Sport & Note

Melio Bettina

Male

(Emilio Antonio Bettina)
Light-Heavyweight, USA, Beacon, New York
Born: November 18, 1916, Little Falls, New York, USA
(some sources report: November 18, 1915)
(Moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut, afterwards to Beacon, New York)
Died: December 20, 1996, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
(died from diabetes complications)
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77
southpaw
Weight: 172-180 lbs

Italian-American

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1934
New York City, New York, Intercity Golden Gloves Championships, 175 lbs
+ Mar. 28	Tony Zale	New York City, New York	WPTS 3

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1934
+ Oct. 6	Joe Gargiso	Brooklyn, USA	KO 1
+ Oct. 27	John Dario	Brooklyn, USA	KO 2
+ Nov. 10	Terry Mitchell	Brooklyn, USA	W 4
+ Dec. 1	Julius Veigh	Brooklyn, USA	KO 3
1935
+ Mar. 15	Jimmy Varrelli	New York, USA	W 6
+ Apr. 4	Vincent Funk	Paterson, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 11	Babe Marshall	Paterson, USA	W 6
+ May 2	Charlie Mautz	Paterson, USA	W 8
- May 16	Ray Miller	Paterson, USA	L 6
+ June 3	Louis LePage	Paterson, USA	W 10
+ June 25	Alfie Williams	Elmira, USA	KO 3
= Sept. 10	Mark Hough	Poughkeepsie, USA	Draw 8
+ Nov. 12	Tiger Smith	New Haven, USA	W 6
1936
+ Jan. 9	Joe Tinsley	White Plains, USA	W 6
+ Feb. 17	Babe Childers	Miami Beach, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 10	Tony Celli	West Palm Beach, USA	W 10
- Mar. 31	Charley Weise	West Palm Beach, USA	L 10
+ Apr. 14	Charley Weise	West Palm Beach, USA	W 10
+ June 1	Bud Mignault	Poughkeepsie, USA	W 10
+ July 13	Charley Loughran	Washington, USA	W 6
- Aug. 21	Buddy Ryan	Long Branch, USA	L 6
- Aug. 27	Freddie Caruso	Jersey City, USA	L 6
- Sept. 14	Frank Zamaris	Newark, USA	KO by 6
+ Sept. 28	Frank Zamaris	Newark, USA	W 8
+ Nov. 16	Buddy Ryan	Newark, USA	W 8
+ Dec. 8	Steve Carr	West Palm Beach, USA	KO 6
1937
+ Jan. 12	Carl Knowles	West Palm Beach, USA	TKO 3
= Jan. 26	Leroy Brown	West Palm Beach, USA	Draw 10
+ Mar. 2	Tony Celli	West Palm Beach, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 30	Barney Brock	Miami, USA	W 10
+ June 18	Joe Knight	Miami, USA	W 10
+ July 10	Jimmy Mendes	Milford, USA	KO 5
+ July 24	Joe Lipps	Milford, USA	KO 5
+ Aug. 7	Johnny Duarte	Milford, USA	W 8
- Aug. 20	Buck Everett	Miami Beach, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 28	Art Johnson	Los Angeles, USA	TKO 4
+ Nov. 5	Swede Berglund	Hollywood, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 10	Swede Berglund	Hollywood, USA	TKO 3
1938
+ Feb. 4	Bob Godwin	West Palm Beach, USA	TKO 7
+ Mar. 11	Tony Celli	West Palm Beach, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 25	Pat McDuff	West Palm Beach, USA	W 10
+ May 5	Jim Johnson	New York, USA	TKO 7
+ May 20	Domenico Ceccarelli	New York, USA	W 6
+ June 17	Phil Sommese	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
+ July 2	Johnny Lasinski	Milford, USA	TKO 5
+ July 26	Gene Bonin	Poughkeepsie, USA	TKO 2
+ Aug. 18	Buck Everett	Poughkeepsie, USA	KO 1
+ Oct. 10	Basher Dean	Plainfield, USA	W 8
1939
+ Jan. 3	Bud Mignault	Bronx, USA	TKO 10
+ Jan. 20	Henry Cooper	New York, USA	W 8
+ Feb. 3	Tiger Jack Fox	New York, USA	TKO 9
(Won vacant NYSAC World Light Heavyweight Title)
+ May 15	Italo Colonello	Pittsburgh, USA	TKO 3
- July 13	Billy Conn	New York, USA	L 15
(For vacant World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 8	Charley Hobo Williams	Poughkeepsie, USA	W 8
- Sept. 25	Billy Conn	Pittsburgh, USA	L 15
(For World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 28	Willie Pavlovich	Jersey City, USA	W 8
+ Dec. 15	Mario Liani	Kingston, USA	TKO 5
1940
- Jan. 5	Fred Apostoli	New York, USA	L 12
+ Feb. 2	Fred Apostoli	New York, USA	TKO 12
- June 7	Al McCOY	Boston, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 7	Joe O'Gatty	Amsterdam, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 10	Gunnar Barlund	Bronx, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 17	Solly Krieger	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
1941
- Jan. 13	Anton Christoforidis	Cleveland, USA	L 15
(For vacant NBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Feb. 21	Herbie Katz	New York, USA	KO 9
+ Mar. 9	Buddy Knox	Miami, USA	KO 5
+ Mar. 25	Jack Marshall	Tampa, USA	TKO 9
+ July 22	Red Burman	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 25	Pat Valentino	San Francisco, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 7	Sonny Boy Walker	Los Angeles, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 17	Jimmy Bivins	Cleveland, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 1	Harry Bobo	Pittsburgh, USA	W 10
1942
+ Jan. 12	Mose Brown	Pittsburgh, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 31	Gus Dorazio	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 10	Booker Beckwith	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ June 12	Altus Allen	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ June 23	Harry Bobo	Cleveland, USA	W 10
1943
+ June 14	Lou Brooks	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 1
- Sept. 15	Jimmy Bivins	Cleveland, USA	L 10
1944
+ May 22	Johnny Vorce	Pittsburgh, USA	KO 5
+ June 12	Buddy Walker	Pittsburgh, USA	W 10
+ July 18	Curtis Sheppard	Pittsburgh, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 16	Tommy Reed	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ Dec. 11	George Parks	Washington, USA	W 10
1945
= Mar. 16	Jimmy Bivins	New York, USA	Draw 10
1946
+ July 11	Eddie Blunt	Hartford, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 19	Larry Bouchard	Troy, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 25	Eldridge Eatman	Norwalk, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Bill Weinberg	Buffalo, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 10	Joe Muscato	Buffalo, USA	TKO 3
1947
- May 23	Gus Lesnevich	New York, USA	KO by 1
1948
+ May 12	Jackie Fisher	Bangor, USA	TKO 5
+ May 24	Ross Strickland	Newburgh, USA	KO 5
+ June 16	Angel Sotillo	Brooklyn, USA	KO 3
+ July 6	Austin Johnson	Elizabeth, USA	KO 2
+ July 27	Jimmy O'Brien	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 4
+ Nov. 8	Sandy McPherson	Providence, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Enrique Felpi	New York, USA	W 10
- Dec. 21	Johnny Flynn	Rochester, USA	KO by 6

Summary

Total bouts: 99, Won: 82 (36 inside the limit), Lost: 14 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 0