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Joe Brown

11552 KOs

4711 KOs

13Draws

No contest: 2

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

Career

division

Lightweight

status

inactive

bouts

177

rounds

1417

KO %

45.2%

KO wins

52

KO losses

11

career

1941–1970

debut

1941-12-05

last fight

1970-08-24

Profile

alias

Old Bones

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 8″ / 173cm

reach

68″ / 173cm

nationality

USA

origin

United States

city / state / zip

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

dob

1926-05-18

age

100

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2018-09-20 · Daily Star

It is now enjoying an unlikely revival in Britain, after Jim Freeman and Joe Brown founded BKB ? the UK's first professional bare-knuckle boxing organisation ? five years ago. Bare-knuckle boxing is particularly popular in the Traveller communities…

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Eubank had previously never had any contact with Wilson after a brief fling with his mother in 1988. Joe Jackson Brown and Joel McIntyre both recorded victories in their respective bouts. Joe Hewlett is lead writer for World Boxing News. Follow Joe on…

First-Class Traveler: Carlos Ortiz

2012-08-16 · Boxing.com

Dave Charnley was a very talented and tough English lightweight of the fifties and sixties whose great misfortune in life was to be a contemporary of the great lightweight champion, Joe Brown. In two title challenges against the wily campaigner they…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

20 1 0

L-UD

Riverside Ballroom Arena, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

10 of 10

Referee: Billy Sparks

3 4 0

W-PTS

Sports Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA

10 of 10 · 136 / 142 lbs

26 4 2

D-PTS

Houston, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 136 / 138 lbs

68 11 2

L-TKO

Sports Palace, Beaumont, Texas, USA

9 of 10 · 138 / 141 lbs

Referee: Paul Prejean

Ricardo Medrano

23 4 4

L-UD

Sports Palace, Beaumont, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 142 lbs

26 5 1

L-TKO

Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

4 of 10 · 134 / 132 lbs · 2:48

Referee: Cesar Arroyo

33 8 1

W-TKO

Beaumont, Texas, USA

8 of 10 · 141 / 141 lbs

27 20 0

W-TKO

Pensacola, Florida, USA

6 of 10 · 138 / 135 lbs

Referee: Fritz Ard

30 26 4

W-UD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 of 10 · 139 / 143 lbs

25 12 0

L-UD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 144 lbs

Judges: Maxie Docusen 4-6 | Lucien Joubert 4-5

Referee: Herman Dutreix (3-7)

12 6 4

W-MD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 of 10 · 139 / 138 lbs

Judges: Freddie Adams 5-3 | Herman Dutreix 6-3

Referee: Lucien Joubert (5-5)

25 10 2

W-TKO

Teamsters Hall, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

8 of 10 · 140 lbs

Referee: Al Hull

0 0 0

W-PTS

PraÃ§a de Touros Monumental, Maputo, Mozambique

10 of 10

51 7 1

L-PTS

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 146 lbs

50 7 1

L-PTS

Curries Fountain, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

10 of 10 · 145 lbs

58 6 2

W-PTS

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 138 / 138 lbs

3 6 0

W-KO

Bochabela Arena, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

9 of 10

9 2 4

D-PTS

Helsinki, Finland

10 of 10 · 133 / 135 lbs

8 1 0

L-PTS

Roma, Lazio, Italy

10 of 10 · 138 / 138 lbs

Frankie Narvaez

25 3 1

L-UD

Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10 · 134 / 133 lbs

43 8 4

L-PTS

Barranquilla, Colombia

10 of 10 · 136 / 138 lbs

Antonio Herrera

30 3 5

L-PTS

Cali, Colombia

10 of 10 · 135 / 132 lbs

22 4 2

W-UD

Memorial Coliseum, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 137 / 135 lbs

20 4 0

L-UD

Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 136 lbs

37 5 3

L-TKO

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom

5 of 10x3 · 138 / 138 lbs

Referee: Benny Caplan

43 6 1

L-PTS

Wembley Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 147 lbs

36 5 5

W-PTS

Green Point Track, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

10 of 10 · 137 / 131 lbs

27 11 0

W-KO

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

6 of 10 · 137 / 139 lbs

36 4 5

W-PTS

Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

10 of 10 · 135 / 134 lbs

Referee: Wilf Garforth

20 10 6

L-PTS

National Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica

10 of 10 · 137 / 136 lbs

17 7 5

W-KO

City Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

8 of 10 · 135 / 136 lbs

Referee: Bill Engel

Ricardo Medrano

13 0 4

L-DQ

Austin, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 135 / 135 lbs

Referee: Mel Barker

Esteban Santamaria

13 6 3

W-SD

Arena de Colon, Colon City, Panama

10 of 10

Judges: Carlos Quintero 98-96 | Joscelyn Evering 95-96

Referee: Servio Tulio Lay (98-95)

41 11 1

L-UD

Kezar Pavilion, San Francisco, California, USA

10 of 10 · 137 / 139 lbs

Judges: Jack Silver 1-8 | Jack Downey 0-10

Referee: Frankie Carter (0-8)

15 11 0

W-PTS

San Jose, California, USA

10 of 10 · 139 / 142 lbs

40 11 1

L-SD

Sacramento, California, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 137 lbs

Judges: Fred Bottaro 0-7 | Luis Gonzales 3-2

Referee: Mario Duccini (3-4)

Manuel Gonzalez

28 12 6

L-UD

Odessa, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 144 lbs

Carlos Hernandez

32 3 3

L-KO

Maracaibo, Venezuela

3 of 10 · 136 / 136 lbs

35 15 12

W-TKO

AuditÃ³rio da TV-Excelsior, RÃo de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

5 of 10 · 138 / 139 lbs

Nicolino Locche

40 1 7

L-UD

Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina

10 of 10 · 135 / 135 lbs

35 11 3

L-UD

Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

10 of 10 · 134 / 132 lbs

55 25 6

W-TKO

Sacramento, California, USA

7 of 10 · 136 / 137 lbs

76 10 17

W-KO

Monterrey, Nuevo LeÃ³n, Mexico

8 of 10

45 9 1

L-KO

King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom

6 of 10x3 · 134 / 136 lbs · 2:45

Referee: Frank Wilson

11 10 3

W-KO

City Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA

6 of 10 · 137 / 140 lbs

20 1 0

L-PTS

Municipal Stadium, San Jose, California, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 139 lbs

35 4 0

L-UD

Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

WBA World lightweight title

15 of 15 · 135 / 135 lbs

Judges: Bud Traynor 74-58 | Dave Zeno 74-66

Referee: Frankie Van (74-60)

11 4 1

W-UD

Araneta Coliseum, Barangay Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

World Lightweight Title

15 of 15 · 135 / 135 lbs

Referee: Arch Hindman (74-62)

38 6 1

W-PTS

Earls Court Arena, Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Tommy Little World Lightweight Title

15 of 15x3 · 134 / 135 lbs

Referee: Tommy Little

12 9 3

W-UD

Houston, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 138 / 138 lbs

Judges: Jimmy Webb 99-91 | Maxie Ross 99-82

Referee: Ernie Taylor (98-96)