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Tom Collins

227 KOs
287 KOs
8Draws
Last six: L-L-L-W-W-D
Career
division
Welterweight
status
inactive
bouts
58
rounds
296
KO %
31.8%
KO wins
7
KO losses
7
career
1939–1947
debut
1939-11-16
last fight
1947-06-17
Profile
sex
M
nationality
United States
origin
United States
city / state / zip
Waterbury, Connecticut
dob
0000-00-00

Latest news

Remembering Dave Sands, boxing legend and gentle soul
2015-08-11 · Sydney Morning Herald
Even the fact that Tom Collins was to be paid $80,000 for two rounds of boxing against Jeff Harding would not have angered Sands. It would have puzzled him, however. Dave was the best of the six fighting Sands brothers, the last of whom, Clem, died…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Jun 17
Billy Fuller
2 0 0
D-PTS
Crystal Arena, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
4 of 4 · 158 / 158 lbs
Event →
Mar 17
Strawberry Haines
1 0 0
W-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Mar 7
Johnny Lysek
0 1 0
W-KO
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
2
Event →
Feb 28
Bob Lomas
0 0 0
L-PTS
Norwich, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Dec 13
Johnny Corbett
13 4 0
L-PTS
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Feb 28
Pedro Flores
6 6 0
L-PTS
Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
4 of 4 · 150 / 149 lbs
Event →
Feb 21
Ray Carroll
0 0 0
W-KO
Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
3 of 6 · 151 / 157 lbs
Event →
Feb 4
Joe O'Connell
10 2 1
L-PTS
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Jan 24
Jimmy Willis
10 11 0
W-KO
Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2 of 6 · 151 / 152 lbs
Event →
Nov 26
Joe Albanese
14 6 0
L-KO
Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
6
Event →
Oct 11
Joe Albanese
12 5 0
L-PTS
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Jun 11
Joey LaMotta
11 1 1
L-PTS
Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 153 / 156 lbs
Event →
May 28
Ralph Deans
3 4 1
W-KO
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
3 of 10
Event →
May 4
Tony Brandino
12 4 1
L-PTS
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
10 of 10 · 151 / 146 lbs
Event →
Apr 2
Tony Brandino
11 4 1
L-PTS
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Mar 19
Tony Brandino
10 3 1
W-PTS
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Event →
Mar 6
Lee Black
16 11 2
L-PTS
Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 156 / 155 lbs
Event →
Mar 2
Al Pinel
20 15 5
W-PTS
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
6 of 6 · 151 / 152 lbs
Event →
Jan 29
Tommy Gargano
17 3 2
D-PTS
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 152 / 149 lbs
Event →
Jan 9
Buddy Bailey
2 3 3
L-PTS
Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 153 / 151 lbs
Event →
Jan 8
Al Pinel
17 13 3
L-PTS
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Dec 7
Johnny Ryan
6 10 1
L-UD
Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
6 of 6 · 154 / 153 lbs
Event →
Oct 27
Rudy Richardson
8 1 0
L-PTS
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 151 / 152 lbs
Event →
Oct 17
Billy Daniels
4 1 1
L-PTS
Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 152 / 151 lbs
Event →
Oct 9
Vince LaSalva
12 6 1
W-PTS
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Sep 15
Clyde Miller
1 0 0
W-PTS
Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 155 / 154 lbs
Event →
Sep 11
Sid Milton
0 0 0
W-KO
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
2
Event →
Jul 20
Artie Towne
1 0 0
W-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
4 of 4 · 148 / 146 lbs
Event →
Jun 27
Billy Kearns
8 0 1
W-PTS
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6 · 148 / 144 lbs
Event →
Jun 15
Torpedo Reed
11 20 6
W-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 147 / 141 lbs
Event →
Jun 6
Billy Kearns
6 0 1
L-PTS
Arena, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
May 15
Harold Gary
7 21 1
W-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6 · 152 / 158 lbs
Event →
Mar 27
Mario Micelli
10 4 4
L-KO
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
3 · 154 / 152 lbs
Event →
Mar 2
Johnny Harvey
4 2 0
D-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Jan 31
Johnny Harvey
3 1 0
L-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Nov 29
Billy Brown
1 1 0
D-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6 · 155 / 153 lbs
Event →
Nov 15
George Graytak
2 1 1
L-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6 · 149 / 145 lbs
Event →
Nov 1
Mario Micelli
8 4 3
D-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6 · 150 / 151 lbs
Event →
Oct 4
George Graytak
0 0 0
W-PTS
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Sep 27
Mario Micelli
6 4 3
L-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Sep 20
Chick Santos
1 1 0
W-PTS
Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Sep 4
George LaRover
2 0 0
W-PTS
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Feb 2
Warren Reid
0 0 0
L-KO
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States
3
Event →
Dec 15
Joe Gillis
15 20 0
L-KO
Valley Arena, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
6
Event →
Dec 14
Joe Gillis
14 20 0
L-KO
Valley Arena, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
6 · 132 / 135 lbs
Event →
Nov 27
Ray Valarde
0 1 0
L-KO
Buckingham Hall, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
4
Event →
Oct 29
Mike Lewis
2 0 1
W-KO
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
2
Event →
Oct 16
Jimmy Small
0 0 0
W-PTS
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Oct 8
Henry Holt
6 6 6
L-PTS
Buckingham Hall, Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Aug 7
Wilfie Shanks
0 0 0
D-PTS
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States
4 of 4
Event →