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Battling Blackjack
19
15 KOs
10
7 KOs
0
Draws
Last six: L-L-W-W-W-L
Career
division
Heavyweight
status
inactive
bouts
29
rounds
98
KO %
78.9%
KO wins
15
KO losses
7
career
1938–1950
debut
1938-11-28
last fight
1950-11-16
Profile
birth name
Vernice Lonnie Craft
alias
Lonnie Craft
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
6′ 2″ / 188cm
nationality
United States
origin
Phoenix, AZ, USA
city / state / zip
Phoenix, Arizona
dob
1917-04-06
age
109
death
1959-03-07
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Fight history
date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Nov 16
Palomo Corrales
13
2
2
L-UD
Mesa, Arizona, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Aug 9
Red Shumway
0
0
0
W-KO
Softball Park, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
1 of 6 · 2:32
Event →
Feb 22
Tommy Gunns
2
4
0
W-PTS
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Feb 8
Bobby Clark
6
11
1
W-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
3
Event →
Jan 18
Joe Sandell
7
4
1
L-KO
Coliseum Stadium, El Paso, Texas, United States
Event →
Nov 23
Clarence Henry
9
0
1
L-TKO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
4 of 10 · 181 / 180 lbs
Event →
Oct 5
Jimmy O'Dowd
1
4
1
W-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
3
Event →
Sep 1
Lou Smith
0
0
0
W-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
3 · 176 / 180 lbs
Event →
Aug 1
Clyde Bowman
6
3
1
W-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
7
Event →
Jul 15
Clyde Bowman
5
3
1
L-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
5 of 10 · 171 / 183 lbs
Event →
Jun 8
Wendell Gallant
20
15
6
W-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Arizona State Light Heavyweight Title
4 of 10 · 169 / 168 lbs
Event →
May 18
Jimmy Howard
1
2
0
W-TKO
Madison Square Garden, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
2 of 8 · 182 / 198 lbs
Event →
May 9
Johnny O'Day
3
17
2
W-TKO
Sports Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States
2 of 6
Event →
Feb 23
Tommy Gunns
2
3
0
W-PTS
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
6 of 6 · 184 / 190 lbs
Event →
Feb 9
Gil Ramirez
1
15
0
W-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
2 of 6 · 172 / 169 lbs · 2:42
Event →
Apr 7
Joe Smith
1
1
0
W-PTS
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
6 of 6 · 177 / 180 lbs
Event →
Mar 10
Tony Martin
16
5
3
W-TKO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
6 of 6 · 187 / 224 lbs
Event →
Jan 16
Dale Hall
7
2
3
L-KO
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States
1 of 4 · 181 / 194 lbs
Event →
Jan 6
Hoot Benson
3
0
0
L-TKO
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
1 of 6 · 184 / 199 lbs
Event →
Jan 2
Willie Jones
1
0
0
W-KO
Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States
1 of 4 · 178 / 211 lbs
Event →
Mar 18
Bill Radunich
0
0
0
L-PTS
Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, California, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Nov 20
Ted Johnson
4
7
1
W-TKO
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
3 of 4
Event →
Oct 25
Ernest McDonald
3
0
0
L-KO
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
3 of 6 · 180 / 182 lbs
Event →
Apr 3
Earl Nolan
1
0
0
L-KO
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
1 · 180 / 185 lbs
Event →
Mar 27
Charley Kaplin
0
0
0
W-KO
Legion Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
1 · 195 / 220 lbs
Event →
Mar 13
Dupey Shane
0
0
0
L-PTS
Legion Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
6 of 6 · 180 / 215 lbs
Event →
Feb 20
Lew Blair
0
0
0
W-KO
Legion Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
2 of 10 · 178 / 184 lbs
Event →
Dec 5
Pinkie Coleman
0
0
0
W-KO
Legion Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
1 of 10 · 178 / 180 lbs
Event →
Nov 28
Les Jaeger
0
1
0
W-PTS
Legion Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
8 of 8 · 177 / 173 lbs
Event →