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Rory Calhoun

4521 KOs
155 KOs
2Draws
Last six: W-L-L-W-L-L
Career
division
Middleweight
status
inactive
bouts
62
rounds
435
KO %
46.7%
KO wins
21
KO losses
5
career
1954–1962
debut
1954-09-13
last fight
1962-01-11
Profile
birth name
Herman Calhoun
trainer
Charlie Goldman
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
5′ 9″ / 175cm
nationality
United States
origin
McDonough, Georgia, United States
city / state / zip
White Plains, New York
dob
1934-09-29
age
91
death
1988-02-15

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Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Jan 11
Jimmy Ellis
5 1 0
L-KO
Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1 of 10 · 165 / 160 lbs
Event →
Nov 13
Lino Rendon
15 6 1
L-TKO
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
2 of 10 · 172 / 169 lbs
Referee: Teddy Martin
Event →
Sep 21
Franz Szuzina
48 22 15
W-PTS
Toledo, Ohio, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Apr 12
Eddie Cotton
37 11 1
L-UD
Civic Ice Arena, Seattle, Washington, United States
10 of 10 · 173 / 171 lbs
Event →
Jan 28
Florentino Fernandez
28 2 0
L-TKO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
8 of 10 · 161 / 156 lbs · 2:31
Referee: Harry Kessler
Event →
Jan 1
Hank Casey
26 3 5
W-SD
Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
10 of 10 · 163 lbs
Event →
Nov 15
Joey Giambra
60 5 2
L-SD
Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 161 / 158 lbs
Event →
Apr 25
Henry Hank
41 10 1
L-TKO
Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, United States
2 of 10 · 163 / 163 lbs · 2:50
Referee: Vern Bybee
Event →
Feb 26
Spider Webb
33 5 0
L-SD
Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, United States
10 of 10 · 163 / 162 lbs
Event →
Feb 5
Billy Ryan
23 2 2
W-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 165 / 171 lbs
Event →
Nov 30
Tony Masciarelli
48 44 5
W-PTS
Mont St. Louis Col. Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
10 of 10
Event →
Nov 2
Joey White
6 12 1
W-KO
Mont St. Louis Col. Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
6 of 10
Event →
Sep 23
Rudy Ellis
15 3 1
L-MD
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States
10 of 10 · 163 / 158 lbs
Event →
Jul 17
Dick Tiger
33 11 2
W-SD
War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 162 / 162 lbs
Event →
Jun 5
Dick Tiger
33 11 1
D-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 163 / 164 lbs
Event →
Mar 30
Bobo Olson
75 10 0
L-UD
Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA
10 of 10 · 168 / 174 lbs
Judges: Eddie James 98-93 | Matt Zidich 96-93
Referee: Pete Morelli (95-93)
Event →
Feb 10
Al Hauser
7 10 2
W-TKO
South Main Street Armory, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
10 of 10 · 1:17
Referee: Manny Gelb
Event →
Dec 15
Ralph Jones
47 23 4
W-UD
Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 154 lbs
Referee: Mike Minnich
Event →
Nov 21
Ralph Jones
46 23 4
L-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 163 / 159 lbs
Event →
Oct 29
Franz Szuzina
45 20 14
W-UD
War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 165 / 165 lbs
Event →
Aug 18
George Mercer
3 5 1
W-TKO
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
6 of 10
Event →
Aug 8
Gene Armstrong
14 0 0
L-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 161 / 154 lbs
Event →
Jun 25
Bobby Boyd
48 8 3
W-UD
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States
10 of 10 · 164 / 163 lbs
Event →
May 5
Joey Giardello
78 14 5
L-UD
Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 160 lbs
Event →
Apr 2
Yolande Pompey
33 4 4
W-TKO
Freedom Hall State Fairground, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
6 of 10 · 162 / 165 lbs
Event →
Mar 1
Randy Sandy
20 8 1
W-SD
Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 10 · 160 / 159 lbs
Event →
Feb 20
Elwood Thornton
7 1 0
W-KO
Rollaway Arena, Revere, Massachusetts, United States
5 of 10 · 162 / 164 lbs
Event →
Jan 20
Spider Webb
25 2 0
L-KO
Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, United States
4 of 10 · 160 / 159 lbs · 2:21
Referee: Jack Downey
Event →
Nov 22
Bobby Boyd
46 7 2
W-TKO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
2 of 10 · 160 / 159 lbs
Referee: Al Berl
Event →
Oct 18
Rocky Castellani
65 13 4
W-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 161 / 160 lbs
Event →
Aug 26
Joey Giambra
51 4 2
W-UD
Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 160 lbs
Event →
Jul 19
Germinal Ballarin
43 6 5
W-UD
War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 160 / 159 lbs
Event →
Jun 21
Joey Giambra
50 4 1
D-PTS
War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 159 / 158 lbs
Event →
May 17
Joey Giardello
71 14 5
L-SD
Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
10 of 10 · 158 / 160 lbs
Event →
Mar 19
Georgia Kid
13 10 4
W-TKO
Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
6 of 10 · 162 / 165 lbs
Event →
Feb 27
Charley Cotton
40 15 1
W-SD
Denver, Colorado, United States
10 of 10 · 160 / 156 lbs
Event →
Feb 19
Leroy Oliphant
5 1 1
W-TKO
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, United States
5 of 10 · 161 / 162 lbs
Event →
Oct 12
Johnny Sullivan
67 20 3
W-TKO
Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
8 of 10 · 161 / 162 lbs
Event →
Aug 29
Spider Webb
15 1 0
L-UD
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States
10 of 10 · 162 / 157 lbs
Event →
Aug 6
Charley Cotton
39 10 1
W-SD
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 158 / 153 lbs
Event →
Jun 22
Willie Vaughn
28 11 8
W-TKO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
8 of 10 · 161 / 159 lbs · 2:28
Referee: Ruby Goldstein
Event →
May 14
Randy Sandy
14 3 1
W-TKO
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
1 of 10 · 161 / 156 lbs · 2:42
Referee: Ray Miller
Event →
Apr 9
Jackie LaBua
25 9 0
W-UD
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 161 / 159 lbs
Event →
Mar 9
Andre Tessier
17 5 2
W-TKO
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
5 of 8 · 164 / 164 lbs · 1:14
Referee: Ben Jeby
Event →
Feb 20
Angelo DeFendis
12 1 0
W-TKO
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
5 of 10 · 162 / 165 lbs · 3:00
Referee: Teddy Martin
Event →
Jan 23
Jerry Luedee
18 1 0
W-UD
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 161 / 165 lbs
Event →
Dec 1
Charley Salas
131 47 13
W-TKO
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
9 of 10 · 159 / 154 lbs · 0:22
Referee: Abe Roth
Event →
Nov 3
Clifton Lester
35 26 5
W-KO
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
3 of 10 · 160 / 160 lbs
Referee: Reggie Gilmore
Event →
Oct 6
Sonny Gill
19 4 1
W-KO
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
1 of 10 · 157 / 158 lbs
Referee: Lee Grossman
Event →
Sep 15
Curtis Coffield
3 7 0
W-KO
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, United States
4 of 4 · 160 / 160 lbs
Event →