Sport & Note

Henry CHMIELEWSKI

Male

(aka Henry Chemel)
(real name: Henryk Chmielewski)
Middleweight, USA, Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Born: January 8, 1914, Łódź, Poland
Died: November 16, 1998, Hollywood, Florida, USA
(some sources report: November 15, 1998)
Height: 5ft 8in, mt 1,73

In 1938, he emigrated to the USA, where he became
a professional boxer using the name of Henry Cheme

Polish-American

as an amateur:
1936 Berlin, Germany, Olympic Games middleweight
1937 Milano, Italy, European Championships middleweight gold medal

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1937
Milano, Italy, European Championships gold medal, 72.600 kg
+ May 5	Claessens	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 7	Alfred Fleury	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 8	Henry Tiller	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3
+ May 9	Gerhardus Dekkers	Milano, Italy	WPTS 3

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1938
+ June 20	Charlie Ross	Boston, United States	KO 1
+ July 6	KO LaMouche	Portland, United States	KO 3
+ Aug. 18	KO LaMouche	Portland, United States	KO 3
+ Aug. 29	Joey Brandon	Buffalo, United States	W 6
* Sept. 29	Italian Jack Dempsey	Portland, United States	ND 8
+ Oct. 24	Neil Doherty	Portland, United States	KO 4
* Nov. 29	Coley Welch	Portland, United States	ND 8
+ Dec. 21	Irish Johnny Smith	Boston, United States	KO 2
1939
+ Jan. 9	Unknown Morgan	Boston, United States	W 8
+ Jan. 23	Butch Lynch	Portland, United States	KO 4
+ Jan. 27	Unknown Morgan	Boston, United States	W 6
+ Feb. 17	Johnny Rossi	Boston, United States	KO 3
+ Feb. 24	Johnny Rossi	Boston, United States	KO 3
+ Mar. 21	Jimmy Jones	Portland, United States	KO 5
+ May 12	Jimmy O'Boyne	Boston, United States	W 8
- June 2	Lou Brouillard	Worcester, United States	L 10
* Sept. 14	Coley Welch	Portland, United States	ND 8
+ Oct. 13	Howell King	Worcester, United States	W 10
+ Nov. 20	Tiger Red Lewis	Portland, United States	W 10
1940
+ Jan. 12	Lou Brouillard	Worcester, United States	W 10
+ Feb. 1	Babe Verila	Boston, United States	W 12
New England Middleweight Title
- Mar. 15	Howell King	Worcester, United States	L 10
+ May 3	Augie Arellano	New York, United States	W 6
- May 23	Ernie Vigh	New York, United States	KO by 1
+ June 28	Jimmy Sheppard	Chicago, United States	W 8
+ July 15	Buddy Waterman	Detroit, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 9	Georgie Abrams	Milwaukee, United States	W 10
- Oct. 28	Tony Martin	Milwaukee, United States	L 10
- Nov. 11	Nate Bolden	Chicago, United States	TKO by 4
- Nov. 28	Georgie Abrams	Washington, United States	TKO by 6
1941
- Mar. 21	Coley Welch	Portland, United States	TKO by 9
New England Middleweight Title
- Aug. 11	Eddie Booker	San Francisco, United States	TKO by 9
+ Oct. 22	Jackie Donovan	Boston, United States	TKO 8
- Dec. 8	Coley Welch	Portland, United States	TKO by 10
New England Middleweight Title
1942
+ Jan. 16	Frankie Nelson	Boston, United States	W 10
- Mar. 13	Coley Welch	Boston, United States	TKO by 8
New England Middleweight Title
+ Apr. 10	Frankie Nelson	Boston, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 13	Andy Holland	Portland, United States	W 10
- Nov. 6	Jake LaMotta	Boston, United States	L 10
1943
+ Feb. 5	Johnny Seaman	Boston, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 15	Andy Holland	Boston, United States	W 10
+ Apr. 30	Andy Holland	Worcester, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 22	Jackie Caparell	Boston, United States	TKO 8
+ Nov. 26	Jackie Caparell	Boston, United States	TKO 5
1944
+ Jan. 6	Sonny Horne	Boston, United States	W 10
- Feb. 4	Coley Welch	Boston, United States	TKO by 7
+ Oct. 23	Larney Moore	Holyoke, United States	TKO 4
+ Nov. 2	Johnny Ryan	Boston, United States	KO 5
+ Nov. 16	Langston Dennis	Fall River, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 7	Berlie Lanier	Boston, United States	TKO 7
+ Dec. 28	Bob Wade	Portland, United States	KO 2
1945
+ Jan. 4	Bert Lytell	Boston, United States	W 10
+ Feb. 5	Bert Lytell	Boston, United States	W 10
- Apr. 5	Reedy Evans	Boston, United States	TKO by 8
- Sept. 20	Saint Paul	West Springfield, United States	L 10
- Nov. 9	Vic Dellicurti	Boston, United States	L 10
1946
+ Oct. 10	J.C. Wilkins	Portland, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 5	Stanley Sims	Portland, United States	W 10
1947
+ Jan. 22	Eddie Steele	Miami, United States	KO 4
+ Feb. 26	George Williams	Binghamton, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 19	George Williams	Binghamton, United States	KO 6
+ Apr. 2	Charley Dodson	Binghamton, United States	W 10
= May 14	Billy Brown	Binghamton, United States	Draw 10
+ June 4	Manuel Rosa	Schenectady, United States	W 10
- June 18	Billy Brown	Binghamton, United States	L 10
+ Aug. 19	Lee Black	Troy, United States	KO 2
- Oct. 14	Sonny Horne	Boston, United States	L 10
- Oct. 28	Joey DeJohn	Buffalo, United States	TKO by 2
+ Dec. 19	Charley Early	Rumford, United States	W 10
1948
+ Jan. 14	Davey Feld	Miami, United States	W 10
+ Jan. 28	Horace Bailey	Portland, United States	TKO 4
+ Feb. 20	Oswaldo Silva	Miami Beach, United States	KO 10
- Apr. 30	Jose Basora	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO by 5
+ June 8	Cleve Bailey	Portland, United States	W 10
+ July 15	Horace Bailey	Portland, United States	TKO 6
- Aug. 23	Jimmy Curl	Miami, United States	TKO by 1
+ Oct. 7	Joe Reddick	Portland, United States	TKO 6
+ Nov. 9	Joe Reddick	Portland, United States	W 10
- Nov. 22	Artie Levine	Providence, United States	TKO by 4
1949
- Jan. 31	Steve Belloise	Brooklyn, United States	TKO by 2
- Mar. 8	Jackie Burke	Miami, United States	L 10
+ Mar. 28	Harry Haft	Miami, United States	TKO 9

Summary

Total bouts: 82, Won: 55 (24 inside the limit), Lost: 23 (14 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 3