New HW Boxers Rated

[David Myers]

I am a little surprised that no one has rated this guy yet. Although I searched the forum, I may have missed it if someone already has rated him. Please excuse any duplication of efforts.

Sid (Straight Jacket) Peaks was an on-again off-again slugger from Louisville. Born 1925. Fought from 1946 to 1958. Record: 43-19-0 (36).

Peaks fought two exhibitions with Joe Louis--in October 1947 and February 1950. Beat Lee Q. Murray (twice), Nate Bolden, Johnny Shkor, the Alabama Kid, Ponce DeLeon, and Bob Garner. Split with Jimmy Bivins, Elza Thompson, and Ernie Cab. Lost to Colion Chaney (twice), Rusty Payne (twice), Elmer (Violent) Ray, Bert Whitehurst, John Holman, Bob Baker (twice), Harold Johnson, and Ernie Terrell.

I can't locate a photo of him.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Antonio Rimasti - Rating 1 Italy
Light Heavyweight 1971-78
1 win / 22 losses / 2 draws / 1 KO

Hometown: Germany
Birthplace: Salemi, Trapani, Italy

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Lost by KO or TKO in 19 of his 22 losses. His lone win was in March 1973 against a Franjo Kovac(0-10-0). Losses included to Kurt Stroer, Dieter Klay, Ray Philippe, Jean-Pierre Coopman, Robert Amory and Christian Poncelet.


Freddy Hubert - Rating 1 Belgium
Heavyweight 1965-69
2 wins / 9 losses / 0 draws / 0 KO

Birthplace: Liege, Belgium

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Lost first 4 fights including to Peter Weiland, Peter Schulze and Henry Ferjules. Then won his only two victories in December 1967 against a Louis Croes. Finished career then Loosing to Kurt Stroer, Ferjules, Gerard Juin, Jose Manuel Urtain and then a Mecki Friedrich. Urtain and Friedrich KO'd Hubert in the first rounds of those last two career fights.


Valere Mahau - Rating 1 Belgium
Heavyweight 1961-69
7 wins / 27 losses / 1 draw / 0 KO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Very early in his caree despite a 1-4-0 record, Mahau fought Lion Ven for the vacant Belgian LHW Title. Ven KO'd Mahau in the 3rd round. After that he actually won 4 straight fights. That was all by March 1965. After that Mahau won only 2 more fights, against Moussa Sanagree and Victor Chapelle. He lost his last 9 fights from April 1967 on, including another KO loss to Lion Ven in Sept. 1969, this time for the Belgium HW Title. He was stopped by Jose Peyre then in his last career fight. Other losses included to Ven a couple other times, Jurgen Blin, Giuseppe Ros, Peter Weiland, Harry Kneipp, Kurt Stroer, Giulio Saraudi, Peyre in December 1967 in an eliminator fight for the Beligium HW Title, Paul Roux, and Jose Manuel Urtain. He managed an 8 round draw with Jan Lubbers. A busy Belgium HW in the 60's who tasted little victory for all his efforts.


Manfred Schlesinger - Rating 1 Germany
Heavyweight 1965-66
0 wins / 6 losses / 4 draws / 0 KO

Birthplace: Essen, Germany

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Lost his first 5 fights including to Peter Weiland, Jurgen Blin, Weiland again, Manfred Markgraf and Harry Kneipp. After fighting straight draws with Helmut Ossa, Peter Schulze and Roland Graetz, Schlesinger lost to Kurt Stroer and then fought another draw with Graetz. Hung up the gloves then.


Horst Herold - Rating 1 Germany
Heavyweight 1954-62
2 wins / 27 losses / 6 draws / 1 KO

Hometown: Salzgitter-Lebenstad, Germany
Birthplace: Chemnitz

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

This guy fought, but loosing all the time, quite a few names seen predominantly in the HW/LHW scene in Europe. His only two wins were very early in his career, both against a Lorenzo Rocci(9-6-1). He did manage draws with Hans Brendemuhl and Werner Walloschek.

The losses included those against, Brendemuhl, Albert Duscha, Federico Friso, Albert Westphal, Erich Schoppner, Mario de Persio, Mino Bozzano, Bonino Allevi, Bruno Scarabellin, Massimo Zanaboni, Ulli Ritter, Werner Walloschek, Wim Snoek, Scarabellin, Kurt Stroer, Benito Penna and Frankie Daniels.

[David Myers]

French heavyweight who was knocked out in the second round by Ingemar Johansson in the future champ's fifth bout. He is rated under the Europeans thread <a href="http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?p=1065702#post1065702" target="_blank">here</a>.

Can't find a picture of him. Sorry.

[David Myers]

Arnie Brower, a.k.a. "the Jewish bomber." Born 1940. Fought from 1961 to 1975. Record: 26-6-2 (17). Trained by Charley Goldman.

Brower was an anomaly in the sixties boxing world. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in zoology, he was "clean-cut" and "well-spoken," and "made no secret of the fact that once his sporting career was over he planned on embarking on more cerebral pursuits," according to Robert Mladnich of <i>The Sweet Science</i>.

Brower upset Dick Richardson in July 1962, but was upset in turn by Tom McNeeley at the Boston Garden in February 1965. Because he was a Jewish boxer in New York, though, he was a gate attraction even after the loss to McNeeley ended his hopes of becoming a contender.

Nearly two decades after retirement, Brower became homeless and a crack addict.

A photo of him is <a href="http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?p=1065778#post1065778" target="_blank">here</a>.

(As always, if someone else has already rated Brower, please forgive the duplication of effort. I used the site's search engine, but could turn up no mention of him.)

[David Myers]

Heavyweight from New Castle, Pa. Born 1925. Fought from 1947 to 1952. Record: 26-10-1 (17).

Beat Freddie Schott, Roy Taylor, the Alabama Kid, Bill Weinberg, Richard Grupe, Jean Kreitz, Omelio Agramonte, and Coley Wallace. Lost to Arturo Godoy, Abel Cestac, Bob Satterfield, Bob Baker, Harold Johnson, Aaron Wilson, and Bert Whitehurst.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Klaus Peter Gumpert - Rating 5 Germany
Light Heavyweight 1959-65
24 wins / 2 losses / 4 draws / 12 KO

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Defeated Helmut Ball in a 12 round decision in March 1962 for the German Light Heavyweight Title. Fought 2, 12 round draws with Rudolf Nehring in defense of his title. Defeated Albert Duscha in November 1964 defending his LHW title again.

Through March 1965 Gumpert was 24-1-4. His only loss was a 7th round KO at the hands of Yvan Prebeg in Jan. 1963. Wins included over Rudolf Nehring, Ulli Ritter twice, and Paul Roux. Fought one other draw with Nehring.

In July 1965, Gumpert made the attempt to move up in the Light Heavyweight ranks by taking on Giulio Rinaldi for the vacant European (EBU) Light Heavyweight Title. Rinaldi stopped Gumpert in the 13th round of the 15 round bout. Gumpert apprently took that bout as an all or nothing venture as he never fought again.


Rudolf Nehring - Rating 1 Germany
Light Heavyweight 1958-68
28 wins / 21 losses / 11 draws / 9 KO

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Manager: Walter Englert

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Nehring fought a 12 round draw with Klaus Peter Gumpert for the German Light Heavyweight Title in October 1962. These two fought another 12 round draw for the same title in May 1963. Nehring and Gumpert earlier in thier careers also fought a 4 round draw and Gumpert won a 6 rounder decision.

Other opponents faced by Nehring included wins against Mousse Sangaree, Yvan Prebeg, Kurt Stroer, Roland Graetz. He lost fights against Leen Jensen twice, Giulio Rinaldi, Pekka Kokkonen, Paul Roux three times, Buddy Turmen, Yvan Prebeg twice and Wilhelm von Homburg. He fought draws with Stroer, Duscha,and Germinal Baliarin.

[David Myers]

L.A. light heavy. Native of Houston. Born 1928. Fought from 1946 to 1956. Record: 42-27-4 (22).

Beat Al Hoosman, Rusty Payne (twice), Tiger Ted Lowry, Bill Petersen, Pat Comiskey, Frank Buford (twice), Turkey Thompson, and Frankie Daniels. Lost to Rusty Payne, Jimmy Bivins (three times), John Holman, Frank Buford, Clarence Henry, Kid Riviera, Leonard Morrow, Oakland Billy Smith, Rex Layne, Archie Moore, Howard King, and Duke Sabedong.

Joe Rein writes: "In recalling the Moore fight, Bean said he'd been warned over and over again by his trainer [George Jerome] not to be suckered into bending and throwing a left hook at what looked like an unprotected, jagged scar on Moore's midsection. But he went for it anyway, and Moore dropped a short right over the top. He never saw it. 'When I got up, I thought I was walking on razor blades.'" Moore kayoed Bean in the fifth round in April 1956.

Bean is the author of perhaps the most succinct defense of boxing: "They was fighting when Jesus came the first time," he once said, "and they'll be fighting when he comes again."

[David Myers]

L.A. heavyweight. Born 1926. Fought from 1947 to 1956. Record: 31-13-1 (22).

Beat Frank Buford, Eddie Simms, Freddie Beshore, Jay Lambert, Ponce DeLeon, Olympic gold medalist Rafael Iglesias, César Brión, Bill Petersen, Omelio Agramonte, and George Parmentier. Lost to Dave Whitlock (twice), Lloyd Marshall, Rex Layne, Clarence Henry, Archie Moore (twice), Coley Wallace, Paul Andrews, Frankie Daniels, Johnny Arthur, and Pat McMurtry.

[hagler99]

Here is Sultan Ibragimov, he & his cousin timor train in Florida under Panama Lewis.

[hagler99]

Virchis is the IBF Intercontinental Heavyweight champ.i`d love to see this guy fight Sultan Ibragimov, a fight that may very well happen.

[David Myers]

Maryland light heavy. Born 1932. Fought from 1954 to 1960. Record: 19-5-1 (8).

From a January 2005 obituary posted at Boxrec: "Born in Havre de Grace, Md., Lester started boxing as a teenager. He enlisted in the Army in 1952 and joined the special services unit boxing team. Lester won the light heavyweight and heavyweight Golden Gloves championships in Washington and the All Army Crown, then defeated the Navy, Air Force and Marine boxers in the interservice boxing championship.

"After winning 112 amateur fights, 'Boom Boom' Lester turned professional in 1954. He fought in 32 heavyweight and light heavyweight contests before retiring from the ring in the early 1960s. In the final years of his life, Lester worked as a truck driver and forklift operator at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland."

[David Myers]

Philadelphia light heavy. Fought from 1949 to 1959. Record: 22-4-1 (15).

[David Myers]

Houston heavyweight. Born 1937. Fought from 1959 to 1967. Record: 27-6-0 (20).

Fought all but two of his bouts in Texas. Beat Wayne Womochil, Tunney Hunsaker, Harold Carter, Al Gonzalez, Sonny Moore, Alonzo Johnson, and Elmer Rush. Lost to Tony Alongi, Alonzo Johnson, Zora Folley, Floyd Patterson (in Stockholm), Elmer Rush (in San Francisco), and Cleveland Williams.

[David Myers]

Omaha heavyweight. Fought from 1956 to 1962. Trainer: Dr. R.J. Sorensen. Record: 18-11-3 (10).

Former truck driver. Amateur record: 31 wins (17 ko's) 5 decision losses. Won Omaha and the Midwest heavyweight championship in 1955.

[David Myers]

Seattle heavyweight. Born in Sioux City, Ia. Fought from 1957 to 1960.. Manager: Tom O'Loughlin. Record: 20-2-0 (19).

Local fighter who knocked out Hank Thurman, Don Jasper, and Wayne Womochil among others. Then Earl Atley, bringing a 2-6-2 record into the ring, knocked Lewis out in the first round. After three more KO wins, Lewis faced Kirk Barrow and was knocked cold in the fourth. He never fought again.

[CONN CHRIS]

Hagler's photos resized

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Helmut Ball Rating 2 Germany
Light Heavyweight 1957-65
24 wins / 16 losses / 5 draws / 16 KO

Hometown: Berlin, Germany
Birthplace: Neukirchen, Germany

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Ball handed Karl Mildenberger his first career defeat in November 1959. Karl was 11-0 at the time and they fought in an Eliminator German LHW title fight. Ball KO'd Karl in the 7th round of that fight. After a win against a Lou Perry, Ball then faced defeat in Feb 1960 when he was TKO'd by Wim Snoek. Two month later though, Ball fought Erich Schoppner for the European (EBU) LHW Title and the German LHW Title, loosing a 15 round decision to Schoppner.

In November 1961, Helmut fought a 12 round draw with Dieter Wemhoner for the German LHW Title. Then in March 1962, Ball got his 3rd and and last shot at the German LHW Title, this time taking on Klaus Peter Gumpert. Helmut lost another tough decision, this one 12 rounds.

Other fights of note over others we've seen in the game by Ball include wins over Michel Dinot, Marcel Limage, Uwe Janssen, Erwin Hack, Alex Buxton, Janssen again, Mariano Echevarria, Germinal Ballarin, Moussa Sanagree, Kurt Stroer, Yvan Prebeg. He lost fights to Billy Ryan, Giulio Rinaldi, Pekka Kokkonen, Eduardo Corletti, and twice to Rudolf Nehring in Ball's last two career fights. He also fought draws with Nehring and Johnny Halafihi.

[hagler99]

Not sure why my big attraction for eastern european fighters lately,but here`s two more with a round card girl for good measure.Bidenko`s 14-[9]-1-0 only loss came against the giant Valuev in a lopsided ud-12 for the PABA heavyweight title.

[David Myers]

Ratings for German heavyweight champion Horst Benedens, who fought from 1963 to 1972, are <a href="http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?p=1071176#post1071176" target="_blank">here</a>.

[David Myers]

Ratings for Swedish heavyweight Thorner Ahsman, who fought from 1957 to 1962, are <a href="http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/board/showthread.php?p=1071187#post1071187" target="_blank">here</a>.