New HW Boxers Rated

[Gunsmoke]

1960 - 1982
23-34-1 (9)

Carl 'Tank' Baker was a small sized heavyweight from Nassau in The Bahamas. After building a respectable record against island competition including Stamford Harris whom he beat 5 times in 6 years. On a short tour of Europe in 1969 where he lost via stoppages to Ulric Regis (KO in 10), Peter Weiland (TKO in the 2nd) and Jose Manuel Urtain (KO in 23 seconds in the first round). On his return to the Carribean he won three straight fights before he fought Rahman Ali in 1971 which he lost on points over 10 rounds. Returning to Italy in late 1971 and he lost to Piermario Baruzzi (loss via TKO in the eighth) and Domenico Adinolfi (loss via TKO in the fourth). His next notable opponent is Jeff Merritt in mid '72 which ends with a KO by Merritt in the second. Two fights later he runs into Raul Gorosito and loses a eighth round decision. At the end of 1974 he faces 'Candy' Randy Neumann who TKO's him in the tenth. Six months later he ran into a retiring Jimmy Ellis looking to go out with a win. It was never in doubt as Ellis knocks him out in the first. Baker would struggle his way through the rest of career before retiring in 1982.

Career Bouts:
1982-04-11 Baby Boy Rolle 35-17-2 L PTS 10
1981-11-30 Pat Strachan 6-1-0 L KO 5
1981-04-07 Reiner Hartmann 2-0-0 L KO 2
1979-12-26 Pat Strachan 1-0-0 L PTS 8
1979-12-18 James Salerno 22-0-0 L TKO 6
1979-04-10 210 Jeff Sims 210 1-0-0 L TKO 2
1978-03-09 Bob Hazelton 15-10-0 L KO 1
1978-02-06 Leon Shaw 16-10-1 L PTS 10
1977-11-16 Leon Shaw 15-10-1 L PTS 8
1977-10-28 Baby Boy Rolle 34-15-2 L PTS 10
1977-05-26 Al Hogan 9-2-0 L PTS 8
1977-02-21 Rocky Stevens 7-1-0 L KO 3
1977-02-11 Phil Fritz 1-4-1 W PTS 6
1975-06-06 Bert Perry 13-6-0 W PTS 10
1975-05-06 Jimmy Ellis 39-12-1 L KO 1
1975-04-04 Bert Perry 13-5-0 W PTS 10
1975-02-19 Baby Boy Rolle 33-11-2 L PTS 10
1974-12-15 Randy Neumann 24-4-0 L TKO 10
1974-07-11 Bob Freeze 1-3-0 L KO 4
1973-02-23 Ronald Frazier 0-0-0 W PTS 10
1973-01-22 Billy Williams 7-4-1 L PTS 6
1972-11-14 Raul Gorosito 6-2-0 L PTS 8
1972-06-20 Vernon McIntosh 9-7-0 W PTS 10
1972-05-12 Jeff Merritt 19-1-0 L KO 2
1972-04-08 Boston Blackie 9-10-1 L PTS 10
1972-03-10 Boston Blackie 8-10-1 L PTS 10
1972-01-22 Billy Williams 5-4-1 L PTS 6
1971-12-26 Domenico Adinolfi 18-0-0 L TKO 4
1971-11-26 Piermario Baruzzi 24-1-0 L TKO 8
1971-04-30 Rahman Ali 10-1-0 L PTS 10
1971-02-20 Bob Freeze 0-0-0 W TKO 1
1970-12-06 Clement Greenidge 0-1-0 W PTS 8
1970-10-02 Clement Greenidge 0-0-0 W PTS 8
1969-12-25 Ollie Wilson 19-32-1 L PTS 10
1969-02-20 Jose Manuel Urtain 7-0-0 L KO 1
1969-02-01 Peter Weiland 21-3-2 L TKO 2
1968-06-02 Ulric Regis 5-5-0 L KO 10
1967-11-07 John Hudgins 1-1-0 L KO 2
1967-10-13 Wendell Joseph 1-0-0 L PTS 10
1967-05-06 Aaron Beasley 10-12-4 W KO 2
1967-03-10 Ken Brewster 1-2-0 W PTS 8
1967-02-13 Man Power 0-0-0 W KO 2
1966-07-21 Stamford (Kid) Harris 10-15-0 W PTS 15
1965-10-31 Edmundo Stewart 3-2-0 D PTS 15
1965-05-28 Ulric Regis 3-2-0 L KO 3
1964-12-18 Kato Parris 0-0-0 W PTS 10
1964-08-20 Poor Boy Brown 0-0-0 W KO 2
1964-07-30 Howard Archer 0-1-0 W TKO 4
1964-07-07 Ulric Regis 2-1-0 L PTS 10
1964-06-04 Kid Palaco 0-1-0 W TKO 3
1964-05-16 Henry Wallitsch 12-8-0 L PTS 8
1964-03-02 Stamford (Kid) Harris 10-13-0 W PTS 15
1963-11-09 Peter Robinson 4-1-0 W KO 2
1963-07-13 Stamford (Kid) Harris 9-11-0 W PTS 6
1961-05-29 Stamford (Kid) Harris 9-8-0 W PTS 8
1960-08-01 Stamford (Kid) Harris 9-7-0 W PTS 8
1960-02-08 Gilmond Baptist 0-1-0 W KO 2
1960-02-03 Gilmond Baptist 0-0-0 W KO 5

[Gunsmoke]

37-7-0 (18)
1972-1977

Rodney Bobick the older brother of Duane Bobick is probably most famous for his fight on the undercard of the Thrilla in Manilla against Larry Holmes. Rodney proved himself to be a very capable fighter in his shortened career in which he managed to fit in 44 fights in 5 years. His notable scalps include Harold Carter, Vicente Paul Rondon, a young Mike Weaver, Ron Stander, Pat Duncan and Roy "Cookie" Wallace. He also holds on his record losses to Terry Hinke, Larry Holmes, Scott LeDoux, Jody Ballard and Mike Schutte.

Career Bouts:
1977-05-06 Walter White 13-6-2 W PTS 10
1976-11-17 Ron Draper 1-6-0 W PTS 10
1976-10-05 Mike Schutte 32-6-1 L PTS 10
1976-05-24 Hartmut Sasse 12-7-1 W KO 3
1975-10-01 Larry Holmes 16-0-0 L TKO 6
1975-06-25 Roy (Cookie) Wallace 19-20-2 W PTS 10
1975-04-23 Scott LeDoux 12-1-0 L PTS 10
1975-04-04 Pedro Agosto 26-6-0 W PTS 10
1975-03-11 Jody Ballard 13-2-0 L PTS 10
1975-01-29 Terry Krueger 34-9-0 W KO 3
1974-11-22 Pat Duncan 31-7-1 W KO 10
1974-07-31 Ron Stander 24-5-2 W PTS 10
1974-06-17 Raul Gorosito 11-5-2 W PTS 10
1974-04-23 Jimmy Cross 19-8-1 W KO 10
1974-03-26 Art (Arthur) Robinson 2-3-0 W KO 4
1974-03-22 Mike Weaver 5-4-0 W PTS 10
1974-03-14 Larry Beilfuss 12-6-0 W PTS 10
1974-02-19 Vicente Paul Rondon 39-13-1 W TKO 3
1974-02-04 Danny Lee 4-1-1 W PTS 10
1973-11-08 John Jordan 15-6-2 W PTS 10
1973-09-26 Terry Hinke 31-2-2 L PTS 10
1973-09-17 Joe (Tiger) Harris 3-7-1 W PTS 10
1973-08-28 Joe E Lewis 2-5-1 W KO 5
1973-08-24 Memphis Al Jones 4-19-2 W PTS 8
1973-08-10 Dan Johnson 4-3-0 W KO 10
1973-06-18 Raul Gorosito 9-3-2 L PTS 10
1973-06-07 Reco Brooks 9-14-2 W PTS 10
1973-05-22 Jack Johnson 4-7-2 W KO 2
1973-05-05 J D McCauley 4-13-0 W KO 5
1973-05-03 Harold Carter 15-24-3 W PTS 8
1973-04-18 Clyde Elmo Brown 8-7-0 W KO 6
1973-03-16 Lou Bailey 17-36-5 W KO 7
1973-02-09 John Clohessy 14-4-0 W PTS 6
1973-01-31 Dan Johnson 1-2-0 L PTS 10
1973-01-30 Bob Scott 4-5-0 W KO 2
1973-01-05 Tommy (Thomas) Clark 7-10-2 W PTS 6
1972-09-14 Marc Hans 4-3-0 W PTS 8
1972-08-07 Charlie Jordan 11-16-2 W PTS 4
1972-08-02 Virgil McFarland 0-1-0 W KO 4
1972-06-27 Lloyd Price 1-2-1 W KO 3
1972-05-16 Jim Calle 0-1-0 W PTS 4
1972-04-19 Kenneth Hayden 1-6-0 W KO 2
1972-04-12 Jim Calle 0-0-0 W KO 1
1972-03-08 Mike Shannon 0-0-0 W KO 2

[Gunsmoke]

10-34-2 (6)
1965-1987

From Memphis, Al Jones spent his career padding the careers of several prominent fighters throught the late 60's and into the 80's including a retirement from 1976 to 1979. A tall man of 6'5" he never bacame big in his frame fighting most of his career at around 200 lbs. His biggest moment was a stunning third round knockout victory over Boone Kirkman in 1974. That victory (the second in a run of 4 straight victories capped by a points win over Charles Chuck Olivera) was the high point of his career. His looses (much more numerous than victories) include losses to Jerry Quarry, Joe Frazier, Orville Qualls, Dante Cane, Aaron Eastling, Al Jones, Mario Baruzzi, Terry Hinke, Rodney Bobick, Jimmy Ellis, Jimmy Young and Tony Tucker.

Jones Career Bouts:
1987-10-20 Jerry Halstead 51-6-1 L KO 6
1983-06-14 Mike Cohen 14-4-0 L KO 5
1982-08-27 Bill Sharkey 20-4-1 L KO 5
1982-08-17 Charles Atlas 9-26-0 W PTS 8
1981-04-09 Tony Tucker 7-0-0 L KO 1
1981-01-15 Floyd Cummings 13-0-0 L KO 1
1980-10-07 Steve Mormino 6-1-0 L KO 8
1979-12-13 James Tillis 11-0-0 L KO 4
1979-11-27 Henry Porter 8-1-0 L TKO 4
1976-08-17 Ibar Arrington 13-1-1 L KO 7
1976-08-03 James Dixon 0-1-0 L PTS 6
1975-11-11 Jimmy Young 15-4-2 L TKO 2
1975-10-06 Clyde Elmo Brown 9-15-0 W TKO 2
1975-05-30 Charles Atlas 6-6-0 L PTS 10
1974-12-13 Ron Lyle 29-1-1 L KO 5
1974-05-07 Charles Chuck Olivera 12-1-1 W PTS 10
1974-04-15 Jack Johnson 5-10-2 W KO 3
1974-04-09 Boone Kirkman 32-2-0 W KO 3
1974-04-05 Roy Rodriguez 0-3-0 W KO 3
1973-10-23 Jimmy Ellis 38-8-0 L KO 7
1973-08-24 Rodney Bobick 18-2-0 L PTS 8
1972-12-05 Terry Hinke 26-2-2 L KO 2
1971-04-12 Leroy Caldwell 9-6-0 L PTS 8
1970-12-26 Piermario Baruzzi 20-0-0 L TKO 8
1969-03-17 Tony (Kid) Longoria 20-0-2 W KO 2
1969-02-20 Moses Harrell 9-4-3 L PTS 10
1969-02-10 Charles Williams 2-0-1 W KO 2
1968-12-12 Charles Williams 1-0-1 L PTS 4
1968-12-12 Charlie Williams 2-0-0 L PTS 4
1968-12-10 Al Banks 6-3-0 L PTS 10
1967-08-15 Al Jones 18-1-0 L KO 3
1967-05-24 Aaron Eastling 10-1-1 L PTS 8
1967-01-19 Dante Canè 14-1-2 L DQ 4
1967-01-11 Jerry Quarry 20-1-3 L KO 5
1966-11-14 Ron Marsh 14-1-0 L KO 6
1966-10-03 Orville Qualls 4-0-0 L TKO 6
1966-05-26 Joe Frazier 9-0-0 L KO 1
1966-05-02 Jerry Quarry 16-0-2 L PTS 10
1966-03-08 Bill Nielsen 22-9-2 L TKO 5
1966-02-16 Ed Hurley 3-0-0 W PTS 6
1966-02-01 Ron Marsh 5-0-0 L PTS 6
1965-09-21 Lou Bailey 11-23-5 L KO 2
1965-06-19 Bobby Joe Rapier 1-2-0 W PTS 6
1965-04-25 Tommy Freeman 0-0-1 D PTS 6
1965-04-03 Jack Johnson 0-0-2 L TKO 6
1965-03-20 Jack Johnson 0-0-0 D PTS 4

[vistaman44]

Rocco and Gunsmoke, thanks a lot for Bobick, Fields and Jones -- all on my to do list. Appreciate your efforts, guys.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Like to take creadit for Fields Mark but IceTea gets that thanks for him

Rocco

[vistaman44]

Doh! Sorry, Tea. Thanks for Fields.

Rocco deserves thanks, too, though, for all the heavies he cranks out. It's all good. I appreciate all you guys.

---Mark

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Don Ellis - United States
Light Heavyweight 1945-57.

13 wins / 30 losses / 11 draws / 0 KO

Hometown: Atlantic City, NJ
Birthplace: Washington, DC

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

A boxer with good staying power and a great chin being stopped only 3 times in 54 fights. Lacked any kind of punch though apparently as he recored "0" KO's in 13 wins.

Ellis' only win of any note was actually his 3rd to last career fight, a 6 round decision win over Albert Westphal who was fighting in his 9th fight. He also managed a 6 round draw with German Middleweight, Peter Muller and a 10 round draw with German Middleweight, Franz Szuzina.

Noteable losses were a 6 round decision to Holly Mims, a 1st round KO by Sugar Ray Robinson in April 1951, an 8 round decision to Karl Schmidt, a 10 round decision to Hans Strtz, a 10 round decision to Conny Rux, a 10 round decision to Charles Humez, an 8 round decision to Alessandro D'Ottavio, 2 consecutive 8 round decisions to Erwin Hack, a 10 round decision to Germinal Ballarin, a 10 rounder to Wim Snoek, an 8 rounder to Willi Besmanoff, a 10 rounder to Rocco Mazzola and finally a 10 round decision loss to Johnny Halafihi to finish his career.

Quite a few names that have been rated into the game that Ellis fought to the distance in most cases. Lack again of any kind of punch apparently though usually put him on the short end of a decision.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Bernard Belli - France
Light Heavyweight (I'm guessing) 1957

This guy gets thrown in only because he was one of Rocco Mazzola's opponents whom I'm working through now rating to get ready to rate Mazzola himself. Otherwise he's not worth anything other then to fatten up somebody elses record. A true Tomoato Can

0 wins / 3 losses / 0 draw / 0 KO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

BoxRec does not list a nationality or weight division. His name obviously sounds French.

His three opponents....

Marcel Tirel, a Middleweight, Belli lost to in a 10 round decision. Next up was Rocco Mazzola, listed as a heavyweight in BoxRec. Mazzola won an 8 round decision. Belli's 3rd and last fight was against a Gilbert Chapron, listed as a light heavyweight. Belli looses another 10 round decision and then is gone from the boxing scene.

Guess we'll rate him as a Light HEavyweight.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Here's a guy whose name I kept running across looking at other fighters and finally decided to get around to rating him to add to the stable of European fighters.

Paul Roux - France
Light Heavyweight 1957-71

61 wins / 16 losses / 4 draws / 13 KO

Hometown: St. Quentin, France

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

BoxRec lists him as a Heavyweight, but he attained his most success by far as a Light Heavyweight. A pretty good chin he had as he suffered only 4 KO's in his career. He was not a knockout artist himself though as his 13 KO's in 82 fights would attest, but he had longevity in the ring going 10 plus rounds in many fights.

Against some of the guys that have been rated into the game he defeated Michel Dinot, Joseph Landsheere, Francois Kania twice, Erwin Hack twice, Germinal Ballarin, Pekka Kokkonen, Jose Peyre and Mariano Echevarria. He also fought a 15 round draw with Ballarin and a 10 round fight with Peter Muller that ended in a no contest decision.

He suffered losses to Erich Schoppner, Gustav Scholtz, Yvan Prebeg, Wilhelm von Homburg.

In October 1959 he fought a 15 round decision over Charles Colin(17-9-3,12) to win the French LHW Title. Roux held the French LHW Title till December 1963 loosing it to Bernard Quellier(9-15-3,8) in an 11th round KO. In between that time he fought numerous times defending his Light Heavyweight Title, defeating Gilbert Chapron(18-3-2,11), Wladislas Kopec(16-8-2,10), Germinal Ballarin(61-16-11,32), and Jo Juvillier(14-14-3,5). He also fought draws with Charles Colin, Ballarin, Michel Vinot(37-8-3,22) and Quellier.

In between all that in Feb. 1961 he fought Erich Schoppner for the European Light Heavyweight Title, loosing by 13th round TKO to Schoppner.

After loosing the French title to Quellier in Dec. 1963, those two fought a rematch in April 1964 with Roux winning back the French LHW Title with a 15 round decision. The very next month in May Roux lost the title a 2nd time, this time to MIchel Vinot in a 12 round decision. In March 1965, Roux won the French LHW Title a 3rd time, defeating Vinot in another 12 round decision. Roux successfully defended his title in Jan. 1966 against Quellier before loosing the title again in December 1966, this time to Bernard Thebault(15-3-0,7), this time by way of a 4th round disqualification.Thebault beat Roux in a rematch in June 1967 in a 15 round decision. That was Roux last challenge for the French LHW Title, though he continued on to fight till 1971 compiling a 10-2 record in the twilite of his career.

[Dave1877]

Hello guys, does anyone have the stats etc to put in for British heavyweights such as Michael Sprott and Matt Skelton? They don't seem to be in my game.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Cesare Bagnoli - Italy
Light Heavyweight 1954-57

18 wins / 7 losses / 4 draws / 6 KO

Birthplace: Milan, Italy

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Bagnoli fought his career entirely in Italy. He fought Domenico Baccheschi twice, first time loosing an 8 round decision to Domenico, the second time beating him in 8 rounds. The only other fights of any kind of note in Bagnoli's career are his last two, a 6 round decision loss to Rocco Mazzola and a 6th round KO at the hands of a young Sante Amonti.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Uwe Janssen - Germany
Light Heavyweight 1954-61

20 wins / 18 losses / 6 draws / 13 KO

Hometown: Hamburg, Germany
Manager: Reinhold Tomfort

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

A number of names in the game come up in Janssen's career most without success. He managed to defeat Bobby Warmbrunn and fight draws with Albert Finch, Erich Schoppner, Domenico Baccheschi, and Erwin Hack. He lost fights though to Willi Besmanoff, Schoppner, Randy Turpin, Giulio Rinaldi, Sante Amonti, Mike Holt, Pekka Kokkonen, Plinio Scarabelin(not rated yet but going to do), Jimmy slade and Franco DePiccoli.

He had decent KO capability, but had a bit of of weak jaw himself as Janssen suffered 11 stoppages in his 18 losses.

[vistaman44]

Originally posted by Dave1877
Hello guys, does anyone have the stats etc to put in for British heavyweights such as Michael Sprott and Matt Skelton? They don't seem to be in my game.

Haven't rated Skelton, but here's Sprott ...

From Reading, England.
British and WBF European heavyweight champion.
Weighed 211-239.
25-7-0, 13 KOs. All seven losses by tko/KO.
Beat Timo Hoffmann, Tim Redman, Tony Booth, Danny Williams, Michael Holden, Ray Kane, Michael Murray, Pele Reid, Garing Lane, Mark Potter, Jermal Barnes and Colin Kenna.
Lost to Williams (twice), Matt Skelton, Harry Senior, Wayne Llewelyn, Hoffmann and Corrie Sanders.
Currently no. 83 in the world, according to BoxRec.

[Dave1877]

Thanks a lot mate, I appreciate it.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Gilbert Chapron - France
Light Heavyweight 1957-60,64

18 wins / 3 losses / 2 draws / 11 KO

Birthplace: Blois(Loire-et-Cher)

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Fought regularly til May 1960. Did not fight then til March 1964 when he won a 6 round decision against a new guy on the block with no previous fight experience, Carlo Bocchieri. Those two tangled again that December, this time with Bocchieri winning a 6 round decision. At that time Chapron hung up the gloves for good.

From March 1957 through November 1957 Chapron fought 13 times winning 13 times all against total nobodys ring up 10 of his 11 career KO's. None of these guys had a winning record, 8 of them with no career wins at the time they fought Chapron. Then in December 1957 he fought for the 14th time that year, this time against someone with a record, Michel Diouf, a busy French Middleweight of the mid 50's to mid 60's who held the French Middleweight title for a brief period. Diouf had a career record of 43-32-6,20KO's. He was actually 25-4-2 at the time he fought Chapron.

Two months later Chapron lost his first fight an 8th round KO at the hand of a Yao Kouame(21-8-5,13) from the Ivory Coast. In his last fights from 58 thru 60, Chapron beat Paul Roux by a 6th round DQ and later lost to Roux by 13th round TKO. He beat once and drew one fight with Mariano Echevarria. Those 4 fights with Roux and Echevarria his most noteworthy fights.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Hamouda Bouraoui - Tunisia
MIddleweight 1952-58

2 wins / 10 losses / 0 draw / 1 KO

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

BoxRec does not list his weight division, but he fought all opponents listed that are in BoxRec as mainly Middleweights. The two exceptions being Welterweight Abel Soudan and LightHeavy/Heavyweight Rocco Mazzola.

Bouraoui fought and lost three times to Germinal Ballarin(66-16-11,32), Lost to Tiberio Mitri(88-7-6,21) and lost to Terry Downes(35-9-0,28) all in the game. Other opponents didn't look too shabby. He defeated twice Marcel Tirel(31-15-5,13) for his only 2 career wins and lost once each to Richard Bouchez(23-12-2,10), Bob Stevens(28-14-3,10), Abel Soudan(22-7-2,12), Rocco Mazzola(26-12-3,10) and Manfred Hass(38-18-4,17).

He lost to Hass in April 1961 in his last career fight after not having fought for over 3 years when Mazzola defeated him in early 1958.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Pedro Klyssens - Netherlands
Heavyweight 1954-1960

10 wins / 12 losses / 0 draw / 5 KO

Alias: Klijssens
Birthplace: Amsterda, NH

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Career started out 10-5-0,5KO's from 54 thru mid-57. That included a win and a loss against Uwe Janssen, a defeat of Jacques Bro.

In April 1956 he defeated Willi Schagen by 6th round TKO for the Dutch Heavyweight Title. Seven months later the fought a rematch, this time Schagen KO'ing Klyssens in the 11th to take the Dutch crown. After that Klyssens then won 2 more fights against meaningless opponents when his career took a nosedive over the last couple of years.

He lost his last 7 fights, 4 by KO. Rocco Mazzola beat him once as did Karl Mildenberger and Pekka Kokkonen. Paul Roux beat Klyssens in 2 10 round decisions, including what was Klyssens last fight.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Jacques Bro - FRance
Light Heavyweight 1954-59

13 wins / 13 losses / 3 draws / 4 KO

Birthplace: Limoges, France

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Bro fought 3 times for the French Light Heavyweight Title. The first time he lost a 15 round decision to Charles Colin in April 1956. Those two fought a rematch in May 1957 with it ending in a 15 round draw. The three then fought for a 3rd and final time in February 1958. Colin defended his title with another 15 round decision over Bro.

Other fights in Bro's career were a 6 round decision loss to Willi Besmanoff, then an 8 round decision loss to Besmanoff. He lost an 8 round decision to Pedro Klyssens. Bro was KO'd in 5 by Randy Turpin. Horst Niche(35-22-6,8KO), a busy German heavyweight in the 50's/early 60's beat BRo once and Bro drew with him once. He lost 10 round decisions to Leen Jansen and Paul Roux, an 8 round decision to Rocco Mazzola and then finished up his career with KO losses to Yao Kouame and Karl Mildenberger. He also lost a 10 round decision to Francois Kania and won by 7th round TKO over Andre Wyns, a couple "tomato can" fighters done for the game.


That leaves me with a couple more guys to rate and I'll have all of Rocco Mazzola'a opponents either rated myself or by others or were in the game. Then we'll be ready to do Mazzola.

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Getting side tracked just a little bit from finishing off Rocco Mazzola's opponents I got a couple Italian HW's here for you...

Massimo Zanaboni - Italy
Heavyweight 1957-1961

20 wins / 2 losses / 0 draw / 5 KO

Alias: Leo d'Maremma

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Zanaboni's two career losses were by KO. The first, a 7th round KO to Jose Gonzales Sales in Feb. 1958. The 2nd time he was stopped was in what turned out to be the 2nd to last fight in his career in June 1959 when he fought Bruno Scarabellin for the Italian Heavyweight Title. Scarabellin KO'd Zanaboni in the 8th round.

The other noteable fights in Massimo's career all turned out to be wins against Bobby Warmburnn, Hans Peter Drabes, Giovanni Alfonsetti, Robert Eugene, Sales in a 2nd fight between the two, Warmbrunn again, Alain Cherville, Uber Bacilieri, Feerico Friso, and Bacilieri again. He won his last career fight a KO of Gianfranco Tommasini (love that name, not much of a record, 4-11-1,1KO).

[Rocco Del Sesto]

Mario de Periso - Italy
Heavyweight 1955-9158

16 wins / 1 loss / 0 draw / 11 KO

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Mario's career started out 15-0-0 with 10 KO's. His victories included wins over Bobby Warmbrunn, twice over Robert Duquesne, Uber Bacilieri, Robert Eugene and Werner Wiegand. Then in January 1958 he was defeated for the first time, an 8th round decision to a Giannino Luise. 5 months later in June 1958 he fights Uber Bacilieri again, this time for the Italian Heavyweight Title. Mario wins by 9th round TKO.

According to BoxRec, that's the end of de Persio's career??