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Wayne BETHEA
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Heavyweight
Male USA, New York City, New York Born: March 27, 1932, Dillon, South Carolina, USA Died: January 20, 2011 Height: 6ft, mt 1,83 Weight: 186, 191, 197, 203, 207 lbs
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No amateur results
Professional record | 1954 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Aug. 12 | Rue Williams | Astoria, USA | KO 3 | + Sept. 2 | Elie Rogalle | Astoria, USA | KO 1 | + Sept. 9 | Henry Hawkins | Astoria, USA | W 4 | = Oct. 11 | Howie Turner | Brooklyn, USA | Draw 6 | + Nov. 15 | Bob Graves | Brooklyn, USA | W 6 | + Nov. 22 | Rico Hackney | New York, USA | W 4 | - Dec. 4 | Bob Biehler | Rochester, USA | L 6 | + Dec. 27 | Harold Carter | New York, USA | TKO 6 | | 1955 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | - Mar. 21 | Joey Rowan | Brooklyn, USA | L 10 | - May 20 | Harold Carter | New York, USA | L 8 | = July 26 | Harold Carter | Miami Beach, USA | Draw 10 | - Sept. 13 | Harold Carter | Miami Beach, USA | L 10 | + Nov. 1 | Julio Mederos | Miami Beach, USA | W 10 | + Dec. 1 | Mickey Carter | Sunnyside, USA | KO 5 | | 1956 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Mar. 8 | Ernie Cab | Sunnyside, USA | TKO 6 | + May 21 | Ezzard Charles | New York, USA | W 10 | + July 16 | Jimmy Slade | New York, USA | W 10 | + Sept. 24 | Joe Bygraves | New York, USA | TKO 5 | + Nov. 5 | Howie Turner | New York, USA | W 10 | - Dec. 3 | Zora Folley | New York, USA | L 10 | | 1957 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | - Jan. 9 | Zora Folley | Syracuse, USA | L 10 | + Apr. 22 | Jeff Dyer | Holyoke, USA | W 10 | + Apr. 30 | Bert Whitehurst | Hartford, USA | W 10 | + May 27 | Paul Andrews | New York, USA | W 10 | - Sept. 10 | Harold Johnson | Philadelphia, USA | L 10 | | 1958 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 29 | Young Jack Johnson | Chicago, USA | W 10 | - Apr. 3 | Nino Valdes | Denver, USA | L 10 | - Aug. 6 | Sonny Liston | Chicago, USA | TKO by 1 | | 1959 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Feb. 16 | Warnell Lester | Baltimore, USA | KO 10 | + Mar. 23 | Rudy Watkins | Baltimore, USA | W 10 | - May 22 | Alex Miteff | New York, USA | L 10 | | 1960 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | - June 30 | George Moore | Detroit, USA | L 10 | - July 26 | Art Swiden | McKeesport, USA | L 10 | + Aug. 10 | Ike Thomas | Hamilton, USA | KO 5 | + Dec. 5 | Ernie Terrell | Chicago, USA | W 10 | - Dec. 19 | Eddie Machen | Portland, USA | L 10 | | 1961 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 17 | Bill Nielsen | Omaha, USA | TKO 7 | - Feb. 7 | Cleveland Williams | Houston, USA | L 10 | - Mar. 27 | Kirk Barrow | Spokane, USA | L 10 | + Aug. 29 | Willie Ray Richardson | San Jose, USA | W 10 | - Nov. 3 | Karl Mildenberger | Hamburg, Germany | L 10 | + Nov. 11 | Frankie Daniels | Dortmund, Germany | W 8 | | 1962 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | - Feb. 26 | Henry Cooper | Manchester, Great Britain | L 10 | + Sept. 22 | Joe Bygraves | Kingston, Jamaica | W 10 | | 1963 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Mar. 22 | Franco De Piccoli | Roma, Italy | KO 4 | = Apr. 5 | Giulio Rinaldi | Roma, Italy | Draw 10 | = May 5 | Santo Amonti | Brescia, Italy | Draw 10 | + May 23 | Giuseppe Migliari | Roma, Italy | W 8 | - July 6 | Karl Mildenberger | Charlottenburg, Germany | L 10 | + Oct. 14 | Ernie Knox | Baltimore, USA | KO 9 |
Summary
Total bouts: 50, Won: 28 (11 inside the limit), Lost: 18 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0, ND: 0
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