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Vern Lester

248 KOs
255 KOs
13Draws
Last six: L-W-L-L-L-D
Career
division
Middleweight
status
inactive
bouts
62
rounds
396
KO %
33.3%
KO wins
8
KO losses
5
career
1943–1952
debut
1943-03-08
last fight
1952-04-16
Profile
alias
Jimmy Top Row Allen
sex
M
nationality
United States
origin
United States
city / state / zip
San Francisco, California
dob
0000-00-00

Latest news

Jimmy Lester: The Harder the Fight, the Better He Liked It
2006-09-07 · TheSweetScience.com
Every Jimmy Lester fight was a war he fought as if the very right to continue breathing was at stake instead of a mere purse. That was a birthright from his father, Vern Lester, aka Jimmy “Top Row” Allen, who fought in the 1940s.…

Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Apr 16
Jesse Gray
5 6 1
D-PTS
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Nov 13
Sugar Ray Robinson
100 1 2
L-KO
Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
5 of 10 · 152 / 150 lbs · 0:12
Referee: Battling Ferdie
Event →
Apr 13
Jose Basora
74 13 7
L-TKO
Manhattan Center, New York, New York, United States
6 of 10 · 152 / 164 lbs · 2:47
Referee: Frank Fullam
Event →
Mar 11
Walter Cartier
20 5 0
L-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 154 / 161 lbs
Event →
Feb 24
Joe Tate
15 10 2
W-PTS
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
8 of 8 · 152 / 155 lbs
Event →
Jan 27
Gene Burton
42 8 10
L-UD
Sunnyside Garden, Sunnyside, Queens, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 147 / 144 lbs
Event →
Nov 8
Tony DeMicco
42 22 5
L-PTS
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, USA
10 of 10 · 155 / 166 lbs
Event →
Oct 18
Jake LaMotta
67 12 3
L-SD
Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, USA
10 of 10 · 154 / 165 lbs
Event →
Oct 5
Van Butler
9 7 1
L-PTS
Trenton, New Jersey, United States
8 of 8 · 152 / 158 lbs
Event →
Feb 9
Tress Wilson
4 2 0
W-PTS
Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
8 of 8 · 156 / 149 lbs
Event →
Jan 23
Burl Charity
25 7 2
W-PTS
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 155 / 157 lbs
Event →
Dec 8
Ike Peterson
3 4 2
D-PTS
Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 6 · 153 / 163 lbs
Event →
Nov 14
Clarence Wilkinson
30 3 1
W-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 155 / 161 lbs
Event →
Oct 29
Lloyd Gibson
25 1 0
D-PTS
Jamaica Arena, Jamaica, Queens, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 154 / 160 lbs
Event →
Sep 16
Buddy Farrell
46 29 7
L-PTS
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
8 of 8 · 157 / 158 lbs
Event →
Aug 19
Andres Gomez
25 38 7
W-TKO
Long Beach Stadium, Long Beach, New York, United States
3 of 8 · 156 / 162 lbs
Event →
Jul 15
Charley Hayes
29 5 0
D-PTS
Coney Island Velodrome, Brooklyn, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 156 / 160 lbs
Event →
Jun 25
Leroy Snead
14 4 1
W-PTS
Sterling Oval, Bronx, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 161 / 163 lbs
Event →
May 16
Nick Kashuba
11 2 0
W-PTS
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
6 of 6 · 157 / 158 lbs
Event →
May 6
DeWitt Dean
11 4 0
L-PTS
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Mar 31
Nick Kashuba
10 1 0
W-PTS
St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York, United States
8 of 8 · 153 / 155 lbs
Event →
Jan 17
Emory Jackson
12 2 2
W-PTS
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
10 of 10 · 155 / 155 lbs
Event →
Jan 8
Charley Cato
22 8 5
L-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
10 of 10 · 154 / 158 lbs
Event →
Nov 27
Kenny Watkins
37 6 2
W-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
8 of 8
Referee: Oakland Jimmy Duffy
Event →
Nov 8
Bobby Ferris
22 8 5
D-PTS
Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, United States
6 of 6 · 154 / 148 lbs
Event →
Oct 16
Lalo Rodriguez
20 10 4
D-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
6 of 6 · 158 / 158 lbs
Event →
Sep 23
Charley Cato
21 7 3
D-PTS
Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, United States
6 of 6 · 164 / 165 lbs
Event →
Jul 24
Bobby Ferris
21 6 5
L-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
6 of 6 · 156 / 154 lbs
Event →
May 24
Jimmy Sherrer
22 5 1
L-PTS
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
10 of 10 · 148 / 148 lbs
Event →
Apr 24
Bobby Ferris
19 5 5
L-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Apr 10
Charlie O'Kelly
12 10 1
W-KO
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
2 of 4
Event →
Apr 9
Larry Cartwright
10 8 3
L-PTS
Ryan's Auditorium, Fresno, California, United States
10 of 10 · 144 / 155 lbs
Referee: Frank Manfredo
Event →
Mar 28
Buster Peaks
11 16 2
D-PTS
Civic Auditorium, San Jose, California, United States
6 of 6 · 156 / 157 lbs
Event →
Feb 28
Billy Nixon
21 3 0
L-PTS
Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Feb 8
Art Lind
42 13 4
W-TKO
National Hall, San Francisco, California, USA
9 of 10 · 152 / 158 lbs
Event →
Jan 11
Tunerio Lopez
0 1 0
W-KO
San Francisco, California, United States
2
Event →
Nov 28
Al Botano
15 4 3
L-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
6 of 6 · 150 / 150 lbs
Event →
Oct 12
Eddie Halligan
88 29 32
L-PTS
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Sep 5
Lincoln Stanley
8 20 8
W-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
6 of 6 · 153 / 147 lbs
Event →
May 14
Billy Harrison
8 5 2
L-TKO
Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, California, United States
5 of 6 · 153 / 150 lbs
Event →
May 4
Eddie Halligan
86 29 30
D-PTS
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
8 of 8 · 152 / 152 lbs
Event →
Apr 20
Charlie O'Kelly
7 6 0
W-KO
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
5
Event →
Mar 28
Harold Rasmussen
1 1 3
D-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Mar 23
Speedy Cannon
21 30 10
D-PTS
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
6 of 6 · 153 lbs
Event →
Mar 16
Speedy Cannon
21 29 10
W-TKO
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
2 of 6
Event →
Feb 28
Harold Alle
5 5 2
W-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Feb 26
Larry Cartwright
3 0 0
L-PTS
Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, California, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Feb 5
Larry Cartwright
0 0 0
L-PTS
Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, California, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Nov 26
Paulie Peters
22 7 7
L-TKO
National Hall, San Francisco, California, United States
6 of 10 · 154 / 155 lbs
Event →
Nov 3
Bobby Berger
7 24 8
W-PTS
Auditorium, Oakland, California, USA
6 of 6 · 152 / 150 lbs
Event →