Record details

	Auburn COPELAND
	Featherweight Male (Arbuim Blassingame) USA, Flint, Michigan Born: December 5, 1932, Flint, Michigan, USA Died: December 14, 1964, Flint, Michigan, USA (Copeland was forced to retire because of health problems and died of cancer)

as an amateur:

1948, won USA Bantamweight Championship
1949, won Flint Golden Gloves Bantamweight Championship
1949, won Michigan Golden Gloves Championship
1949, won AAU Bantamweight Championship

amateur record: 47-3-0

No amateur results

Professional record


1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 10	Robert Gordy	Detroit, United States	W 4
+ May 16	Floyd Pruitt	Flint, United States	KO 1
+ Aug. 23	Clinton Isom	Detroit, United States	W 4
+ Oct. 4	Jimmy Glisson	Toledo, United States	W 4
+ Nov. 10	Roy Higa	Minneapolis, United States	W 4
+ Nov. 21	Freddy Bryant	Chicago, United States	KO 3
+ Dec. 8	Roy Higa	Minneapolis, United States	W 4

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 5	George Reid	Saginaw, United States	W 6
+ Feb. 23	Danny Davis	Minneapolis, United States	W 4
- Mar. 16	Danny Davis	Minneapolis, United States	L 6
+ May 3	Jimmy Howard	Toledo, United States	W 4
+ June 29	Mel Hammond	Minneapolis, United States	W 6
+ Nov. 30	Eddie Gonzalez	Flint, United States	KO 5
+ Dec. 12	Charley Cox	Detroit, United States	TKO 4

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 4	Baby Tampico	Detroit, United States	W 6
+ Feb. 19	Eddie Marsh	Flint, United States	W 4
+ Apr. 26	Joe Barone	Flint, United States	W 6
+ June 4	Joey Longo	Flint, United States	W 6
+ July 2	Herky Kaminsky	Flint, United States	W 8
+ July 28	Tommy Baker	Flint, United States	W 8
+ Oct. 8	Harry LaSane	Flint, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 6	Raul Prado	Flint, United States	W 8

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 24	Tommy Salem	Minneapolis, United States	L 8
+ Apr. 29	Raul Prado	Milwaukee, United States	W 8
+ May 10	Kayo Morgan	Detroit, United States	W 8
+ Dec. 8	Willie Reece	Flint, United States	KO 3

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 19	Tony Maiorana	Los Angeles, United States	W 6
= June 16	Al Cruz	Los Angeles, United States	Draw 10
+ June 30	Oscar Torres	Los Angeles, United States	TKO 6
+ Sept. 29	Reuben Smith	Los Angeles, United States	W 10
- Oct. 27	Rudy Garcia	Los Angeles, United States	L 10

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 29	Pete Kawula	Chicago, United States	W 6
+ Oct. 29	Frankie Sodano	New York, United States	W 8
+ Nov. 10	Dick Powell	Chicago, United States	W 6
+ Nov. 23	Paul Smith	Denver, United States	W 8
+ Dec. 17	Al Tisi	New York, United States	W 8
+ Dec. 28	Arthur Portley	Milwaukee, United States	W 8


1955 Inactive

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 15	Bobby Rogers	Chicago, United States	KO by 6

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 31	Joe Reynolds	Saint Louis, United States	L 8
+ Sept. 16	Roberto Garcia	Tijuana, Mexico	W 10
+ Oct. 24	Jimmy Feaster	Los Angeles, United States	TKO 6
+ Nov. 6	Bobby Gray	Los Angeles, United States	KO 5
+ Nov. 18	Joe Shaw	San Diego, United States	TKO 6

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 27	Felix Cervantes	Los Angeles, United States	TKO 10
+ Apr. 13	Felix Cervantes	Mexicali, Mexico	W 10
- May 1	Dwight Hawkins	Los Angeles, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 27	Ezequiel Uribe	Culiacan, Mexico	W 10
+ Oct. 28	Burt Singer	San Bernardino, United States	KO 6
- Nov. 23	Ernesto Figueroa	Mexico City, Mexico	L 10

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 31	Kid Anahuac	Monterrey, Mexico	L 10
+ July 18	Billy Thomas	Hollywood, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 12	Roland Kellem	Hollywood, United States	TKO 5
+ Dec. 1	Ray Riojas	Sacramento, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 29	Roberto Garcia	Sacramento, United States	W 10

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	Johnny Butterworth	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 9
+ Mar. 11	Gary Cowburn	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 11
+ Mar. 21	Roy Jacobs	Sydney, Australia	TKO 11
+ Apr. 1	Aldo Pravisani	Melbourne, Australia	W 12
+ Apr. 29	Conny Rudhof	Melbourne, Australia	KO 9
+ May 13	Wally Taylor	Brisbane, Australia	KO 10
= Sept. 9	Aldo Pravisani	Melbourne, Australia	Draw 12
+ Sept. 23	George Bracken	Melbourne, Australia	W 12
- Oct. 7	Wally Taylor	Brisbane, Australia	TKO by 8
- Nov. 18	Guizani Rezgui	Melbourne, Australia	L 12

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 12	Little Cezar	Quezon City, Philippines	TKO 4
+ Apr. 26	Sugar Roy Yalong	Quezon City, Philippines	KO 7
+ May 17	Young Terror	Quezon City, Philippines	W 10
- July 22	Wally Taylor	Quezon City, Philippines	LDQ 6
+ Sept. 27	Army Wonder Boy	Quezon City, Philippines	TKO 6

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 23	Flash Elorde	Manila, Philippines	L 15
+ Nov. 2	Kimpo Amarfio	Melbourne, Australia	W 12
+ Nov. 23	George Bracken	Melbourne, Australia	KO 8
- Nov. 30	Love Allotey	Melbourne, Australia	L 12

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 17	Beresford Francis	Panama City, Panama	W 10
- Mar. 17	Ismael Laguna	Panama City, Panama	L 10

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 31	Sergio Gomez	North Hollywood, United States	W 10