[Rocco Del Sesto]

Pat Stapleton Rating 1 Ireland
HW 1959-69
13 wins / 3 losses / 1 draw / 7 KO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Started out career from January 1959 thru April 1960 with a 9-0-0,4KO record including wins over Cliff Purnell twice, Alex Barrow, Garnett Denny and Paddy Slavin. Then came a 6th round knockout loss to Maxie Earle(9-12-0,8KO) in July of that year. Stapleton came back 5 months later at the end of 1960 and won a 6 round decision over Alex Barrow. It's a year almost then till November 1961 when he fights an 8 round draw with Jose Peyre. Then he's gone for 5-1/2 years before he reappears in boxrec in June 1967. He fights 3 times in 1967 winning all 3 fights by knockout in 3 or less rounds against Barry O'Neill(9-13-0,4), Willie Jackson(0-1-0,0) and Herman Harris(15-23-1,11, Herman's last fight). So nothing to get excited about those 3 knockouts. Stapleton then is gone from the ring again from August 1967 till October 1968 when he's stopped in the first round by Charlie Emperor Harris(12-30-1,8). One last fight comes up in April 1969, a 1st round knockout loss to Bill McMurray.