Sport & Note

Wayne BETHEA

Male

Heavyweight, USA, New York City, New York
Born: March 27, 1932, Dillon, South Carolina, USA
Died: January 20, 2011
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83
Weight: 186, 191, 197, 203, 207 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1954
+ Aug. 12	Rue Williams	Astoria, USA	KO 3
+ Sept. 2	Elie Rogalle	Astoria, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 9	Henry Hawkins	Astoria, USA	W 4
= Oct. 11	Howie Turner	Brooklyn, USA	Draw 6
+ Nov. 15	Bob Graves	Brooklyn, USA	W 6
+ Nov. 22	Rico Hackney	New York, USA	W 4
- Dec. 4	Bob Biehler	Rochester, USA	L 6
+ Dec. 27	Harold Carter	New York, USA	TKO 6
1955
- Mar. 21	Joey Rowan	Brooklyn, USA	L 10
- May 20	Harold Carter	New York, USA	L 8
= July 26	Harold Carter	Miami Beach, USA	Draw 10
- Sept. 13	Harold Carter	Miami Beach, USA	L 10
+ Nov. 1	Julio Mederos	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 1	Mickey Carter	Sunnyside, USA	KO 5
1956
+ Mar. 8	Ernie Cab	Sunnyside, USA	TKO 6
+ May 21	Ezzard Charles	New York, USA	W 10
+ July 16	Jimmy Slade	New York, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 24	Joe Bygraves	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Nov. 5	Howie Turner	New York, USA	W 10
- Dec. 3	Zora Folley	New York, USA	L 10
1957
- Jan. 9	Zora Folley	Syracuse, USA	L 10
+ Apr. 22	Jeff Dyer	Holyoke, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 30	Bert Whitehurst	Hartford, USA	W 10
+ May 27	Paul Andrews	New York, USA	W 10
- Sept. 10	Harold Johnson	Philadelphia, USA	L 10
1958
+ Jan. 29	Young Jack Johnson	Chicago, USA	W 10
- Apr. 3	Nino Valdes	Denver, USA	L 10
- Aug. 6	Sonny Liston	Chicago, USA	TKO by 1
1959
+ Feb. 16	Warnell Lester	Baltimore, USA	KO 10
+ Mar. 23	Rudy Watkins	Baltimore, USA	W 10
- May 22	Alex Miteff	New York, USA	L 10
1960
- June 30	George Moore	Detroit, USA	L 10
- July 26	Art Swiden	McKeesport, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 10	Ike Thomas	Hamilton, USA	KO 5
+ Dec. 5	Ernie Terrell	Chicago, USA	W 10
- Dec. 19	Eddie Machen	Portland, USA	L 10
1961
+ Jan. 17	Bill Nielsen	Omaha, USA	TKO 7
- Feb. 7	Cleveland Williams	Houston, USA	L 10
- Mar. 27	Kirk Barrow	Spokane, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 29	Willie Ray Richardson	San Jose, USA	W 10
- Nov. 3	Karl Mildenberger	Hamburg, Germany	L 10
+ Nov. 11	Frankie Daniels	Dortmund, Germany	W 8
1962
- Feb. 26	Henry Cooper	Manchester, Great Britain	L 10
+ Sept. 22	Joe Bygraves	Kingston, Jamaica	W 10
1963
+ Mar. 22	Franco De Piccoli	Roma, Italy	KO 4
= Apr. 5	Giulio Rinaldi	Roma, Italy	Draw 10
= May 5	Santo Amonti	Brescia, Italy	Draw 10
+ May 23	Giuseppe Migliari	Roma, Italy	W 8
- July 6	Karl Mildenberger	Charlottenburg, Germany	L 10
+ Oct. 14	Ernie Knox	Baltimore, USA	KO 9

Summary

Total bouts: 50, Won: 28 (11 inside the limit), Lost: 18 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0