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Billy Hunter

1911 KOs

105 KOs

3Draws

Last six: W-L-W-L-L-L

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

32

rounds

190

KO %

57.9%

KO wins

11

KO losses

5

career

1954–1961

debut

1954-04-19

last fight

1961-11-04

Profile

birth name

William Herman Hunter

sex

M

height

6′ 3″ / 191cm

nationality

United States

origin

Ypsilanti, MI

city / state / zip

Detroit, Michigan

dob

1934-07-16

age

91

death

1996-03-11

Latest news

SCOTT WILSON COLUMN: North-East boxing is experiencing a golden age

2014-03-28 · The Northern Echo

THROUGHOUT the latter half of the 1990s and the whole of the 2000s, North-East boxing was stuck in a rut. Memories of Glenn McCrory and Billy Hardy were fading fast, and while Hartlepool's Michael Hunter briefly flourished as he claimed European and …

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

15 4 2

L-KO

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States

8 of 10 · 195 / 183 lbs · 0:27

Referee: John Thomas

23 7 0

L-TKO

Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom

8 of 10x3 · 199 / 209 lbs

39 5 0

L-KO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

9 of 10 · 190 / 210 lbs

9 1 0

W-KO

St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States

6 of 10 · 193 / 186 lbs

31 1 0

L-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

9 of 10 · 192 / 196 lbs · 2:11

Judges: Mike Davidowitch 7-1 | Jack Gordon 6-2

Referee: Al Berl (6-1)

20 3 1

W-SD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 192 / 203 lbs

Judges: Leo Birnbaum 4-6 | Charlie Rosen 6-4

Referee: Ruby Goldstein (4-5)

39 6 1

W-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

7 of 10 · 193 / 182 lbs · 1:04

Referee: Arthur Mercante

20 2 1

W-TKO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, USA

7 of 10 · 187 / 210 lbs

7 1 0

D-PTS

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

8 of 8 · 190 / 186 lbs

Judges: Artie Aidala 5-4 | Tony Rossi 4-4

Referee: George Walsh (3-4)

12 1 0

L-SD

St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 192 / 188 lbs

Judges: Joe Agnello 7-3 | Leo Birnbaum 4-6

Referee: Dave Feld (6-3)

47 10 1

W-UD

St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 188 / 218 lbs

3 3 0

W-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

3 of 4 · 191 / 197 lbs · 1:58

Referee: George Walsh

2 7 1

W-KO

Arena, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

4

3 6 1

W-UD

Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA

6 of 6 · 187 / 191 lbs

14 1 0

L-TKO

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA

2 of 6 · 193 / 210 lbs

13 7 1

W-UD

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States

6 of 6 · 190 / 197 lbs

8 2 3

W-PTS

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States

6 of 6 · 188 / 180 lbs

1 0 0

W-TKO

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States

2 of 4 · 169 / 161 lbs

2 4 0

W-PTS

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

6 of 6 · 193 / 202 lbs

3 1 0

W-TKO

Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

5

8 9 0

W-PTS

Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

6 of 6

3 3 0

W-PTS

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

6 of 6

1 7 1

W-TKO

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

4

1 6 1

W-TKO

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

4

2 2 1

W-KO

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

5 of 10 · 171 / 176 lbs

6 0 1

L-UD

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

6 of 6

11 1 0

W-KO

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

1 · 173 / 169 lbs

4 0 1

L-PTS

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

6 of 6

2 0 0

D-PTS

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

5 of 5 · 174 / 176 lbs

2 1 0

L-PTS

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

5 of 5 · 175 / 168 lbs

15 6 1

L-PTS

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

6 of 6 · 179 / 176 lbs

13 6 0

D-PTS

Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

4 of 4 · 179 / 175 lbs