No amateur resultsProfessional recordDate | Opponent | Place | Result | 1944 | + Apr. 17 | Roy Miller | Omaha, United States | WDQ 4 | + Apr. 28 | Bucky Jackson | Minneapolis, United States | TKO 3 | + May 19 | Don Brouillard | Minneapolis, United States | W 6 | + May 22 | Ruben Jones | Omaha, United States | KO 1 | + June 9 | George Bolen | Minneapolis, United States | TKO 3 | + Oct. 13 | Tito Taylor | Omaha, United States | W 6 | + Oct. 27 | Bishop Murphy | Omaha, United States | KO 2 | - Nov. 10 | Lou Angelucci | Omaha, United States | TKO by 6 | = Dec. 8 | Lou Angelucci | Omaha, United States | Draw 8 | 1945 | - Feb. 16 | Paul Hartnek | Omaha, United States | KO by 9 | - Mar. 27 | Vecie Van | Minneapolis, United States | KO by 2 | + June 15 | Ray Augustus | Kansas City, United States | W 6 | + Oct. 5 | Floyd Brenner | Detroit, United States | WDQ 3 | + Nov. 2 | Bert Dowdell | Detroit, United States | W 4 | + Nov. 12 | Ted Morrison | Omaha, United States | KO 3 | + Nov. 13 | James Merriott | Kansas City, United States | KO 3 | + Nov. 19 | Ray McQueen | Saint Louis, United States | KO 1 | + Dec. 13 | Sonny Martin | Minneapolis, United States | KO 1 | + Dec. 17 | Hank Postaway | Omaha, United States | KO 5 | 1946 | + Jan. 7 | Jack Hill | Omaha, United States | W 10 | + Jan. 14 | Rufus Knighton | Detroit, United States | W 6 | - Jan. 17 | Willie Moore | Chicago, United States | L 5 | - Jan. 28 | Walter Smith | Detroit, United States | KO by 6 | + May 13 | Earl Peterson | Omaha, United States | TKO 6 | = May 27 | Fred Ford | Minneapolis, United States | Draw 6 | + June 10 | Virgil McKinness | Omaha, United States | KO 3 | - Aug. 20 | Jackie Burke | Lincoln, United States | L 10 | + Sept. 2 | Chuck Caldwell | Omaha, United States | KO 2 | + Sept. 30 | Don Glover | Omaha, United States | TKO 1 | + Oct. 28 | Allen Small | Omaha, United States | TKO 4 | 1947 | + Jan. 8 | Ray Augustus | Kansas City, United States | W 10 | + Apr. 14 | Earl Washington | Omaha, United States | TKO 1 | - Apr. 29 | Deacon Logan | Omaha, United States | L 6 | - June 12 | Pat McCafferty | Topeka, United States | KO by 2 | 1948 | + Feb. 2 | Nick Basil | Omaha, United States | W 4 | - Mar. 16 | Willard Reed | Michigan City, United States | KO by 5 | - May 24 | Charley Banks | Huntington, United States | KO by 4 | 1949 | - May 10 | Mack Parshay | Detroit, United States | KO by 2 | 1950 | + Jan. 6 | Charlie Martin | Omaha, United States | TKO 3 | - Jan. 18 | Cal Vernon | Milwaukee, United States | L 6 | - Feb. 21 | Cal Vernon | Milwaukee, United States | KO by 5 | - Mar. 22 | Mike Buha | Chicago, United States | KO by 3 | 1951 | + Jan. 9 | Coranzo Fitzgerald | Omaha, United States | W 6 | + Dec. 10 | Murray Burnett | Chicago, United States | W 6 | + Dec. 17 | Chuck Savage | Chicago, United States | KO 3 | 1952 | + Jan. 16 | Paulie Simpson | Chicago, United States | W 6 | + Jan. 28 | Milton Newman | Chicago, United States | TKO 6 | + Feb. 11 | Wes Bascom | Chicago, United States | W 8 | + Mar. 10 | Walter Hafer | Chicago, United States | W 8 | + Mar. 24 | Curt Kennedy | Wood River, United States | KO 9 | - Apr. 21 | Wes Bascom | Saint Louis, United States | KO by 5 | + June 23 | John Holman | Chicago, United States | W 10 | - July 16 | John Holman | Chicago, United States | KO by 4 | - Sept. 22 | Toxie Hall | Chicago, United States | L 8 | + Dec. 1 | Billy Noble | Chicago, United States | TKO 6 | 1953 | - Jan. 12 | Toxie Hall | Chicago, United States | L 8 | - Jan. 28 | Billy Noble | Chicago, United States | L 6 | + Apr. 21 | Danny Nardico | Milwaukee, United States | W 10 | - May 26 | Ezzard Charles | Milwaukee, United States | KO by 5 | 1954 | - Jan. 5 | Paul Andrews | Chicago, United States | TKO by 7 | 1955 | - Feb. 10 | Eddie Cotton | Seattle, United States | L 8 | + Aug. 3 | Tony Smith | Mount Pleasant, United States | TKO 2 | - Nov. 1 | Ken Hammer | Detroit, United States | L 10 | - Dec. 13 | Sonny Liston | East Saint Louis, United States | TKO by 4 | 1956 | - Jan. 9 | Howie Turner | Toronto, Canada | L 6 |
Summary
Total bouts: 65, Won: 38 (21 inside the limit), Lost: 25 (15 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0
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