Artie Levine boxer

Artie Levine boxer
bouts
72
won
53
lost
15
draw
4
Status
inactive
Division
middleweight
Debut
1941-05-23
Height
5′ 8″/173cm
Reach
-
Age
86
Born
1925-01-26
Death
2012-01-13
Nationality
USA

Artie Levine (January 26, 1925 – January 13, 2012) was an American boxer in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions in the 1940s during which time he gained top ten ratings in both weight classes. Between May, 1946 and April, 1949 Levine was ranked by The Ring magazine as high as the #6 Middleweight in the world.Levine, who was Jewish and from Brooklyn, was a legitimate contender who flattened 36 opponents with his devastating left hook.At 5' 8", he was a right handed slugger, with an orthodox fighting style. His left hook made him a fighter who no one looked forward to facing in the ring. He was trained by Charley Goldman, the fabled trainer of boxing legend Rocky Marciano.From 1941–42, Levine fought twenty-seven times with only two losses, and won by knockout an impressive seventeen times.On November 6, 1946, Levine challenged Sugar Ray Robinson at the Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Barely able to rise from a nine count in the fifth, Robinson later claimed Levine hit him with the hardest punch of his career, a powerful left hook to the jaw. The referee held up the fight after Robinson was down, and walked Levine to his corner, and then resumed the count, giving Robinson as much as seventeen seconds to recover, an act which may have prevented Levine from immediately following up and ending the fight. After clinching for the remainder of the round to recover, Robinson came back and knocked out Levine in the tenth round after a paralyzing blow to the solar plexus allowed him to follow up with rapid blows to the head and body that put Levine down for the full count. It was the first time Levine had been knocked out in 60 fights, and nearly the only knockdown and almost the only real knockout loss in Robinson's impressive career (Robinson was later defeated by technical knockout by Joey Maxim, but only after suffering from exhaustion in the Maxim contest).On March 11, 1946, Levine matched skills with Jimmy Doyle in Cleveland, Ohio, defeating him in a ninth round knock out. Levine later told a reporter that Doyle nearly died in the ring as the result of the blows he received and required a respirator to stay alive. Doyle died a year later in a fight with Sugar Ray Robinson. Levine claimed the experience affected his aggressiveness in the ring, and reduced his desire to stay with boxing as a career.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1949-06-20 Dick Wagner WWLWWW Arena, Cleveland LOST
KO
1949-04-11 Dick Wagner WWWLWW Arena, Cleveland LOST
Split-decision
1949-02-22 Chuck Hunter LLWWWL Arena, Cleveland LOST
Split-decision
1949-01-24 Tom McKeagney DDWLLL Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Technical knockout
1948-12-27 Tony DeMicco DLLWWL Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Technical knockout
1948-11-22 Henry Chmielewski LWWLWW Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence WIN
Technical knockout
1948-11-11 Willie Hedgemond LWLLLW Casino, Fall River WIN
KO
1948-06-21 Joe Reddick WLWLLL Century Stadium, West Springfield WIN
KO
1947-06-27 Billy Fox WWWLWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Technical knockout
1947-05-12 Chuck Hunter WWLWWW Arena, Cleveland LOST
KO
1947-03-07 Herbie Kronowitz LWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
1946-12-03 Jimmy Sheppard WWWLWW Arena, Cleveland WIN
Technical knockout
1946-11-06 Sugar Ray Robinson WWWWWW Arena, Cleveland LOST
KO
1946-10-07 Jimmy Sheppard WWWWLW Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence LOST
Points
1946-08-19 Charley Padalino LWWWLW Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland WIN
KO
1946-07-10 Vic Dellicurti LWLWLL Ebbets Field, Brooklyn WIN
Technical knockout
1946-06-24 Freddie Flores LWLLL Coney Island Velodrome, Brooklyn WIN
KO
1946-06-13 Wilfie Shanks WLWLWL Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Technical knockout
1946-05-29 Charley Padalino WLLWWW Arena, Cleveland WIN
Technical knockout
1946-03-11 Jimmy Doyle WWWWWW Arena, Cleveland WIN
Technical knockout
1946-01-14 Billy Walker WLWWLW Arena, Cleveland WIN
KO
1945-12-07 Sonny Horne WWWWLW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Unanimous decision
1945-09-28 Ray Rovelli WLLLLL Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn WIN
KO
1945-08-31 Sonny Horne LWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Technical knockout
1945-07-24 Jerry Fiorello WLLWWW MacArthur Stadium, Brooklyn LOST
Unanimous decision
1945-07-12 Marvin Bryant WWWWLW Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Technical knockout
1945-04-24 Joe Bennett WLLLWL Broadway Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Unanimous decision
1945-04-19 Cosby Linson WWWWW U.S.O. Auditorium, Norfolk WIN
Points
1945-04-04 Willie Watkins WWLLWL Arena, Cleveland WIN
Technical knockout
1945-03-29 Lou Miller LLLLDD Casino, Fall River WIN
KO
1945-03-08 Lew Perez LLLLWL Casino, Fall River WIN
Technical knockout
1944-08-17 Ray Rovelli LLLLWW Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Points
1944-06-22 Joe Agosta DLLLWW Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Technical knockout
1944-05-26 Lou Bass WWLWWW U.S.O. Auditorium, Norfolk LOST
Points
1944-01-14 Reuben Shank LLLLWW U.S.O. Auditorium, Norfolk LOST
Points
1943-07-20 Harold Gary LL MacArthur Stadium, Brooklyn WIN
Points
1943-03-15 Freddie Flores WWWWLD St. Nicholas Arena, New York LOST
Points
1943-03-05 Freddie Flores LWWWWL Madison Square Garden, New York DRAW
Points
1943-02-11 Frankie Young WWLLWD Casino, Fall River WIN
Unanimous decision
1943-02-05 Larry Fontana LWWLDW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Points
1943-01-27 Gene Johnson WLWLLL Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
Points
1943-01-21 Tony Grey DLDWLL Casino, Fall River WIN
Technical knockout
1943-01-07 Frankie Young WWWLLW Casino, Fall River DRAW
Points
1942-12-10 Frankie McDougall WWWLWL Casino, Fall River WIN
Points
1942-11-27 Tony Pappa LWWWDW Masonic Hall, Highland Park WIN
Points
1942-11-23 Marvin Bryant WLLWLW Laurel Garden, Newark LOST
Points
1942-11-19 Frankie McDougall LWWWLW Casino, Fall River WIN
Points
1942-11-13 Joe Snedeker WWDLLW Masonic Hall, Highland Park WIN
Points
1942-11-05 Charlie 'Petey' Smith DLWDWW Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
Technical knockout
1942-07-30 Al Evans LLLLLL Casino, Fall River WIN
KO
1942-07-16 Eddie Costantino WLLLLL Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn WIN
Points
1942-07-09 Benny Deans WW Twin City Bowl, Elizabeth DRAW
Points
1942-06-25 Buddy Farrell LWLLWL Twin City Bowl, Elizabeth DRAW
Points
1942-06-18 Oscar Suggs LLLLLL Casino, Fall River WIN
KO
1942-05-28 Danny Nobrega WLWLWW Casino, Fall River WIN
KO
1942-05-14 Bobby Hall debut Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
KO
1942-04-30 Buddy Farrell DWWLWL Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
Points
1942-04-16 Jack Garrity debut Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
Technical knockout
1942-04-14 Tom Collins LLWWDD Auditorium, Hartford WIN
Technical knockout
1942-04-01 Buddy Farrell DWW Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
Points
1942-03-12 Willie Bush LLLLLL Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
KO
1942-02-06 Tony Pappa WWWWWW Masonic Hall, Highland Park LOST
Points
1942-01-29 Sammy Mancuso debut Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
Technical knockout
1942-01-22 Don Sandham WLWLWL Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
KO
1942-01-08 Steve Bilko WLLLLL Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
KO
1942-01-06 Billy Miller WLLLLD Grotto Auditorium, Jersey City WIN
KO
1941-12-26 Tommy Milton L Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
Technical knockout
1941-12-15 Moishe Goldstein LD Laurel Garden, Newark WIN
KO
1941-12-11 Freddie Conn LDWLDL Scott Hall, Elizabeth WIN
KO
1941-12-01 Paulie Wilson LLWL Laurel Garden, Newark WIN
Points
1941-11-21 Joe Snedeker LDDWDL Masonic Hall, Highland Park WIN
KO
1941-11-07 Joe Snedeker LLLDDW Masonic Hall, Highland Park DRAW
1941-05-23 Carl Jones debut Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn WIN
KO