June 1	Roberto Davila	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ July 6	Zora Folley	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ Sept. 7	Leotis Martin	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ Nov. 9	Jim Fletcher	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 1
- Dec. 10	Joe Frazier	Philadelphia, USA	L 15
(For WBC/NYSAC World Heavyweight Title)
1969
+ Mar. 5	Luis Faustino Pires	Mar del Plata, Argentina	TKO 8
+ June 20	Wilhelm Von Homburg	Berlin, Germany	TKO 3
= Aug. 8	Gregorio Peralta	Montevideo, Uruguay	Draw 10
+ Dec. 13	Santiago Alberto Lovell	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 9
1970
- Jan. 10	Miguel Angel Paez	Buenos Aires, Argentina	LDQ 7
+ Mar. 21	Santiago Alberto Lovell	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 7
+ Apr. 24	Jose Menno	Montevideo, Uruguay	KO 2
+ May 9	Manuel Ramos	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 1
+ July 4	James J Woody	Buenos Aires, Argentina	KO 5
+ Oct. 29	Luis Faustino Pires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 4
- Dec. 7	Muhammad Ali	New York, USA	TKO by 15
(For vacant NABF Heavyweight Title)
1971
+ Oct. 4	Alvin Lewis	Buenos Aires, Argentina	WDQ 7
1972
- Feb. 11	Floyd Patterson	New York, USA	L 10
1973
+ July 23	Leroy Caldwell	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 2
+ Aug. 6	Roy Wallace	Las Vegas, USA	KO 6
+ Aug. 15	Lou Bailey	Denver, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 20	Terry Sorrell	Oklahoma City, USA	TKO 2
1974
- Mar. 19	Ron Lyle	Denver, USA	L 12
+ May 21	Larry Middleton	Largo, USA	W 12
+ July 13	Larry Renaud	Roma, Italy	KO 3
+ Sept. 21	Bob Mashburn	Roma, Italy	KO 2
+ Oct. 18	Oliver Wright	Roma, Italy	KO 9
+ Nov. 12	Mani Vaka	Honolulu, USA	TKO 5
1975
+ Nov. 1	Raul Gorosito	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
1976
+ Feb. 26	Billy Joiner	Reno, USA	W 10

Summary

Total bouts: 68, Won: 58 (44 inside the limit), Lost: 9 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0