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Mike DeJohn

4732 KOs

125 KOs

1Draws

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

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

60

rounds

292

KO %

68.1%

KO wins

32

KO losses

5

career

1951–1963

debut

1951-05-10

last fight

1963-09-27

Profile

birth name

Michael Di Gianni

sex

M

height

6′ 3″ / 191cm

nationality

United States

origin

Syracuse, NY, USA

city / state / zip

Syracuse, New York

dob

1931-12-29

age

94

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Rochester Boxing Rises Again! Results, Report & Quotes

2012-08-10 · Doghouse Boxing

By J. R. Jowett reporting from ringside. Every so often, Rochester boxing rises like Brigadoon from the memory of the Carmen Basilio, Mike DeJohn, Bobby Scanlon (and more recently, Charles Murray) eras. Backed up by local legend Steve Nelson, Pretty…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

24 7 1

L-MD

Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

10 of 10 · 207 / 212 lbs

Judges: Kenny Pastor 47-42 | Tom Nuckles 46-42

Referee: Don Asbury (49-49)

0 1 0

W-KO

Key West, Florida, United States

2 of 10 · 208 / 190 lbs

18 5 1

W-TKO

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

6 of 10 · 213 / 177 lbs

Referee: Cy Gottfried

8 15 2

W-KO

North Miami Beach Auditorium, North Miami Beach, Florida, United States

1 of 10 · 209 / 205 lbs

16 1 0

L-TKO

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

10 of 10 · 203 / 187 lbs · 0:10

Judges: Carl Gardner 88-79 | Gus Jacobson 88-79

Referee: Frank Lauria (87-82)

32 3 1

W-UD

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 205 / 206 lbs

Bert Whitehurst

31 24 6

W-UD

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 210 / 198 lbs

56 5 2

L-KO

Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, USA

3 of 10 · 208 / 194 lbs · 2:24

37 4 1

L-TKO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, USA

9 of 10 · 205 / 197 lbs · 1:09

Judges: Joe Antonacci 7-1 | Leon Goldstein 7-1

Referee: Arthur Mercante (7-1)

36 3 1

L-UD

Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA

10 of 10 · 217 / 192 lbs

Judges: Jack Silver 8-2 | Johnny Lotsey 8-0

Referee: Matt Zidich (6-3)

19 7 3

W-KO

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

9 of 10 · 210 / 190 lbs

Dick Richardson

28 10 2

W-DQ

Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom

8 of 10x3 · 211 / 204 lbs

Dick Richardson

27 9 2

W-PTS

Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom

10 of 10x3 · 202 / 205 lbs

20 4 2

W-TKO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, USA

1 of 10 · 206 / 209 lbs · 0:47

Referee: Joe Palmer

14 7 1

W-KO

Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, USA

5 of 10 · 205 / 218 lbs · 1:35

Willi Besmanoff

40 16 7

L-UD

Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

10 of 10 · 207 / 200 lbs

Judges: Ray Jackson 99-92 | Julius Goldman 98-92

Referee: Milt Goldstein (97-94)

22 1 0

L-TKO

Exhibition Hall, Miami Beach, Florida, USA

6 of 10 · 202 / 210 lbs · 2:43

Referee: Jimmy Peerless

Willi Besmanoff

39 13 7

W-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 203 / 201 lbs

Judges: Jack Gordon 4-5 | Leo Birnbaum 4-5

Referee: Al Berl (3-6)

44 16 3

L-SD

War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 200 / 214 lbs

50 11 1

W-UD

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 202 / 218 lbs

41 16 3

L-SD

State Fair Coliseum, Syracuse, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 204 / 207 lbs

13 0 0

W-KO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, USA

1 of 10 · 202 / 202 lbs · 1:17

Referee: Joe Palmer

13 17 2

D-PTS

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 201 / 212 lbs

6 1 0

W-TKO

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

10 of 10

8 10 0

W-TKO

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

1 of 8 · 200 / 186 lbs

11 8 2

W-PTS

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

6 of 6 · 198 / 196 lbs

2 3 0

W-TKO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

1 of 6 · 198 / 200 lbs · 2:41

5 4 1

W-KO

Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, United States

2 of 10 · 198 / 187 lbs

17 3 0

W-TKO

Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

2 of 6 · 196 / 194 lbs · 1:29

1 2 0

W-KO

Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

2 of 6 · 196 / 186 lbs

85 25 1

L-PTS

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

6 of 6 · 194 / 195 lbs

3 2 3

W-KO

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States

2 of 4 · 194 / 215 lbs · 1:35

0 1 0

W-KO

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

3 of 6

16 2 0

W-UD

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

6 of 6 · 194 / 197 lbs

18 36 2

W-TKO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

3 of 6 · 189 / 179 lbs · 1:46

Referee: Joe Palmer

2 0 0

W-PTS

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

6 of 6 · 200 / 197 lbs

5 4 1

W-UD

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

6 of 6 · 195 / 190 lbs

7 7 4

W-PTS

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

6 of 6 · 193 / 174 lbs

0 5 0

W-KO

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

2 of 6

9 4 1

W-TKO

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States

2 of 4 · 193 / 194 lbs

12 20 4

W-PTS

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

6 of 6 · 196 / 214 lbs

3 2 0

L-TKO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

5 of 6 · 197 / 204 lbs

Referee: Joe Palmer

4 3 1

L-PTS

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

6 of 6 · 197 / 196 lbs

Johnny Kazmierczak

3 2 0

W-KO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

1 of 6 · 197 / 195 lbs · 1:10

2 1 1

W-TKO

Miami, Florida, United States

1 of 6 · 198 / 192 lbs

4 5 0

W-KO

Miami, Florida, United States

1 of 6 · 197 / 196 lbs

6 3 1

W-TKO

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

2 of 4 · 198 / 193 lbs · 1:59

Referee: Ruby Goldstein

13 11 0

W-PTS

Civic Auditorium, Toledo, Ohio, United States

6 of 6 · 198 / 182 lbs

0 0 0

W-RTD

War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States

3 of 6 · 198 / 204 lbs

Referee: Jack Milicich

4 2 0

W-PTS

MacArthur Stadium, Syracuse, New York, United States

6 of 6 · 205 / 202 lbs