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Sonny Burke

145 KOs
42 KOs
1Draws
Last six: D-W-W-L-W-W
Career
division
Light Heavyweight
status
inactive
bouts
19
rounds
82
KO %
35.7%
KO wins
5
KO losses
2
career
1949–1955
debut
1949-10-18
last fight
1955-01-06
Profile
sex
M
nationality
United States
origin
United States
city / state / zip
Hartford, Connecticut
dob
0000-00-00

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The discipline of boxing: it's not just for angry men
2013-11-11 · Irish Examiner
MUHAMMAD Ali standing over Sonny Liston, claiming the 1964 world heavyweight title, has always epitomised boxing for me: the look of cold, bloodthirsty hunger on his face, as he stood tense over his opponent, who was laid out. By Róisín Burke…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Jan 6
Jimmy Jewell
20 12 0
W-PTS
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
10 of 10 · 170 / 165 lbs
Event →
Dec 2
Joe Moran
13 4 0
W-PTS
West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Nov 9
Joe Moran
12 4 0
L-PTS
Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Sep 21
Gordon Pouliot
18 8 3
W-PTS
Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
6 of 6 · 174 / 184 lbs
Event →
Jun 26
Dick Fowler
0 0 0
W-PTS
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Feb 16
Eddie Plouffe
8 5 1
D-PTS
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
1 · 170 / 173 lbs
Event →
Oct 10
Eddie Plouffe
7 3 0
W-PTS
Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6 · 162 / 165 lbs
Event →
Aug 17
Jimmy Brown
0 1 0
W-PTS
Ansonia, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Aug 2
Mike Gillo
13 12 1
W-PTS
Crystal Arena, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
May 23
Stanley Wysocki
6 2 0
W-PTS
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Apr 14
Mike Saad
21 20 4
W-UD
Municipal Hall, Rumford, Maine, United States
10 of 10 · 151 / 153 lbs
Event →
Apr 10
Chuck Goldsby
0 0 0
L-KO
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2
Event →
Apr 4
Tommy Cunniff
3 1 0
W-KO
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, United States
2 of 4 · 155 / 158 lbs
Event →
Mar 14
Kelly Duncan
4 2 0
W-KO
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, United States
1 of 4 · 155 / 156 lbs
Event →
Feb 7
Ray Scutter
1 0 0
W-KO
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, United States
2 of 4 · 154 / 152 lbs
Event →
Feb 2
Pat Moynahan
9 5 0
W-KO
Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
2 of 6 · 153 / 150 lbs
Event →
Jan 3
Jack Randolph
1 3 1
L-PTS
Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, United States
4 of 4 · 153 / 149 lbs
Event →
Oct 24
Sylvester Payne
0 1 0
L-TKO
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1 of 4 · 151 / 148 lbs
Event →
Oct 18
Frank Martunis
0 1 0
W-KO
Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
1 · 149 / 153 lbs
Event →