Menu

Roy Harris

248 KOs

54 KOs

0Draws

No contest: 1

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

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

30

rounds

224

KO %

33.3%

KO wins

8

KO losses

4

career

1955–1961

debut

1955-04-26

last fight

1961-05-23

Profile

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

6′ 0″ / 183cm

nationality

United States

origin

United States

city / state / zip

Cut and Shoot, Texas

dob

1933-06-29

age

93

Latest news

Iconic boxer Roy Harris put Cut and Shoot on map ? and postal route

2023-08-10 · Houston Chronicle

Boxing News: Heavyweight Roy Harris passes at 90 » August 9, 2023

2023-08-08 · Fight News

Boxing great, civic leader Roy Harris honored with Conroe Legends mural

2014-10-14 · Your Houston News

Roy Harris is the second person to be recognized with a Conroe Legends mural, celebrating his prominence as a heavyweight boxer as well as his ongoing contributions as a civic leader later in life. The nearly 10-foot square mural depicts Harris as he …

Gypsy Joe Harris: Career (And Life) Interrupted

2005-07-29 · TheSweetScience.com

Harris was a Philadelphia fighter, but not in the accepted mold of Joe Frazier and Bennie Briscoe. Rather, he fit somewhere between Ali, Roy Jones and Emanuel Augustus.…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

23 1 1

L-TKO

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

4 of 10 · 191 / 205 lbs · 3:00

Referee: Jimmy Webb

13 5 0

W-DQ

Houston, Texas, United States

5 of 10 · 195 / 190 lbs · 2:03

Referee: Ernie Taylor

19 7 1

L-PTS

Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom

10 of 10x3 · 184 / 185 lbs

19 1 1

L-KO

Delormier Stadium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

5 of 10 · 199 / 207 lbs

26 1 0

L-TKO

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, USA

1 of 10 · 195 / 213 lbs · 2:35

Referee: Jimmy Webb

Alejandro Lavorante

4 0 0

W-UD

Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 199 / 204 lbs

Judges: Carroll Carter 92-100 | Gene Cooper 90-99

Referee: J D Turner (95-99)

38 11 1

W-UD

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 198 / 205 lbs

Referee: Ernie Taylor

20 3 2

W-UD

Houston, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 195 / 212 lbs

Judges: Jimmy Webb 90-100 | Ernie Taylor 87-100

Referee: Bill Cornelius (90-100)

24 3 0

W-UD

Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, USA

USA Texas State heavyweight title

12 of 12 · 198 / 183 lbs

Judges: Skipper Cherry 105-120 | Norman Levinson 109-119

Referee: Charlie Cravotta (108-120)

12 5 1

?-NC

Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, United States

5 of 10 · 198 / 203 lbs

24 2 0

W-UD

Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Texas, USA

USA Texas State heavyweight title

12 of 12 · 207 / 186 lbs

Judges: Norman Levinson 107-120 | Skipper Cherry 107-120

Referee: Morris Fair (109-119)

Floyd Patterson

32 0 0

L-RTD

Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California, USA

World Heavyweight Title

12 of 15 · 194 / 185 lbs

Judges: Frankie Van 116-102 | Tommy Hart 117-98

Referee: Mushy Callahan (117-97)

45 5 1

W-MD

Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 194 / 220 lbs

28 10 1

W-PTS

City Auditorium, Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 187 / 185 lbs

23 4 1

W-TKO

Houston, Texas, United States

8 · 190 / 195 lbs

23 11 0

W-UD

Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA

10 of 10 · 185 / 198 lbs

25 4 0

W-PTS

Tyler, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 185 / 195 lbs

6 4 0

W-PTS

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 185 / 182 lbs

1 4 1

W-KO

Tyler, Texas, United States

4 · 187 / 187 lbs

9 2 0

W-KO

Tyler, Texas, United States

3 · 183 / 202 lbs

11 20 3

W-PTS

Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 183 / 207 lbs

11 1 0

W-SD

Tyler, Texas, United States

vacant USA Texas State heavyweight title

12 of 12

2 7 2

W-PTS

Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10

1 4 0

W-KO

Tyler, Texas, United States

3

0 1 0

W-KO

Conroe, Texas, United States

6 · 180 / 200 lbs

0 5 0

W-KO

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

3 · 180 / 196 lbs

0 0 0

W-KO

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

2

0 0 0

W-PTS

LaGrave Field, Fort Worth, Texas, United States

6 of 6 · 184 / 207 lbs

4 1 0

W-PTS

Conroe, Texas, United States

8 of 8

0 0 0

W-TKO

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

3 of 4 · 175 / 172 lbs