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Johnny Kamber
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Lightweight
Male (John Richard Kamber) USA, Livingston, New Jersey Born: Aug. 29, 1927, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Died: July 12, 2014, Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan was raised in Des Moines, Iowa
He started boxing when he was sixteen years old
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as an amateur:
1945 Iowa AAU Championships featherweight winner
Inductted to New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame on November 20, 1992
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No amateur results
Professional record | 1949 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Feb. 16 | Bill Williams | White Plains, New York | KO 2 | - Feb. 23 | Freddy Smith | White Plains, New York | L 4 | + Mar. 16 | Jim Fredericks | White Plains, New York | W 4 | + Mar. 28 | Willard Carpenter | Newark, New Jersey | KO 3 | + Apr. 12 | Benny Smith | White Plains, New York | W 6 | = May 2 | Stokes Thomas | Newark, New Jsersey | Draw 4 | + May 12 | Hubert Winfield | Sunnyside, Queens, New York | KO 2 | + June 6 | Ralph Jacobs | Newark, New Jsersey | W 4 | - June 30 | Bruno Lijoi | Long Island City, Queens, New York | L 6 | + July 14 | Joe Rigano | Brooklyn, New York | W 6 | + Aug. 3 | Charley Donovan | The Bronx, New York | W 6 | = Oct. 20 | Johnny Lemmons | Sunnyside, Queens, New York | Draw 6 | + Nov. 7 | Johnny Lemmons | Brooklyn, New York | KO 2 | + Nov. 22 | Bobby Nicholas | Newark, New Jersey | KO 1 | + Nov. 28 | Jerry Kortright | Brooklyn, New York | TKO 3 | + Dec. 19 | Rafael Laboy | Jamaica, Queens, New York | W 6 | | 1950 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 2 | Billy Proctor | Brooklyn, New York | KO 3 | + Jan. 11 | Filiberto Osario | New York City, New York | W 6 | + Mar. 13 | Benny Smith | Brooklyn, New York | TKO 2 | + Mar. 21 | Leslie Petway | White Plains, New York | W 6 | + May 11 | Benny Smith | Sunnyside, Queens, New York | KO 3 | + June 20 | Ralph Jacobs | Elizabeth, New Jersey | W 6 | + June 29 | Jose Aponte Torres | Woodhaven, Queens, New York | W 6 | + July 27 | Rudy Pasco | Brooklyn, New York | W 8 | + Aug. 10 | Billy Murphy | Brooklyn, New York | W 8 | - Sept. 7 | Billy Murphy | Brooklyn, New York | L 8 | + Oct. 11 | Johnny Moran | Jamaica, Queens, New York | W 6 | + Nov. 6 | Harry Diduck | Jamaica, Queens, New York | W 8 | + Nov. 14 | Frankie Carrao | Sunnyside, Queens, New York | KO 4 | + Dec. 26 | Durante Coletti | White Plains, New York | W 8 | | 1951 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Jan. 2 | Johnny Johniken | Brooklyn, New York | TKO 2 | - Feb. 19 | Ermanno Bonetti | Newark, New Jersey | L 8 | - Mar. 12 | Bobby Fenty | Newark, New Jersey | L 8 | = Mar. 29 | Chick Boucher | Brooklyn, New York | Draw 8 | = Apr. 12 | Chick Boucher | Brooklyn, New York | Draw 8 | + May 3 | Elmer Lakatos | Brooklyn, New York | W 8 | - Nov. 1 | Juan Padilla | Sunnyside, Queens, New York | L 8 | + Nov. 12 | Joey Bishop | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | W 6 | + Dec. 3 | Johnny Marino | New York City, New York | W 8 | | 1952 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | - Feb. 18 | Gene Takach | Trenton, New Jersey | L 10 | New Jersey State Lightweight Title | - Apr. 4 | Fernand Drouin | New York City, New York | L 8 | - June 27 | Phil Morizio | New York City, New York | L 6 | | 1953 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + Mar. 31 | Bobby Timpson | Brooklyn, New York | W 6 | - May 22 | George Justine | New York City, New York | KO by 4 | | | 1954 Inactive | | 1955 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | - Apr. 4 | Henry Brown | Brooklyn, New York | KO by 2 |
Summary
Total bouts: 45, Won: 30 (11 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0, ND: 0
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