Haven't seen this guy rated before now. As always, if he has been my apologies, etc.
<a href="http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=043423" target="_blank">Tiger Joe Randall</a> was a black welterweight from the Pittsburgh area who fought from 1927 to 1937, putting together a career record of 48-29-3 (17).
His most impressive win was a ten-round decision over Sammy Slaughter in New Orleans in December 1935. According to the </I>Ring</i> as quoted on Boxrec, Randall "was outweighed by fifteen pounds, but carried the fight to Slaughter." He also beat Jackie Zivic, Danny Devlin, Pee Wee Jarrell, and Frankie Hughes, but he could not consistently hold his own against first-class fighters, losing repeatedly to Tommy Yarosz, Tommy Freeman (who floored him ten times), Paul Pirrone, and the Cocoa Kid.
Grainy old newspaper photo to follow.
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