Record details

Johnny GRECO

"The Million Dollar Kid"

Welterweight

Male

(Giuseppe Antonio Giovanni Greco)
Canada, Montreal, Quebec
Born: October 1, 1923, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: December 12, 1954, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
(Died in a fatal one-car accident on Cedar and Mountain in Westmount)
Height: 5ft 5 1/2in, mt 1,65

Italian-Canadian

No amateur results

Professional record


1940
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 7	Al Kid Point	Montreal, Canada	TKO 3
+ June 18	Paul Lacroix	Montreal, Canada	WDQ 2
+ Oct. 10	Ralph Walton	Montreal, Canada	KO 4
+ Dec. 9	Johnny Berry	Toronto, Canada	KO 1

1941
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 27	Simeon Waithe	Toronto, Canada	W 4
- Feb. 25	Art Foster	Toronto, Canada	L 6
+ Apr. 14	Art Foster	Toronto, Canada	W 6
+ Apr. 22	Camille Gosselin	Montreal, Canada	KO 3
+ June 16	George Twitty	Toronto, Canada	TKO 5
- Aug. 20	Vinnie Rossano	Montreal, Canada	L 6
+ Sept. 25	Joe Symelic	Montreal, Canada	W 6
+ Oct. 11	Ronnie McNeal	Halifax, Canada	KO 5
- Nov. 11	Art Foster	Montreal, Canada	KO by 2

1942
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Carl Stein	White Plains, United States	TKO 3
= Jan. 19	Frankie Duane	Perth Amboy, United States	Draw 8
- Jan. 30	Herbie Kronowitz	New York, United States	L 4
+ Feb. 17	Mickey LaRosa	White Plains, United States	KO 1
+ Feb. 21	Joe De Jesus	Brooklyn, United States	W 6
+ Feb. 28	Joe De Jesus	Brooklyn, United States	TKO 4
= Mar. 6	Joey Manfro	New York, United States	Draw 4
+ Mar. 10	George Harper	Brooklyn, United States	W 6
+ Mar. 17	Cosby Linson	White Plains, United States	W 8
+ Mar. 21	Joe De Jesus	Brooklyn, United States	W 6
+ June 1	Joe Echevarria	Quebec City, Canada	TKO 7
+ June 20	Joey Manfro	Long Island City, United States	TKO 4
+ June 25	Jimmy Pierce	Brooklyn, United States	KO 2
+ July 16	Joe De Jesus	Brooklyn, United States	KO 3
+ July 30	George Harper	Brooklyn, United States	TKO 1
+ Aug. 4	Jimmy Shans	Brooklyn, United States	TKO 6
+ Aug. 20	Oliver White	Brooklyn, United States	TKO 5
+ Sept. 1	Willie Roache	Brooklyn, United States	W 8
+ Oct. 26	Alex Doyle	New York, United States	KO 2
+ Dec. 11	Harold Green	New York, United States	TKO 1
+ Dec. 28	Gene Johnson	New York, United States	W 8

1943
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 8	Bill Speary	New York, United States	KO 1
+ Feb. 26	Cleo Shans	New York, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 26	Cleo Shans	New York, United States	W 10
+ May 8	Terry Young	Montreal, Canada	W 10

1944
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 17	Joe Matone	Newark, United States	W 8
+ Aug. 15	Ernest Robinson	Montreal, Canada	KO 4
+ Aug. 28	Phil Enzenga	Montreal, Canada	KO 3
+ Sept. 12	Bobby Gunther	Montreal, Canada	TKO 3
+ Oct. 12	Oscar Suggs	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 26	Oscar Suggs	Saint Louis, United States	KO 6
+ Nov. 17	Bobby Ruffin	New York, United States	W 10
= Dec. 15	Bobby Ruffin	New York, United States	Draw 10

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 2	Bobby Ruffin	New York, United States	L 10
+ Apr. 27	Chuck Taylor	Jacksonville, United States	TKO 5
+ May 7	Lou Miller	Augusta, United States	KO 2
+ June 18	Benny Singleton	Waterbury, United States	W 10
+ June 26	Patsy Giordano	Brooklyn, United States	KO 5
+ July 20	Tony Janiro	New York, United States	W 8
- Aug. 17	Tony Janiro	New York, United States	L 8
+ Nov. 9	Tony Janiro	New York, United States	W 8
+ Dec. 18	Oscar Suggs	Portland, United States	KO 5

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Feb. 8	Beau Jack	New York, United States	Draw 10
- May 31	Beau Jack	New York, United States	L 10
+ July 2	Joe DiMartino	Norwalk, United States	KO 7
+ July 24	Patsy Giordano	Norwalk, United States	TKO 2
+ Aug. 28	Dave Castilloux	Montreal, Canada	W 10
Canadian Welterweight Title
- Nov. 1	Tony Pellone	New York, United States	L 10

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Freddie Archer	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Feb. 17	Freddie Archer	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Mar. 24	George Martin	Providence, United States	KO 6
+ Apr. 14	Cleo Shans	Providence, United States	TKO 6
+ May 16	Danny Webb	Montreal, Canada	KO 2
Canadian Welterweight Title
- Aug. 8	Cosby Linson	New Orleans, United States	L 10
+ Aug. 27	Joey Peralta	Norwalk, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 16	Cosby Linson	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Oct. 6	Tommy Ciarlo	New Haven, United States	TKO 3
+ Nov. 3	Harry Hurst	Montreal, Canada	W 12
Canadian Welterweight Title
- Dec. 15	Ralph Zannelli	Boston, United States	L 10

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 2	Henry Jordan	Montreal, Canada	KO 8
+ Mar. 5	Danny Williams	Detroit, United States	W 10
- Apr. 9	Beau Jack	Montreal, Canada	L 10
+ May 18	Harry Hurst	Montreal, Canada	W 12
Canadian Welterweight Title
+ Aug. 5	Eric Boon	Montreal, Canada	KO 3
* Sept. 2	Larry Cisneros	Montreal, Canada	NC 4
+ Sept. 30	Gus Mell	Montreal, Canada	TKO 5
+ Oct. 27	Gaby Ferland	Montreal, Canada	TKO 6

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 1	Pete Zaduk	Toronto, Canada	TKO 6
+ Mar. 28	Beau Jack	Montreal, Canada	W 10
- Aug. 3	Laurent Dauthuille	Montreal, Canada	KO by 5
+ Dec. 12	Herbie Kronowitz	Montreal, Canada	W 10

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 30	Fitzie Pruden	Montreal, Canada	TKO 8
Canadian Welterweight Title
+ Feb. 27	Bob Montgomery	Montreal, Canada	W 10
- May 1	Eddie Giosa	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
- Aug. 16	Kid Gavilan	Montreal, Canada	KO by 6

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	Eddie Giosa	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Mar. 12	Gaby Ferland	Montreal, Canada	TKO 9
Canadian Welterweight Title
- May 21	Rocky Graziano	Montreal, Canada	KO by 3
+ Oct. 22	Jimmy Milligan	Baltimore, United States	KO 3
= Oct. 31	Don Williams	Baltimore, United States	Draw 10
+ Dec. 5	Nick Mistovich	Cleveland, United States	KO 3
+ Dec. 17	Alfredo LaGrutta	Boston, United States	KO 3

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 16	Luis Ortiz	Baltimore, United States	W 10
- July 7	Armand Savoie	Montreal, Canada	L 12
Canadian Welterweight Title
+ Aug. 26	Armand Savoie	Montreal, Canada	W 12
Canadian Welterweight Title


1953 Inactive

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 28	Billy Lauderdale	Montreal, Canada	L 10
+ July 19	Billy Lauderdale	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Sept. 2	Emerson Butcher	Moncton, Canada	W 10
- Nov. 1	Tony Percy	Montreal, Canada	L 10

Summary