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Laverne Roach

229 KOs
31 KOs
0Draws
Last six: W-L-L-W-W-L
Career
division
Middleweight
status
inactive
bouts
25
rounds
167
KO %
40.9%
KO wins
9
KO losses
1
career
1945–1950
debut
1945-09-26
last fight
1950-02-22
Profile
sex
M
stance
orthodox
nationality
United States
origin
United States
city / state / zip
Plainview, Texas
dob
1925-02-22
age
101
death
1950-02-23

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The Memory Bank: Part Nine
2012-06-13 · Boxing.com (blog)
On March 12, 1948, young and promising boxer Raymond ?Laverne? Roach (23-1) was badly beaten by the legendary Marcel Cerdan (105-2 at the time) in front…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Feb 22
Georgie Small
36 6 0
L-KO
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 160 lbs · 1:57
Referee: Frank Fullam
Event →
Feb 14
Jimmy Taylor
7 24 3
W-PTS
Page Arena, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 159 lbs
Event →
Jan 3
Johnny Crosby
2 15 1
W-TKO
Page Arena, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
1 of 10 · 159 / 156 lbs
Event →
Oct 4
Johnny Hansbury
5 3 1
L-UD
Turner's Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Aug 3
Charley Zivic
32 6 2
L-PTS
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
10 of 10 · 157 / 157 lbs
Event →
Feb 20
Al Thornton
9 2 0
W-TKO
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
7 of 10 · 153 / 159 lbs
Event →
Jan 16
Tony Janiro
14 2 0
W-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 156 / 153 lbs
Event →
Nov 28
Herbie Kronowitz
29 7 2
W-UD
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 157 lbs
Event →
Oct 14
Jackie Kenny
23 6 4
W-UD
Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 159 / 162 lbs
Event →
Sep 26
Billy Arnold
22 3 0
W-UD
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 159 lbs
Event →
Jul 30
Norman Rubio
15 4 4
W-PTS
Ebbet's Field, Brooklyn, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 155 / 151 lbs
Event →
May 22
Victor Amato
25 15 3
W-PTS
Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 157 / 162 lbs
Event →
May 1
Andres Gomez
2 15 1
W-TKO
Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
6 of 8 · 156 / 159 lbs
Event →
Mar 25
Danny Rosati
29 10 3
W-TKO
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, USA
5 of 8 · 159 / 159 lbs
Event →
Mar 11
Leroy McQueen
5 17 0
W-PTS
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 159 lbs
Event →
Mar 3
Joe Agosta
26 14 5
W-PTS
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 160 / 162 lbs
Event →
Nov 14
Joe Tate
4 3 1
W-PTS
Hamid's Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
8 of 8 · 156 / 155 lbs
Event →
Nov 4
Art Bethea
9 4 1
W-KO
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
3
Event →
Oct 14
Charley McPherson
17 40 0
W-PTS
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 158 / 165 lbs
Event →
Oct 1
Billy Hearold
5 1 0
W-PTS
Park Arena, Bronx, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 156 / 160 lbs
Event →
Dec 6
Jimmy Grimes
0 1 0
W-KO
City Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
1
Event →
Nov 2
Baudelio Valencia
3 22 0
W-KO
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
4 · 148 / 155 lbs
Event →
Oct 24
Hugh Stell
18 5 2
W-KO
Uline Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2
Event →
Sep 28
Jackie Alexander
0 2 0
W-KO
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
3
Event →
Sep 26
Don Ellis
5 4 1
W-PTS
Uline Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
5 of 5 · 150 / 157 lbs
Event →