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Jose Basora

7844 KOs

205 KOs

7Draws

No contest: 1

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

Career

division

Middleweight

status

inactive

bouts

106

rounds

689

KO %

56.4%

KO wins

44

KO losses

5

career

1939–1952

debut

1939-01-07

last fight

1952-06-16

Profile

alias

Joe M. Basora

sex

M

height

6′ 0″ / 183cm

nationality

United States

origin

Puerto Rico

city / state / zip

New York, New York

dob

1918-02-08

age

108

death

1993-01-04

Latest news

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2012-09-02 · Boxing.com

When you've gone 3-0 over Archie Moore and 2-0 over Charley Burley, you really don't need to justify your achievements as a boxer. But just for good measure, Ezzard Charles took care of Jose Basora, Lloyd Marshall, Oakland Billy Smith, Jimmy Bivins,…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

Robert Villemain

51 6 4

L-UD

Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 171 / 168 lbs

25 11 1

W-SD

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

8 of 8 · 173 / 166 lbs

70 3 5

L-TKO

Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, USA

4 of 10 · 172 / 172 lbs · 2:33

Referee: Eddie Volk

16 7 3

L-PTS

Bayfront Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 166 / 163 lbs

34 7 2

L-PTS

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

8 of 8 · 163 / 161 lbs

18 6 4

L-TKO

Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

8 of 10 · 167 / 157 lbs

Sugar Ray Robinson

110 1 2

L-KO

Scranton Stadium, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania State World Middleweight Title

1 of 15 · 160 / 155 lbs · 0:55

Referee: Johnny Kelly

43 11 2

W-KO

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States

7 of 10 · 164 / 161 lbs · 0:28

23 2 0

L-UD

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

8 of 8 · 165 / 166 lbs

23 9 4

W-PTS

Manhattan Center, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 163 / 163 lbs

24 23 12

W-TKO

Manhattan Center, New York, New York, United States

6 of 10 · 164 / 152 lbs · 2:47

Referee: Frank Fullam

23 9 3

D-PTS

Manhattan Center, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 165 / 159 lbs

37 11 0

W-PTS

Coliseum, Coral Gables, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 164 / 166 lbs

Referee: Eddie Coachman

37 10 0

W-UD

Coliseum, Coral Gables, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 166 / 166 lbs

44 22 5

W-KO

Coliseum, Coral Gables, Florida, USA

8 of 10 · 166 / 171 lbs

57 14 5

L-PTS

San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10

38 4 2

L-PTS

Toppi Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

8 of 8 · 159 / 151 lbs

18 3 3

W-TKO

Toppi Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

8 of 8 · 163 / 165 lbs

39 9 2

W-PTS

Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States

10 of 10

25 8 2

W-UD

Jerome Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States

8 of 8 · 161 / 161 lbs

Henry Chmielewski

53 19 1

W-TKO

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 of 10 · 160 / 160 lbs

50 31 8

W-TKO

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

1 of 10 · 160 / 161 lbs

Holman Williams

146 28 11

W-TKO

Ashland Blvd. Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois, USA

4 of 10 · 161 / 158 lbs

37 31 7

W-TKO

Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States

8 of 10 · 161 / 165 lbs · 1:28

Referee: Abe Simon

42 31 3

W-TKO

Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, USA

6 of 10 · 161 / 166 lbs · 2:06

Referee: Ruby Goldstein

Holman Williams

145 27 11

W-PTS

Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10 · 160 / 159 lbs

15 7 0

W-KO

Caracas, Venezuela

3 of 10

62 2 0

L-PTS

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States

10 of 10

Bobby Richardson

22 14 0

W-PTS

Youngstown, Ohio, United States

10 of 10 · 160 / 163 lbs

20 19 3

W-UD

Hawkins Stadium, Albany, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 160 / 160 lbs

44 17 7

D-PTS

San Jose, Costa Rica

10 of 10

20 18 3

W-PTS

San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10 · 160 / 157 lbs

24 8 3

W-PTS

San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10

32 9 2

W-KO

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 · 160 / 158 lbs

32 8 2

W-PTS

San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10 · 160 / 160 lbs

40 15 5

W-PTS

San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 of 10

50 9 2

L-TKO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

9 of 10 · 154 / 160 lbs

Referee: Johnny Burns

Sugar Ray Robinson

54 1 0

D-PTS

Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

10 of 10 · 154 / 150 lbs

Judges: Harry Lasky | Frank Knaresborough

Referee: Charlie Daggert

18 27 6

W-TKO

Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

6 of 10 · 156 / 161 lbs

27 8 1

W-TKO

Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, United States

3 of 10 · 154 / 153 lbs

Holman Williams

121 18 7

D-PTS

Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

10 of 10 · 154 / 160 lbs

25 24 5

W-PTS

Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

10 of 10 · 156 / 160 lbs

25 23 5

W-KO

Hickey Park, Millvale, Pennsylvania, United States

4 of 10 · 158 / 160 lbs

6 10 0

W-TKO

Hickey Park, Millvale, Pennsylvania, United States

2 of 10 · 155 / 157 lbs

Holman Williams

114 17 6

L-PTS

Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA

10 of 10 · 156 / 155 lbs

Harold 'Jamaica' Smith

19 3 0

W-TKO

Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

3 of 10 · 156 / 149 lbs · 2:20

25 6 3

W-PTS

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10 · 158 / 157 lbs

20 16 5

W-PTS

Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 159 / 158 lbs

131 37 7

W-UD

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States

10 of 10 · 151 / 150 lbs

Referee: Elmer Slim McClelland

35 7 2

L-UD

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA

10 of 10 · 156 / 162 lbs