[Rocco Del Sesto]

Dave Centi Rating 1 USA
HW 1964-68
11 wins / 15 losses / 0 draws / 3 KO

Hometown: Tacoma, WA
Birthplace: Eugene, OR

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Centi won his first 7 fights up thru mid 1965. They incluced 4, 6 round decisions over Richie Peters(4-22-1,3KO) and the last of the 7 was a 5 round decision over Emil Umek who was from Frankfort, Germany but he came to America to fight almost his entire career(fought once in Canada and once in Mexico). It was Umek's first career bout. That fight was on June 11, 1965. Two weeks later, Centi fought another new heavyweight on the west coast, Jerry Quarry who was 3-0-0. Quarry dropped Centi n the 2nd round on the way to a 6 round UD. Centi won 3 of his next 4 bouts but then finished 1965 with two losses to Don Koontz and a loss to Matt Blow.

1966 didn't start any better as he dropped 2 fights to Ski Golstein both 10 round decisions and then lost a 10 rounder to Jimmy Rossette. After winning a 10 round MD over a John L Davey(6-8-4,2) he lost two more fights in 1966, 3rd round KO by Manuel Ramos(the first of only 2 fights outside the US, this being in Mexico) and 6 round decision loss to Chuck Wepner. In 1967 he lost straight fights to Dave Zyglewicz, Tony Doyle, Wayne Kindred and Ski Goldstein. In April 1968 Centi traveled outside the US for only the 2nd time for a fight as he went to Sao Paulo, Brazil to take on Luis Faustino Pires. Pires KO'd him in the 6th round and then ended Centi's career.


Tom Pawloski Rating 1 USA
HW 1964-67
3 wins / 2 losses / 0 draws / 3 KO

Hometown: Oakland, CA
Birthplace: Poland

Rating by: Rocco Del SEsto

After a knockout win in his first fight in August 1964, Pawloski fought Henry Clark who was 4-2-1 in the early part of his career. Clark beat Pawloski in a 10 round decision. Pawloski is then absent for close to 2 years with his next recorded fight in November 1966, a 1st round KO of Al Carter(3-13-1,0). Next up in December that year is a 2nd round knock out of a Pedro Rojas for Rojas' only appearance in boxrec. Two months later in mid February 1967 we see Pawloski for the last time as he's stopped in the first round by Matt Blow after referee Joey Olmos stops the fight at 2:29 after Pawloski is knocked down for the 2nd time.


John Massey Rating 1 USA
HW 1959-67
13 wins / 2 losses / 2 draws / 9 KO

Hometown: Portland, OR

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

From August 1959 thru May 1961 Massey put together a 9-1-2,8KO record against the local Oregon/Washington heavyweights. With that record, Massey traveled to the Madison Square Garden in October 1961 to take on another up and coming heavyweight, Billy Daniels was 12-0-0 at the time. Massey showed himself to be outclassed as he dropped a 6 round UD to Daniels. After that Massey dropped out of the boxing scene for 3-1/2 years before making an abbreviated comeback that didn't amount to much despite 4 wins. Three of them came against Richie Peters(4-22-1,3) and the other one against a Harold Jones who's career mark amounts to the 2nd round TKO loss to Massey. Massey finished his career for good with a 6 round decision over Peters in February 1967.