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Harold JOHNSON

"Hercules"

Light-Heavyweight

Male

USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born: August 9, 1928, Manayunk, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: February 19, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77

No amateur results

Professional record


1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 30	Joe Riley	Wilmington, USA	KO 2
+ Aug. 20	Charles Lester	Wilmington, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 25	Jack Simon	Allentown, USA	KO 4
+ Oct. 25	Randy Ingram	Philadelphia, USA	KO 4

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 10	Frank Lowry	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 2
+ Jan. 24	Chappy Manning	Reading, USA	W 6
+ Feb. 10	Jim Holden	Allentown, USA	KO 4
+ Feb. 17	Joe Van Loan	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 2
+ Mar. 10	Tony Gillo	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
+ Apr. 28	Leon Szymurski	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 3
+ May 26	Fred Lester	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 8
+ July 8	Tommy Ruth	Philadelphia, USA	KO 6
+ Aug. 4	Al Pinel	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
+ Oct. 6	Eddie Beazley	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 1
+ Nov. 6	Jimmy Moore	Atlantic City, USA	KO 5
+ Nov. 24	Herbie Katz	Philadelphia, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 11	Kid Wolfe	Atlantic City, USA	W 8

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 1	Kenny Harris	Philadelphia, USA	W 8
+ Mar. 29	Kenny Harris	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ May 13	Vernon Williams	Atlantic City, USA	W 8
+ Sept. 28	Agostinho Guedes	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 3
+ Nov. 9	Jim Holden	Allentown, USA	W 8
+ Dec. 14	Willie Brown	Philadelphia, USA	KO 7

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 23	Arturo Godoy	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
- Apr. 26	Archie Moore	Philadelphia, USA	L 10
+ June 16	Henry Hall	Milwaukee, USA	W 10
+ July 25	Henry Hall	Milwaukee, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 26	Jimmy Bivins	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 7	Bert Lytell	Dayton, USA	W 10

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 8	Jersey Joe Walcott	Philadelphia, USA	KO by 3
+ Dec. 18	Harry Daniels	Philadelphia, USA	KO 2

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Dusty Wilkerson	Philadelphia, USA	KO 4
+ Feb. 9	Chuck Hunter	New York, USA	W 8
+ June 18	Elkins Brothers	Philadelphia, USA	KO 10
+ July 23	Chubby Wright	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
- Sept. 24	Archie Moore	Philadelphia, USA	L 10
+ Dec. 10	Archie Moore	Milwaukee, USA	W 10

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 29	Archie Moore	Toledo, USA	L 10
+ Mar. 17	Clarence Henry	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
- Aug. 6	Bob Satterfield	Chicago, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 16	Leonard Morrow	Toledo, USA	KO 3
+ Oct. 6	Bob Satterfield	Philadelphia, USA	KO 2
+ Nov. 24	Nino Valdes	Brooklyn, USA	W 10

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 16	Jimmy Slade	New York, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 21	Billy Gilliam	Toledo, USA	W 10
+ May 11	Toxie Hall	Miami, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 8	Ezzard Charles	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 7	Henry Hall	Milwaukee, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Chubby Wright	Hershey, USA	W 10

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Jimmy Slade	New York, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 15	Charley Doc Williams	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 8
+ Mar. 17	Paul Andrews	Chicago, USA	W 10
- Aug. 11	Archie Moore	New York, USA	TKO by 14
- Oct. 8	Oakland Billy Smith	Philadelphia, USA	KO by 2
+ Dec. 7	Julio Mederos	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 22	Marty Marshall	Detroit, USA	W 10

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Paul Andrews	New York, USA	KO 6
- May 6	Julio Mederos	Philadelphia, USA	TKO by 2

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 8	Bert Whitehurst	Portland, USA	W 10

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 12	Bob Satterfield	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ May 31	Clarence Hinnant	New York, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 10	Wayne Bethea	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 17	Sid Peaks	Toledo, USA	KO 5

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 17	Bert Whitehurst	Syracuse, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 15	Ollie Wilson	Hartford, USA	TKO 2
+ Dec. 3	Howard King	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 15	Rudy Watkins	Philadelphia, USA	KO 6

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 4	Johnny York	Pittsfield, USA	TKO 6
+ Nov. 11	Sonny Ray	Chicago, USA	TKO 10

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 4	Clarence Floyd	Philadelphia, USA	W 10

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 7	Jesse Bowdry	Miami Beach, USA	TKO 9
(Won vacant World NBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Apr. 24	Von Clay	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 2
(Retained World NBA Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ July 1	Eddie Machen	Atlantic City, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 29	Eddie Cotton	Seattle, USA	W 15
(Retained World NBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 12	Doug Jones	Philadelphia, USA	W 15
(Won vacant World undisputed Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ June 23	Gustav Scholz	Berlin, Germany	W 15
(Retained World Light-Heavyweight Title)

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 19	Tommy Merrill	Scranton, USA	TKO 9
- June 1	Willie Pastrano	Las Vegas, USA	L 15
(Lost World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 6	Henry Hank	Philadelphia, USA	W 10

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 20	Hank Casey	Santa Monica, USA	KO 8


1965 Inactive

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 7	Johnny Persol	New York, USA	L 10
+ Dec. 6	Pekka Kokkonen	Vienna, Austria	W 10

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 1	Herschel Jacobs	New Orleans, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 7	Eddie Jones	Las Vegas, USA	W 10

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 3	Lothar Stengel	Frankfurt, Germany	W 10
+ June 11	Johnny Alford	Miami Beach, USA	W 10


1969-1970 Inactive

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 30	Herschel Jacobs	Sunnyside, United States	cTKO by 3

Summary

Total bouts: 87, Won: 76 (32 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0, ND: 0

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"Hercules"

Light-Heavyweight

No amateur results

Professional record

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