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Pete RADEMACHER
Male
(Thomas Peter Rademacher)
Heavyweight, USA, Grandview, Washington
Born: November 20, 1928, Tieton, Yakima County, Washington, USA
Died: 4 June 2020, Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Height: 6ft 1 1/2in, mt 1,86
Weight: 200, 206.5 lbs
He became the only person to challenge for the
world heavyweight championship in his first professional bout
as an amateur:
1949 Seattle Golden Gloves champion
Wpts Elmer Hartie, Ft Lewis; Wpts Art Senft Vancouver; Wpts Chuck Pomianek, Seattle
1950 Seattle Golden Gloves
Wpts Chuck Ross, Portland; Lpts Zora Folley, Ft Lawton
1951 Seattle Golden Gloves champion
Wko 3 Bill Waltman, Yakima; Wko 1 Don Brabant
1951 Boston, National AAU champion
Wpts H. Ehron, Great Lakes; Wko 1 Don Brabant, Seattle
1952 Seattle Golden Gloves champion
Wpts Jim Davis, Ft Lewis; Wko 1 Gil Osman, McChord; Wko 2 Del Clark, Faircloud AFB
1952 Olympic Regionals
Wko 2 C. Hudgins, Los Angeles; Lpts Jack Scheberies
1953 Seattle Golden Gloves champion
Wpts B. Emerson, Vancouver W 3; Wpts Richard Reyes, Seattle; Wpts Jim Davis, Ft Lewis
1953 Boston, National AAU champion
Wpts H. Johnson, Air Force W 3; Wpts B. Middleton;
Wpts Zora Folley, Army; Wpts Jack Scheberies, Oakland
1956 Miami, National AAU
Lpts Len Kanthal, Miami
1956 Chicago Golden Gloves silver medal
Wpts Ben Bankhead, St Louis; Wko 3 Billy Smith, Memphis;
Wpts Booker Staten, Kansas City; Lpts Solomon McTier, Montgomery
1956 All-Army Championship winner
Wko 3 Clemmie Turner, Army; Wpts Oliver Smith, Army W 3; WF John Johnson, Army
1956 Service Championship winner
Wpts Jim Stewart, Marines; Wpts Joe Uphill, Air Force
1956 Olympic Trials winner
Wpts John Johnson, Army; Wpts Joe Hemphill, Air Force; Wpts Hal Espey, Idaho State
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games gold medal
Wko 2 Josef Nemec, Czechoslovakia; Wko 3 Daan Bekker, South Africa; Wko 1 Lev Mukhin, Russia
amateur record: 72-7-0 (35 KOs)
Amateur fights courtesy of Bob Yalen
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1948 | | + Dec. 10 | Bill Waltman | Yakima, Washington | WPTS 3 | | + Dec. 30 | Virgil Hunt | Yakima, Washington | WPTS 3 | | 1949 | |
| Seattle, Washington, Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves winner, +79.400 kg | | + Feb. 21 | Elmer Hartie | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 22 | Chuck Pomianek | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 22 | Art Semft | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | |
| Yakima, Washington, Central Washington Golden Belt winner, +79.400 kg | | + Apr. 1 | Don Lunberg | Yakima, Washington | WPTS 3 | | + Apr. 2 | Bill Waltman | Yakima, Washington | WPTS 3 | | 1950 | |
| Seattle, Washington, Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves 3rd place, +79.400 kg | | + Feb. 21 | Chuck Ross | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | | - Feb. 22 | Zora Folley | Seattle, Washington | LPTS 3 | | 1951 | |
| Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Golden Gloves winner, +79.400 kg | | + Feb. 8 | Fred Goodrich | Tacoma, Washington | WTKO 2 | | + Feb. 9 | Mike McMurtry | Tacoma, Washington | WKO 1 | | + Feb. 9 | Bud Jagger | Tacoma, Washington | WKO 1 | |
| Seattle, Washington, Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves winner, +79.400 kg | | + Feb. 22 | Don Brabant | Seattle, Washington | WKO 1 | | + Feb. 22 | Bill Waltman | Seattle, Washington | WKO 3 | |
| Yakim, Washington, Yakima Golden Belt winner, +79.400 kg | | + Mar. 17 | Bill Waltman | Yakima, Washington | WKO 2 | |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States National Championships 3rd place, +79.400 kg | | + Apr. 9 | Bill Baker | Boston, Massachusetts | WWO | | + Apr. 10 | Henry Ebron | Boston, Massachusetts | WPTS 3 | | - Apr. 11 | Norvel Lee | Boston, Massachusetts | LPTS 3 | | 1952 | | + Jan. 17 | Bill Schertler | Spokane, Washington | WDQ 3 - Exh | |
| Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Golden Gloves, +81 kg | | - Jan. 26 | James Davis | Tacoma, Washington | LKO 2 | | * Feb. 9 | Bill Schertler | Spokane, Washington | ND 3 - Exh | | - Feb. 15 | Bob Ranck | Pullman, Washington | LKO 3 - Exh | |
| Seattle, Washington, Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg | | + Feb. 21 | James Davis | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 22 | Gil Osman | Seattle, Washington | WKO 1 | | + Feb. 22 | Del Clarke | Seattle, Washington | WTKO 2 | | * Mar. 6 | Bill Schertler | Pullman, Washington | ND 3 - Exh | |
| San Francisco, California, Regional Olympic Trials, +81 kg | | + June 11 | Claude Hudgins | San Francisco, California | WTKO 1 | | - June 12 | Jack Scheberies | San Francisco, California | LTKO 2 | | * Sept. 5 | Bob Ranck | Cody, Wyoming | ND 5 | | 1953 | |
| Seattle, Washington, Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg | | + Feb. 16 | Bill Emerson | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 17 | Richard Reyes | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 17 | James Davis | Seattle, Washington | WPTS 3 | |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States National Championships winner, +81 kg | | + Apr. 13 | Harold Johnson | Boston, Massachusetts | WPTS 3 | | + Apr. 14 | Robert Middleton | Boston, Massachusetts | WPTS 3 | | + Apr. 15 | Zora Folley | Boston, Massachusetts | WPTS 3 | | + Apr. 15 | Jack Scheberies | Boston, Massachusetts | WPTS 3 | 1954
No results recorded | | 1955 | | + Nov. 10 | Harold Greene | Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi | WPTS 3 | | - Dec. 7 | Lenny Kanthal | Coral Gables, Florida | LPTS 3 | | 1956 | |
| Montgomery, Alabama, District Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg | | + Feb. 1 | Paul Daniel | Montgomery, Alabama | WKO 1 | |
| Montgomery, Alabama, Alabama State Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg | | + Feb. 8 | Al Tillman | Montgomery, Alabama | WKO 1 | |
| Nashville, Tennessee, Southern Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg | | + Feb. 14 | Joe Reeves | Nashville, Tennessee | WTKO 1 | | + Feb. 15 | Jug Hewitt | Nashville, Tennessee | WTKO 1 | |
| Chicago, Illinois, US National Golden Gloves 2nd place, +81 kg | | + Feb. 28 | Billy Ray Smith | Chicago, Illinois | WTKO 1 | | + Feb. 28 | Ben Bankhead | Chicago, Illinois | WPTS 3 | | + Feb. 29 | Booker Staten | Chicago, Illinois | WPTS 3 | | - Mar. 9 | Solomon McTier | Chicago, Illinois | LPTS 3 | |
| Fort Stewart, Georgia, US Army Dual Match Fort Stewart vs Fort Benning, +81 kg | | + Mar. 20 | Early Dickens | Fort Stewart, Georgia | WKO 2 | | + Apr. 20 | Winston Scantlin | Macon, Georgia | WPTS 3 | |
| Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, US Army Dual Match Camp Lejeune vs Fort Benning, +81 kg | | + May 3 | Bob Cunningham | Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | WPTS 3 | |
| Fort Benning, Georgia, US Army Dual Match Fort Benning vs Fort Polk, +81 kg | | + May 10 | James Maynard | Fort Benning, Georgia | WKO 1 | |
| Fort Benning, Georgia, US Army Dual Match Fort Benning vs Fort Bragg, +81 kg | | + July 26 | Cullus Smith | Fort Benning, Georgia | WPTS 3 | |
| Fort Benning, Georgia, US Army Dual Match Fort Benning vs Fort Stewart, +81 kg | | + Aug. 2 | William Peoples | Fort Benning, Georgia | WTKO 2 | |
| Fort Benning, Georgia, US Army Dual Match Fort Benning vs Bolling Air Force Base, +81 kg | | + Aug. 9 | Laurence Woodson | Fort Benning, Georgia | WTKO 2 | |
| Fort Benning, Georgia, Third Army Games winner, +81 kg | | + Sept. 14 | Emanuel Oates | Fort Benning, Georgia | WKO 1 | |
| Fort Myer, Virginia, All-Army Games winner, +81 kg | | + Sept. 24 | Clemmie Turner | Fort Myer, Virginia | WKO 3 | | + Sept. 27 | Oliver Smith | Fort Myer, Virginia | WPTS 3 | | + Sept. 29 | Johnny Johnson | Fort Myer, Virginia | WDQ 2 | |
| Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Inter-Service Games winner, +81 kg | | + Oct. 4 | Jim Stewart | Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | WPTS 3 | | + Oct. 5 | Joe Hemphill | Camp Lejeune, North Carolina | WPTS 3 | |
| San Francisco, California, US Olympic Trials winner, +81 kg | | + Oct. 18 | Johnny Johnson | San Francisco, California | WPTS 3 | | + Oct. 19 | Joe Hemphill | San Francisco, California | WPTS 3 | | + Oct. 19 | Hal Epsey | San Francisco, California | WPTS 3 | |
| Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games gold medal, +81 kg | | + Nov. 29 | Josef Nemec | Melbourne, Australia | WKO 2 | | + Nov. 30 | Daniel Bekker | Melbourne, Australia | WKO 3 | | + Dec. 1 | Lev Mukhin | Melbourne, Australia | WKO 1 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1957 | | - Aug. 22 | Floyd Patterson | Seattle, United States | KO by 6 | | (For World Heavyweight Title) | | 1958 | | - July 25 | Zora Folley | Los Angeles, United States | KO by 4 | | 1959 | | + Aug. 13 | Tommy Thompson | Columbus, United States | TKO 5 | | + Sept. 13 | Ralph Schneider | Greenville, United States | TKO 3 | | + Sept. 29 | Calvin Butler | Miami Beach, United States | W 10 | | + Nov. 12 | Buddy Keener | Columbus, United States | KO 1 | | + Dec. 9 | Johnny York | Cleveland, United States | W 8 | | 1960 | | + Feb. 6 | Ulli Nitzschke | Frankfurt, Germany | KO 7 | | = Apr. 8 | Ulli Ritter | Schoeneberg, Germany | Draw 10 | | - Apr. 26 | Brian London | Wembley, Great Britain | KO by 7 | | + June 29 | LaMar Clark | Salt Lake City, United States | TKO 10 | | + July 19 | George Chuvalo | Toronto, Canada | W 10 | | + Dec. 8 | Kirk Barrow | Spokane, United States | W 10 | | + Dec. 13 | Willi Besmanoff | Cleveland, United States | W 10 | | 1961 | | + Jan. 23 | Donnie Fleeman | Seattle, United States | W 10 | | + Feb. 22 | Harvey Taylor | Yakima, United States | KO 1 | | + Apr. 14 | Dan Vanderford | Gastonia, United States | KO 1 | | - Apr. 29 | Doug Jones | New York, United States | KO by 5 | | - Aug. 17 | George Logan | Boise, United States | KO by 2 | | - Oct. 23 | Archie Moore | Baltimore, United States | TKO by 6 | | + Nov. 30 | Buddy Turman | Dallas, United States | TKO 9 | | 1962 | | - Jan. 20 | Karl Mildenberger | Dortmund, Germany | L 10 | | + Apr. 3 | Bobo Olson | Honolulu, United States | W 10 |
Summary
Total bouts: 23, Won: 15 (8 inside the limit), Lost: 7 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0
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