SPORT & NOTE
Benny GOLDBERG

Male

Bantamweight, Poland, based in USA, Detroit, Michigan
Born: December 21, 1919, Warsaw, Poland
Died: September 10, 2001
Height: 5ft 5in, mt 1,64
southpaw

Polish-American

as an amateur:
1935 Detroit Golden Gloves Bantamweight Championship winner
1936 AAU Bantamweight Championship of Michigan winner


No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1937
+ Nov. 29Joe NadeauDetroit, USAKO 3
+ Dec. 8Russ McCarthyDetroit, USAKO 5
1938
+ Feb. 15Young SpeedyLos Angeles, USATKO 2
+ Feb. 25Manuel OrtizHollywood, USAW 4
+ Mar. 8Dominic PasculliLos Angeles, USATKO 2
+ Mar. 25General PadillaHollywood, USAW 4
+ July 1Tony NavarroLos Angeles, USAW 4
= July 19Tony OliveraFresno, USADraw 6
+ Aug. 5Manuel OrtizLos Angeles, USAW 4
1939
+ Mar. 14Gib BlackDetroit, USAKO 5
+ May 2George AnnarinoDetroit, USAKO 6
+ July 11Herbie GilmoreDetroit, USAW 8
+ Aug. 10Pepito SantiniDetroit, USAW 10
+ Sept. 7Jimmy UrsoDetroit, USAKO 5
+ Oct. 26Jimmy WebsterDetroit, USAW 10
1940
* Feb. 15KO MorganDetroit, USANC 6
+ June 18Charley ParhamDetroit, USATKO 10
Michigan State Bantamweight Title
+ July 25Charley ParhamDetroit, USAW 12
1941
+ Mar. 21Jimmy GilliganDetroit, USAW 8
+ May 2Danny CarabellaBronx, USAKO 5
+ May 27Carlos CuebasLong Island City, QueensW 6
+ June 2Johnny MarcellinePhiladelphia, USAW 8
1942
+ Mar. 23Jimmy GilliganToledo, USAW 8
+ Apr. 13Chick SanchezDetroit, USAKO 6
+ Apr. 27Abe DennerDetroit, USAW 10
+ May 20Chico MoralesToledo, USAKO 4
+ July 21Joey ArchibaldToledo, USAW 10
+ Nov. 30Jose Domingo RozoDetroit, USAW 10
+ Dec. 14Lou TransparentiDetroit, USAKO 4
1943
+ Mar. 9Rufus RogersBrooklyn, USAKO 2
+ Mar. 19Chico MoralesNew York, USAKO 2
+ Apr. 5Jose Domingo RozoPhiladelphia, USATKO 4
+ Apr. 30Tony OliveraHollywood, USAW 10
= June 4Leonardo LopezHollywood, USADraw 10
- Nov. 23Manuel OrtizLos Angeles, USAL 15
World Bantamweight Title
1944
- Jan. 1Billy MillerDetroit, USAL 10
+ June 2Luis CastilloHollywood, USAW 10
1945
+ Feb. 9Pancho ArizmendiSan Diego, USATKO 5
+ Apr. 21Lorenzo SaforaHollywood, USAW 10
+ May 18Luis CastilloHollywood, USAW 10
+ Aug. 17Pedro RamirezHollywood, USAW 10
+ Oct. 26Eli GolindoHollywood, USAW 10
1946
+ Apr. 12Pedro RamirezHollywood, USAW 10

 

Summary

Total bouts: 43, Won: 38 (16 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 1