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	Pete RADEMACHER
	Heavyweight Male (Thomas Peter Rademacher) 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

Amateur Results


1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 10	Bill Waltman	Yakima, Washington	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 30	Virgil Hunt	Yakima, Washington	WPTS 3

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Seattle, Washington, Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves 3rd place, +79.400 kg
+ Feb. 21	Chuck Ross	Seattle, Washington	WPTS 3
- Feb. 22	Zora Folley (USA)	Seattle, Washington	LPTS 3

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
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 (USA)	Boston, Massachusetts	LPTS 3

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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 (USA)	San Francisco, California	LTKO 2
* Sept. 5	Bob Ranck	Cody, Wyoming	ND 5

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
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 (USA)	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3
+ Apr. 15	Jack Scheberies (USA)	Boston, Massachusetts	WPTS 3


1954 No results recorded

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 10	Harold Greene	Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi	WPTS 3
- Dec. 7	Lenny Kanthal	Coral Gables, Florida	LPTS 3

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
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 (USA)	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 (USA)	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 (SVK)	Melbourne, Australia	WKO 2
+ Nov. 30	Daniel Bekker (RSA)	Melbourne, Australia	WKO 3
+ Dec. 1	Lev Mukhin (RUS)	Melbourne, Australia	WKO 1

Professional record


1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Aug. 22	Floyd Patterson	Seattle, United States	KO by 6
(For World Heavyweight Title)

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- July 25	Zora Folley	Los Angeles, United States	KO by 4

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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, ND: 0

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