New HW Boxers Rated

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Al Evans Rating 1 USA
LHW 1967-74,86
8 wins / 10 losses / 0 draws / 6 KO

Alias: Evil
Hometown: Detroit, MI

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Boxrec shows Evans starting out with fights in April and June 1967 against MW Larry Howard(2-6-0,1) and against HW Willie McMillan. McMillan stopped him in their their fight but boxrec has no record of what round. It's then 2-1/2 years later until November 1969 when we next see EVans. In 1969 thru 1971 he wins fights against LHW Vidal Flores(15-7-0,4) twice, looses two decisions, an 8 and a 12 rounder to Karl Zurheide, knocks out harold Carter in the 5th round, is knocked out by Len Hutchins in 7 and looses a 10 round decision to LHW Bob Harrington(14-19-6,2) for fights against the most noteworthy opponents. Evans goes 7-4-0,6KO in that 3 year period.

Another almost 2 year break until March 1973 and then in March, April and May that year he looses 10 and 8 round decisions to Pat Duncan and Howard Smith and is KO'd in the 1st by Pedro Lovell. In January 1974 he looses a 4 rounder to Ellis McKinley. There's then one last recorded fight, though not confirmed official by boxrec in May 1986 when Evans was KO'd in the 5th by a Syd Taylor(18-4-0,7). For the purpose of this rating for Evans, that last fight in 1986 is not factored in.

[CONN CHRIS]

Originally Posted by IceTea

* Both of these fighters are on the database. Thanks for the ratings though.

Bill was making a hypothetical rating assuming that McCarty hadn't died so young and a prime version of a fighter that only exists at post.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Eddie Brooks Rating 1 USA
HW 1966-79
17 wins / 4 losses / 1 draw / 7 KO

Alias: Sgt.
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

A 1st round KO loss to Ovrille Qualls in May 1966 started things out for Brooks before he then reeled off 7 straight victories in 1967 and 1968. Included were wins over Art Robinson, Joe Shelton, Art Miller, Joe Byrd, Mac Harrison and Willie McMillan. Then in February and may 1969 he suffered straight knockout defeats to Bob Mashburn(8-11-2,5) and LHW Stan Johnson(26-5-0,11).Six and 10 round decisions over Fred Askew and Charles Singleton was followed by a 6th round KO of Aaron Eastling to finish out 1969.

In April 1970 Brooks was knocked out at 2:49 of the 1st round of a scheduled 12 rounder against Cleveland Williams. From that time on Brooks career was sporadic with two more fights in 1970 and then one each in 71,73,74,75,76 and 1979. After the Williams loss he won 7 fights including against Johnny Mac, Art Robinson, Terry Daniels and Vic Brown. After the 10 round decision over Vic Brown in November 1976 the last recorded fight in boxrec for Brooks comes in January 1979 when he fights a 12 round draw with Leroy Caldwell for the Wisconsin State HW title.

[IceTea]

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

Bill was making a hypothetical rating assuming that McCarty hadn't died so young and a prime version of a fighter that only exists at post.

Oh, I should have read further

[Rocco Del Sesto]

For every Eddie Brooks I unearth doing this, I find the heap of cans like the next few......

Wally Dean Oswald rating 1 USA
HW 1967-71
3 wins / 2 losses / 0 draws / 3 KO

Alias: The Marine
Hometown: Bay City, MI

Rating By: Rocco Del Sesto

Won his 3 fights by 1st, 4th, and 1st round KO's of Tom Goznie, Tyrone Parker and Charley Brown. Lost by 2nd round KO's to Joe Byrd and Morris Jackson.



Tyrone Parker rating 1 USA
HW 1967
0 wins / 2 losses / 0 draws / 0 KO

Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Was KO'd in the 4th round in April 1967 by Wally Dean Oswald, then was knocked out in the 1st round by Eddie Brooks on June 5th 1967 and that was it for Parker's career.


Tom Goznie rating 1 USA
HW 1967
0 wins / 1 loss / 0 draws / 0 KO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Was knocked out in the 1st round by Wally Dean Oswald in Newark, Ohio on March 18th, 1967.


Charley Brown rating 1 USA
HW 1967-68
0 wins / 2 losses / 1 draw / 0 KO

Hometown: Eau Claire, WI

Rating By: Rocco Del Sesto

Drew 4 rounds with Ralph (Spider) Denny in October 1967. Then was stopped in 3 rounds in January 1968 by Charles Singleton and in the 1st round KO'd by Wally Dean Oswald in May of 1968.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Ralph (Spider) Denny Rating 1 USA
HW 1967-71
1 win / 5 losses / 2 draws / 0 KO

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

A 4 round draw and a 4 round decision over Dave Barutha(0-1-1) started Denny's career in April and June 1967. In September 67 he lost a 4 round UD to Charles Singleton(9-3-1,5), then in October fought to a 4 round draw with Charley Brown(0-2-1). In May 1968 he lost another 4 round UD, this one to Mike Tracy(3-0-0,2).

We then don't see Denny again for almost 2 years when he's KO'd in 2 in March 1970 by Frank Schram(19-11-0,12). That's followed with another 2nd round KO loss in April, this time by John Gatus(3-0-0,2). Denny finishes with a 3rd straight 2 round KO defeat, this last one in November 1971 to Larry Beilfuss(19-23-1,8).


Wilbert (Buddy) Elbert Rating 1 USA
HW 1967-69
0 wins / 7 losses / 0 draws / 0 KO

Alias: Willie Buddy
Hometown: Flint, MI

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Five of Elbert's seven losses were by knockout, all within 4 rounds. One other loss was by 1st round TKO and one, to Art Miller was a 4 round decision. Knockout losses were to Jimmy Hartzell(9-4-0,8), Paul Williams(1-2-0,1), Miller, HW Charles Singleton(9-3-1,5), Battling Bob Smith(5-8-2,4) and lastly to Ron Stander.


Paul Williams Rating 2 USA
HW 1967-68
1 win / 2 losses / 0 draws / 1 KO

Hometown: Columbus, OH

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Knocked out Wilbert (Buddy) Elbert in the 3rd round in May 1967. Lost a 6 round decision to Johnny Griffin in January 1968 and a 4 round decision to LHW Jerry Evans(31-9-1,21) in December 1968.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Charlie Singleton Rating 2 USA
HW 1967-70
9 win / 3 losses / 1 draw / 5 KO

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Singleton won his first 7 fights in 1967-68 including 5 KO/TKO's. They were over Ralph (Spider) Denny, Wilbert (Buddy) Elbert, Charley Brown, Art Miller, Lee Estes, Willy Jones and Eddie Dembry. The rest of Singleton's career was marked by a draw with Aaron Eastling, wins against Johnny Mac and Orville Qualls and then ended with 10 round decision losses to Eddie Brooks and Tony Doyle.


Jimmy Hartzell Rating 1 USA
HW 1960-68
9 wins / 4 losses / 0 draws / 8 KO

Hometown: Youngstown, OH

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Hartzell's career started with 4 round decision losses to LHW Tom Gerarde(16-4-2,5) and Willie Yanovich(0-2-0) in April and July 1960. Then through the rest of 1960 and on thru July 1961 he won 6 out of 7 fights. The one loss was a 4 rounder to Jim Berdis(7-6-0,3). The combined records of all the opponents he defeated were 1-12-0,1KO.

There's then a 5-1/2 year break in Hartzell's career according to boxrec as he next shows up in late February 1967 when he knocks out LHW Ted Hamilton(1-32-0,0). According to the boxrec account, Hamilton fought under the name of Arthur Lee. Then in April 67 he knocks out Wilbert Elbert in 3 an in June KO's Joe Byrd in the 4th round. Hartzell's last fight shown is getting knocked out by Billy Morris in the 4th round in May 1968.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Frank Schram Rating 1 USA
HW 1967-1980
19 wins / 11 losses / 0 draws / 12 KO

Hometown: Columbus, OH

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

You first look at his record and you think, hmmm...then you look at his opponents. He did fight Rufus Brassell, Lou Rogan, Kallie Knoetze, John Tate and James Tillis in the latter part of his career, loosing those. He beat Ralph (Spider) Denny. other then that, he fought some pretty sad characters. You can look them up.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Rich Williams Rating 1 USA
HW 1967-68
0 wins / 2 losses / 0 draws / 0 KO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Opponent of Frank Schram in two fights almost a year apart from each other in September 1967 and September 1968. Both fights were in Columbus, Ohio and both fights ended with Schram knocking out Williams in the 1st round.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Abe "Tiger" Brown Rating 1 USA
HW 1965-73,79-80
6 wins / 20 losses / 2 draws / 3 KO

Alias: Tiger
Hometown: Orlando, FL

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Abe lost 7 of his first 8 fights, the lone non loss being a 4 round draw with Carlos Dunston(0-6-1,0). He lost two decisions to Mike Bruce then after the draw with Dunston lost 5 straight including KO losses to Bob Ellis(1-13-3,1) and twice to Cody Gainer(7-1-1,7). After the Gainer knockouts BRown managed a 6 round decision loss to Leroy Caldwell. Then in September and October he won his first two fights, both over Bowie Adams.

From october 1969 thru October 1970 he then lost 9 out of 10 with 1 draw, to Bob Ellis. After two, 8 round decisions dropped to Moses Harrell, he was KO'd in three straight by Jose Roman, Johnny Griffin and Earnie Shavers. Three weeks later in late January 1970 Shavers stopped Brown again by 5th round TKO. That was followed by two more knockout losses to Jim Lee Elder and Jose Roman. All of those knockouts came in the first or second rounds. A coupld of decision losses to Otis Dee(6-1-1,4) and Eddie Peoples(8-0-0,6) sandwiched th draw till Ellis.

Brown then won 3 out of 4 fights through June 1971. We then see a two year gap until May 1973 when Brown fights again, a 6 round decision loss. A 6 year gap then shows in his record in boxrec until a 1st round KO win over Howard Nathaniel in October 1979. That's followed in January 1980 with a 2nd round KO loss to finish up Abe's career.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Joe Burns Rating 6 USA
LHW 1965-72
23 wins / 7 losses / 1 draw / 10 KO

Hometown: New Orleans, LA

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Started out with two, 4 round decisions over Cassius Clay Scott in late 1965. Burns won 12 more straight between 1966 and 1968. Included wins were over Bobby Dennard, hal Carroll, Gene Romero(10-9-0,5), Benny Lee Bowser, Johnny Alford, Vernon Clay twice, Willis Earls(12-15-2,7) twice, Roy Wallace and AJ Staples(11-7-0,9). The streak ended with two straight 10 round decisions dropped to Willie Burton in March and April 1969. Over the rest of 1969 and 1970 he won 7 of 8 fights with wins over Leroy Caldwell twice, Willie McMillan twice and Sonny Moore. The lone loss was to Willis Earls.

1971 and 72 saw a downturn in Burns career as he finished his career with only a 2-4-1 record. The wins came against Ray Anderson and Eddie Jones while he lost to MW Georgie Johnson(59-21-0,30KO), Len Hutchins, Jimmy Dupree in August 1971 for the NABF LHW title and his career finished in October 1972 with a 1st round KO loss to Frank Evans(12-32-1,9).

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Benny Lee Bowser Rating 1 USA
LHW 1959-70
22 wins / 16 losses / 3 draws / 17 KO

Hometown: Austin, TX

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

In his first career bout in October 1959, Bowser was KO'd in the 3rd round by Alejandro Lavorante who was making his 2nd pro bout in a career that started out promising by ended abruptly 3 years later. In his next bout Bowser took on another newbie on the LHW/HW ranks, George Scrap Iron Johnson. Johnson decisioned Bowser in 6 rounds. After a couple wins and a draw in his next fights, Bowser was matched up against George Price(16-6-2,7) for the then vacant Texas LHW Title in May 1961. Price knocked out Bowser in the 9th round of the scheduled 12 rounder.

Between 1962 through 1965, Bowser compiled a 17-3-2 record fighting guys like LHW Tommy Sims(35-36-4,12), LHW Elmo (Tex) Henderson(25-18-1,15), LHW Luis Gutierrez(61-15-5,38), LHW Alonzo Harris(13-24-7,6), LHW Matt Plachy(11-1-0,9), HW Sherman Goodman(2-23-0,1), HW Joe Murphy Goodwin(1-15-1,0), MW/LHW Santiago Gutierrez(18-10-3,12) and MW Aman Peck(23-54-4,7) plus a number of unnamed lesser sorts. In September 1962 Bowser knocked out Tommy Sims in the 10th round to win the Texas State LHW Title. He successfully defended it against Santiago Gutierrez in April 1964 with a 10 round majority decision. Bowser gave Gutierrez a rematch for that title two months later and Bowser stopped Gutierrez in the 3rd round by TKO with a bad cut over Gutierrez' left eye. Then in November of 1964 Bowser lost the Texas State LHW title when Elmo (Tex) Henderson knocked out Bowser in the 2nd round. Those two fought a rematch for the title in October 1965 with Bowser winning back the title by a 10 round split decision. Bowser was knocked down in the 2nd round of the fight but came back on points to win the title back.

From then on Bowser began to take on some higher echelon of the LHW ranks and his record of 3-10-0 over the last 4 years of his career showed he wasn't quite up to par with those fighters. He could stay in the ring with them, but didn't have enough to put them away like his earlier career opponents. The down turn started with a 10 round decision loss to Karl Zurheidein March 1966 and then was KO'd in the 5th round by Joe Dorsey(27-8-1,20) in April that year. Bowser was then inactive until 1967 when he fought five, 10 round decision fights, loosing 4 of them to Karl Zurheide, Joe Burns, LMW Gypsy Joe Harris(24-1-0,8) and HW Gene Romero. The loss to Romero in August followed the one win for the year, a 10 rounder over Romero in June. In 1968 he lost 10 round decisions to Romero and Mark Tessman. In March 1969 he was KO'd in the 2nd round by AJ Staples(11-7-0,9). After knockout victories over Frank Evans(12-32-1,9), and Eddie Gray(1-3-0,0) in later 1969, Bowser ended his career with another 10 round decision loss, this time to Eddie Jones.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Gene Romero Rating 2 USA
LHW 1966-68
10 wins / 9 losses / 0 draw / 5 KO

Hometown: New Orleans, LA

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Boxrec and the 1968 Ring Record Book both list Romero as a heavyweight and his fight weight at times was borderline slim heavyweight but, accounts I read in 1967 issues of The Ring and just looking at his list of opponents who were mostly LHW left me with the decision that Romero really should be a LHW.

Romero in his short 2 year stint fought some of the top young light heavyweights of the mid sixties. He defeated Cassius Scott Clay twice and won by decision over Bobby Dennard in 1966. He lost fights to Mark Tessman and Joe Burns. In March and April 1967 he first lost a 10 round decision to Karl Zurheide then defeated Zurheide by TKO in 10 hard fought rounds. He then lost three straight 10 round decisions to Bobby Dennard, Benny Lee Bowser and Mark Tessman. He snapped the loosing string with a 10 round decision in mid August over Bowser. Two more 10 round decisions dropped to Karl Zurheide and Paul Patin finnished out a busy 1967 for Romero.

Three fights in early 1968 then is the last shown for Romero in boxrec as he wins by TKO over Willie Davis and then wins a spilt decision in 10 rounds over Benny Lee Bowser in late February. AJ Staples then knocks out Romero in the 10th round on April 1st in St. Louis, Missouri to finish Romero's brief career.

[gocubsgo]

Hey guys will i find any women fighters in this thread?

[mh2365]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

Hey guys will i find any women fighters in this thread?

no you won't

[Rocco Del Sesto]

A J Staples Rating 5 USA
LHW 1967-72,79
11 wins / 7 losses / 0 draws / 9 KO

Hometown: St. Louis, MO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Started out career with 3 wins and a loss in 1967. The first win was a 1st round KO over Bill Hardney. That was followed with the loss, a 4 round decision dropped to Johnny Griffin, fighting in his first career bout. After a win over Paul Patin, STaples lost a 10 round decision to Karl Zurheide in February 1968. Knockout wins over Ray Vega(3-21-1,1), Gene Romero and Cassius Clay Scott in 1968 was then followed by another 10 round decision loss in December of that year, this time to Joe Burns.

In 1969 Staples enjoyed three more straigth knockout wins over Art Miller, Benny Lee Bowser and Eddie Parotte. Boxrec then shows Staples fighting very infrequent with one 10 round loss to Ray White in 1970, a 2nd round KO loss to Ron Lyle(Lyle's first career bout), and a 3rd round KO win over Jim Davis(12-8-1,5) in 1971 and then Earnie Shavers knocked out Staples in the 1st round of a fight in September 1972. Boxrec shows one more fight for Staples, a 2nd round KO loss to Larry Alexander in February 1979.

That last fight in 1979 is not factored into this rating for STaples.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Alonzo Harris Rating 1 USA
LHW 1959-75
13 wins / 24 losses / 7 draws / 6 KO

Hometown: Dallas, TX
Birthplace: Enid, OK

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Harris played a mix of Welters, Middle, Light Heavy and Heavyweights throughout his career. Best looking opponents were MW Mickey Brown(28-6-2,11) whom he won, lost and drew three fights with in 1962-63. he lost 10 round decisions to Benny Lee Bowser and WW Al Villafarra(28-8-1,4) in 1963. WW Marshall Wells(16-8-1,9) KO'd Alonzo in the 2nd round in September 1963 and Elmo (Tex) Henderson(25-18-1,15) Ko'd him in 5 in April 1964. He fought a 6 round draw with WW Babe Vance(25-17-8,9) later in 1964. In 1965 he lost to Jesse Bolen, LHW Orlando de la Fuentes(17-9-1,3), LMW Pauli Mahoni(14-8-0,3) and MW Andy Heilman twice. Harris did manage a 5 round decision over Billy Marsh in September 1965, his only win of note really since the start of his career.

In July 1966 he fought one time that year, a 4 round draw with a new kid on the block just starting out, Tony Kid Longoria. Harris fought three times in 1967 getting knockedout in 8 by Brian Kelly and loosing decisions to AJ Staples and Mark Tessman. The Tessman fight was a 10 rounder. Boxrec shows only one fight for Harris in 1968 and two in 1969. In July 1968, a 10 round decision loss to Paul Patin was followed in October 1969 with a 3rd round KO win over MW Dickie Willis(8-15-1,7).In November he lost a 12 round decision to Brian Kelly.

We next see Harris in 1971 when he looses another 12 rounder to Kelly, knocks out Pete (Ellison) Knight in 3, looses a 6 rounder to HW Lou Bailey and knocks out WH Ray Vega(3-21-1,1) in 4. A June 10 round KO loss to Brian Kelly finishes 1971. There's then a four year gap in Harris' career until he shows up again in September 1975, loosing a 4 rounder and drawing and loosing a couple other 4 rounders to a couple no name heavyweights.

[mh2365]

Great work as always Rocco ..how are your boys doing?

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Originally Posted by mh2365

Great work as always Rocco ..how are your boys doing?

Thanks Mike. And thanks for asking about the boys. They're doing fine. We're getting ready to go to Panama City Beach for the week after next for Antonio's final big ball tourny for the year. Finally done with baseball then.....for a couple months anyway!

How may childern do you have Mike? I remember you mentioning that your youngest is named Nathaniel like our youngest but you have another older son who's into sports also?

Rocco

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Elmo (Tex) Henderson USA
LHW 1954-67 Rating 2
HW 1971-79 Rating 1
25 wins / 18 losses / 1 draw / 15 Ko

Hometown: San Antonio, TX

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

There was two phases to Elmo's career, 1954-67 as a Light Heavy compiling a 20-13-1,14KO record. Then after a 3-1/2 year layoff, from 1971-72 and one fight in 1975 and two again in 1979 he fought in the Heavy ranks going 5-5-1,1KO.

Fought twice in 1954 winning one then loosing by 4th round KO to LHW Alvin Green(23-9-3,5). Fought and lost once in 1955. His record in boxrec continues in 1957 winning three fights that year. In 1958 he's knocked out twice by welterweight Bill Sudduth(44-14-4,19) and looses an 8 round decision to future welterweight champion Curtis Cokes. There's another 3 year gap before one fight, a 1st round KO of LHW Eloy Tellez(20-18-0,10) in Sept 1961. Henderson then fights fairly regular from mid 1962 through 1965. Wins twice and looses once in three straight fights with LHW Ray Martin(110-8-1,5), looses by 2nd round KO to Benny Lee Bowser in 1962. In 1963 he's KO'd by LHW Tommy Sims(35-36-4,12). In March, April and June 1964 he wins three straight fights over Billy Marsh, Alonzo Harris and Marsh again, then in September that year knocks out HW John Peters(6-5-0,1). That sets Henderson up for a late November 1964 fight against Benny Lee Bowser for the Texas State LHW title. Henderson wins by knocking out Bowser in the 2nd round. After a couple of easy wins in early/mid 1965, Henderson and Bowser fight a rematch for the Texas title in October 1965. This time Bowser wins a 10 round split decision. We then do not see Henderson again till February 1967.

In February 67, Henderson makes another comeback after an extended layoff winning a decision over Terry Lee(15-20-5,4) and then knocking out Pete Peterson(5-7-1,3) in April. Those fights are followed by 10 round decision losses to Chuck Leslie and Charley Austin(39-43-6,7). Two weeks after loosing the decision to Austin, in late August , Henderson pulls an upset of sorts as he knocks out promising LHW Bob Dunlop who is 24-3-0 at the time. This upset takes place in Auckland, New Zealand, the first of three times Henderson fights outside his native United States. Four months later in December 1967 Henderson and Dunlop fight a rematch in Sydney, Australia. This time in front of a reported crowd of 9000, Dunlop knocks out Henderson in the 4th round.

Henderson then hangs the gloves up again for about 3-1/2 years until 1971. Over the next 7 years he fights on and off, winning a couple fights in 1971 against Willis Earls(12-15-2,7) and against Manuel Ramos in Mexico. Thats followed with losses to Leroy Caldwell and WW Jorge Rosales(27-14-3,19). The remainder of 1971 and then early 1972, Henderson won decisions over Clarence Boone, Frank Niblett and MW Carl Moore(18-32-5,5) while getting KO'd in 4 by Earnie Shavers. Henderson's career was finished with a 3rd round KO to Ibar Arrington in October 1975 adn a 5th round KO to Pinklon Thomas and 4 round Technical draw in April 1979.

The first file is the LHW version, the 2nd the HW version.