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Charley Norkus

2917 KOs

145 KOs

0Draws

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

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

43

rounds

254

KO %

58.6%

KO wins

17

KO losses

5

career

1948–1959

debut

1948-11-30

last fight

1959-02-04

Profile

alias

The Bayonne Bomber

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

6′ 0″ / 183cm

nationality

USA

origin

Bellerose New York USA

city / state / zip

Port Washington, New York

dob

1928-08-21

age

97

Latest news

MEMORIES WITH MLADINICH: Charley Norkus

2010-01-13 · TheSweetScience.com

Although onetime heavyweight contender Charley Norkus of New York more than held his own against such championship caliber fighters as Willie Pastrano, Archie Moore and Ezzard Charles, it was through no fault of his own he never got to fight Rocky Marcian…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

7 4 0

W-PTS

Camp Lejuene, North Carolina, USA

10 of 10 · 196 / 211 lbs

Referee: Charlie Coppala

18 3 2

L-UD

Coliseum, San Diego, California, USA

10 of 10 · 198 / 210 lbs

Judges: Joe Narvaez 100-89 | Frank Rustich 100-89

Referee: Hal Rickards (100-87)

24 0 0

L-PTS

Cheney Stadium, Tacoma, Washington, USA

10 of 10 · 193 / 185 lbs

11 9 2

W-TKO

Arena, Bristol, Connecticut, USA

5 of 10 · 198 / 188 lbs

13 1 0

W-KO

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

4 of 10 · 195 / 187 lbs · 1:18

Referee: Lucien Joubert

13 0 0

W-UD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 of 10 · 195 / 186 lbs

Judges: Francis Kercheval 7-2 | Pete Giarusso 5-3

Referee: Eddie Wolfe (5-3)

6 7 1

W-TKO

Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

4 of 10 · 195 / 196 lbs · 2:45

Referee: Manny Geld

28 8 1

W-UD

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

10 of 10 · 196 / 185 lbs

Judges: Bert Grant 6-4 | Mike Davidowitch 6-4

Referee: Al Berl (5-4)

14 0 0

L-UD

Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 198 / 185 lbs

Roland LaStarza

1 0 0

W-UD

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 of 10 · 193 / 190 lbs

Judges: George Sherman 94-93 | John Sayanek 96-94

Referee: Jackie Davis (96-94)

11 0 1

W-TKO

Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA

7 of 10 · 193 / 212 lbs · 2:10

Judges: Toby Irwin | Eddie James

Referee: Frankie Carter

39 7 0

W-SD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 197 / 202 lbs

Judges: Bert Grant 6-4 | Jack Gordon 6-5

Referee: Harry Kessler (4-5)

0 0 0

L-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

5 of 10 · 194 / 193 lbs · 2:29

Referee: Al Berl

15 0 1

W-TKO

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

2 of 8 · 195 / 184 lbs

Referee: Vito Mazzeo

40 4 3

W-KO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

2 of 8 · 195 / 198 lbs · 2:43

6 14 0

W-PTS

Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, USA

8 of 8 · 189 / 184 lbs

Referee: Joe Kukal (7-0)

1 4 0

L-TKO

Meadowbrook Bowl, Newark, New Jersey, USA

8 of 8 · 194 / 184 lbs

Referee: Joey Harrison

10 5 0

W-PTS

Meadowbrook Bowl, Newark, New Jersey, USA

8 of 8 · 193 / 192 lbs

Referee: Mike Antonelli

13 5 1

L-SD

Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

10 of 10 · 192 / 177 lbs

Judges: Eddie Jansen | Dick Cotter

Referee: Sharkey Buonanno

29 3 2

L-PTS

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA

5 of 5 · 195 / 204 lbs

13 2 2

L-KO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

5 of 8 · 190 / 194 lbs · 1:46

17 2 0

L-PTS

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

8 of 8 · 189 / 175 lbs

8 11 1

W-PTS

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

8 of 8 · 192 / 208 lbs

2 2 2

W-KO

Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, USA

7 of 8 · 192 / 202 lbs

Duilio Spagnolo

19 5 4

L-SD

Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, USA

8 of 8 · 196 / 185 lbs

Judges: Tony Rossi 4-5 | Sammy Rosenblatt 4-3

Referee: Ray Miller (3-5)

24 2 0

L-TKO

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

4 of 10 · 190 / 195 lbs

8 0 0

W-TKO

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

5 of 8 · 195 / 193 lbs · 2:24

Referee: Jack Appell

1 9 0

W-PTS

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

4 of 4 · 192 / 213 lbs

17 4 1

W-UD

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

8 of 8 · 192 / 186 lbs

Referee: Fred Fullum

George Washington

8 15 0

W-KO

Jersey City Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

3 of 6 · 193 / 192 lbs · 1:06

Referee: Joe Walker

14 9 2

W-KO

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

1 of 6 · 193 / 199 lbs · 1:36

0 3 0

W-KO

Meadowbrook Bowl, Newark, New Jersey, USA

3 of 5 · 183 / 187 lbs · 2:11

Referee: Paul Cavalier

Tommy DiGiorgio

7 6 0

W-KO

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA

4 of 4 · 189 / 182 lbs · 2:26

1 1 0

W-TKO

Meadowbrook Bowl, Newark, New Jersey, USA

2 of 5 · 185 / 172 lbs · 2:21

Referee: Mike Antonelli

10 16 1

W-PTS

Veterans' Stadium, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

6 of 6 · 189 / 190 lbs

Referee: Harry Kaplan

7 6 0

W-TKO

Laurel Garden, Newark, New Jersey, USA

6 of 6 · 191 / 192 lbs

Referee: Gene Roman

George Washington

4 14 0

L-TKO

Jersey City Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

4 of 5 · 190 / 195 lbs

Referee: Paul Cavalier

0 0 0

W-KO

Jersey City Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

1 of 6 · 190 / 182 lbs

Referee: Joe Kukal

9 12 0

W-KO

Jersey City Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

1 of 6 · 190 / 215 lbs · 1:44

6 7 0

W-PTS

Jersey City Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

6 of 6 · 186 / 190 lbs

1 2 0

W-KO

Jersey City Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

2 of 6 · 210 / 188 lbs

4 10 1

L-PTS

Jersey City Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

5 of 5 · 194 / 190 lbs

3 10 1

L-PTS

Gardens, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

5 of 5 · 188 / 193 lbs