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Walter Byars

184 KOs
90 KOs
1Draws
Last six: L-L-L-L-W-L
Career
division
Welterweight
status
inactive
bouts
28
rounds
221
KO %
22.2%
KO wins
4
KO losses
0
career
1954–1959
debut
1954-09-30
last fight
1959-12-18
Profile
sex
M
stance
orthodox
height
5′ 6″ / 168cm
nationality
United States
origin
United States
city / state / zip
Boston, Massachusetts
dob
1931-12-06
age
94
death
1996-03-07

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Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Dec 18
Eddie Jordan
18 0 3
L-MD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 146 / 144 lbs
Event →
Oct 27
Butch Craig
0 2 0
W-PTS
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 10 · 148 / 146 lbs
Event →
Mar 9
Roger Harvey
11 8 2
L-PTS
Arcadia Ballroom, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
10 of 10 · 145 / 143 lbs
Event →
Apr 10
Del Flanagan
88 15 2
L-MD
Auditorium, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
10 of 10 · 145 / 150 lbs
Event →
Nov 20
Kid Gavilan
106 28 5
L-UD
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States
10 of 10 · 146 / 151 lbs
Event →
Aug 23
Isaac Logart
49 7 5
L-UD
Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States
10 of 10 · 146 / 146 lbs
Event →
Jun 12
Virgil Akins
43 15 1
L-UD
Arena, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
10 of 10 · 144 / 148 lbs
Judges: Charles E Ford 96-94 | Johnny Burton 99-96
Referee: Paddy Mills (99-96)
Event →
May 25
Tony DeMarco
53 9 1
L-MD
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 10 · 143 / 148 lbs
Event →
Mar 8
Garnet Hart
20 1 0
W-UD
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 145 / 146 lbs
Event →
Dec 4
Kid Gavilan
105 22 5
W-SD
Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 10 · 145 / 148 lbs
Event →
Nov 19
Steve Ward
26 2 0
W-MD
Valley Arena, Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
12 of 12 · 143 / 144 lbs
Event →
Oct 17
Grant Campbell
3 1 0
W-UD
Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
8 of 8 · 143 / 144 lbs
Event →
May 10
Wilbur Wilson
24 20 3
D-MDRAW
Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 10 · 142 / 146 lbs
Event →
Mar 27
Bobby Murphy
15 1 1
W-TKO
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
5 of 12 · 139 / 143 lbs · 2:23
Event →
Feb 23
Bobby Murphy
15 0 1
W-UD
Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 10 · 142 / 147 lbs
Event →
Oct 31
Sal DiGuardia
16 6 0
W-DQ
Arcadia Ballroom, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Oct 15
Al Duarte
8 25 2
W-PTS
Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 of 8 · 139 / 140 lbs
Event →
Sep 12
Bubba Norman
1 0 0
W-PTS
Maple Arena, Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
6 of 6 · 143 / 145 lbs
Event →
Jul 11
Willie Stevenson
13 1 0
W-UD
Maple Arena, Brockton, Massachusetts, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Jun 29
Jimmy Soo
27 0 0
L-PTS
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
8 of 8 · 139 / 135 lbs
Event →
May 17
Cliff Hutchinson
15 0 1
W-PTS
Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
6 of 6 · 139 / 143 lbs
Event →
Apr 23
Willie Stevenson
10 0 0
W-PTS
Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Apr 16
Willie Stevenson
9 0 0
L-PTS
Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Mar 14
Pat Kelly
23 17 2
W-KO
Arcadia Ballroom, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
4
Event →
Jan 17
Truman Jarrett
0 0 0
W-PTS
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Dec 14
Frankie Neeves
2 0 0
W-PTS
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
4 of 4
Event →
Oct 14
Norman Shaw
7 11 0
W-KO
Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2 · 135 / 140 lbs
Event →
Sep 30
Everett Perry
5 0 0
W-TKO
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2 of 4 · 135 / 147 lbs · 2:15
Event →