Joe Bygraves pugile
- combattimenti
- 72
- vinto
- 42
- perduto
- 28
- pareggiare
- 2
- Stato
- inactive
- Divisione
- heavyweight
- Debutto
- 1953-02-12
- Altezza
- 6′ 1″/185cm
- Arrivare a
- -
- Età
- 80
- Nato
- 1931-05-26
- Morte
- 2012-01-06
- Nazionalità
- Jamaica
Joe Bygraves (26 May 1931 – 16 January 2012) was a British heavyweight boxer. Bygraves turned professional in 1953, and after an impressive early career he successfully challenged Kitione Lave for the vacant Commonwealth Heavyweight belt in 1956. Bygraves defended the title on three occasions, knocking-out Henry Cooper and holding Dick Richardson to a draw before losing the championship to Joe Erskine. Bygraves immigrated to Britain as a youth but did not take British citizenship until the end of his fighting career in 1967.Bygraves was born into a large family of 11 siblings, in Kingston, Jamaica in 1931. He immigrated to Britain at the age of 15 and settled in Liverpool. He began his amateur career at the age of 17 first as a light heavyweight and then moving up to the heavyweight division. He was successful at both weights, winning amateur county titles.Bygraves turned professional in 1953, managed by Johnny Campbell, his first paid encounter was against Don Maxwell on 12 February. The fight lasted just 65 seconds, Bygraves winning by knockout. Bygraves won the next five fights, six and eight round encounters, mainly on points decisions, but he was stopped for the first time in his professional career by Joe Crickmar in a novice heavyweight competition. Despite the loss Bygraves' career continued to impress and by the end of 1954 he had accumulated 24 wins to only 4 losses. His final fight of 1954 was a loss by points decision to Polly Smith, a fighter he had beaten just two months prior.Bygraves began 1955 in the same way he ended 1954, with a loss. After several months away from the ring, Bygraves returned to face rising British fighter Henry Cooper. The eight round scheduled fight went the distance, with Cooper given the decision. Bygraves followed this with a string of four wins, including a victory over Tongan Kitione Lave, and his first fight outside the United Kingdom, a technical knockout of Hugo Salfeld in Germany. Bygraves then travelled to Italy, for a string of three fights. He lost the first to European Boxing Champion Franco Cavicchi when he was disqualified in the eighth round, but then took two victories when he beat Aldo Pellegrini in Milan and Uber Bacilieri in Bologna.
Data | Avversario | Ultimi risultati degli avversari | Luogo | Risultato |
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1967-03-20 | Eduardo Corletti | WWWWWW | Hilton Hotel (Anglo American SC), Mayfair | LOST Points |
1965-12-07 | George Chuvalo | LWWWWL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Points |
1965-03-06 | Gerhard Zech | WWLWLW | Neue Sporthalle, Hannover | LOST Points |
1965-02-13 | Albert Westphal | WWWWWW | Ernst Merck Halle | WIN KO |
1964-01-28 | Billy Walker | WWWWWL | Olympia, Kensington | LOST |
1963-11-08 | Gerhard Zech | WDWWWW | Sportpalast, Schoeneberg | LOST Technical knockout |
1963-09-13 | Santo Amonti | WWWWLD | Palazzetto dello Sport, Roma | LOST Points |
1963-08-22 | Ray Shiel | WLDLLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST |
1963-06-07 | Franco De Piccoli | WWWWWL | Palazzetto dello Sport, Roma | WIN KO |
1963-04-21 | Bill Nielsen | WWWWLW | Johanneshov Ice Stadium, Stockholm | LOST Technical knockout |
1963-04-08 | Wim Snoek | WWWLWW | Rivièrahal, Rotterdam | DRAW Points |
1962-11-30 | Karl Mildenberger | WWLWWW | Festhalle, Frankfurt | LOST Points |
1962-09-22 | Wayne Bethea | LLWLWL | National Stadium, Kingston | LOST Unanimous decision |
1962-02-09 | Ingemar Johansson | WWWWLL | Maesshallen Sports Hall, Gothenburg | LOST Technical knockout |
1961-12-04 | Alex Barrow | WLLLWW | Granby Halls, Leicester | WIN KO |
1961-11-03 | Gerhard Zech | WWWWWW | Ernst Merck Halle | WIN Technical knockout |
1960-06-27 | Franco Cavicchi | WWWWLW | Bologna | LOST Points |
1960-05-18 | Joe Hemphill | WWWWWW | Chicago Stadium, Chicago | LOST Points |
1959-08-25 | Roy Harris | WLWWW | Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston | LOST Unanimous decision |
1959-04-19 | Giacomo Bozzano | WWWWWW | Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan | LOST Points |
1959-03-02 | Feleti Fred Kaho | WWWWLW | Farrer Street Stadium, Middlesbrough | WIN Technical knockout |
1958-11-24 | Zora Folley | WWDWWL | Granby Halls, Leicester | LOST Technical knockout |
1958-04-21 | Willie Pastrano | WLWWWW | Granby Halls, Leicester | LOST Points |
1958-02-10 | Joey Armstrong | WLWWWW | Leeds | WIN Technical knockout |
1957-11-25 | Joe Erskine | WWWLWW | Granby Halls, Leicester | LOST Points |
1957-09-18 | Kitione Lave | WWLWWL | Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd | WIN Points |
1957-06-15 | Heinz Neuhaus | LWLWWW | Westfalenhalle, Dortmund | LOST |
1957-05-27 | Dick Richardson | LWWWLW | Maindy Stadium, Cardiff | DRAW Points |
1957-02-19 | Henry Cooper | WLWWWL | Earls Court Arena, Kensington | WIN KO |
1956-11-16 | Johnny Williams | WLWDLL | King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester | WIN Corner retirement |
1956-09-24 | Wayne Bethea | LWWWWW | St. Nicholas Arena, New York | LOST Technical knockout |
1956-06-26 | Kitione Lave | LWLWWW | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Points |
1956-05-07 | Marcel Limage | WLWLLW | Maindy Stadium, Cardiff | WIN Corner retirement |
1956-04-24 | Jack Gardner | WWWWWW | Earls Court Arena, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1956-02-24 | Ingemar Johansson | WWWWWW | Masshallen, Gothenburg | LOST Points |
1956-01-23 | Uber Bacilieri | WLWWLL | Bologna | WIN Points |
1955-12-17 | Aldo Pellegrini | WWWWWL | Palazzo dello Sport (Pad. 3 Fiera), Milan | WIN KO |
1955-10-31 | Franco Cavicchi | WWWWWL | Palazzo Dello Sport, Bologna | LOST |
1955-09-19 | Kitione Lave | WWDLWW | Perry Barr Stadium, Birmingham | WIN Points |
1955-09-04 | Hugo Salfeld | WLWLL | Westfalenhalle, Dortmund | WIN Technical knockout |
1955-06-06 | Peter Bates | WWWLDW | Ice Rink, Nottingham | WIN Points |
1955-05-05 | Eddie Hearn | WWLWWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN KO |
1955-04-18 | Henry Cooper | WWWWWW | Manor Place Baths, Walworth | LOST Points |
1954-11-04 | Polly Smith | LWLLWL | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST Points |
1954-10-25 | Fred Powell | WLLLWW | Market Hall, Carmarthen | WIN Points |
1954-10-12 | Polly Smith | LLWLLW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Points |
1954-10-02 | Paddy Slavin | WLLLLL | Kings Hall, Belfast | WIN Points |
1954-08-19 | Clair Redmond | WLLLWL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN KO |
1954-07-02 | Peter Bates | WWWWWL | King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester | WIN Points |
1954-04-30 | Frank Bell | LLLLWL | King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester | WIN Points |
1954-04-15 | Paddy Slavin | WLWLLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1954-03-30 | Terry O'Connor | LLLWLL | Earls Court Arena, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1954-03-18 | Joe Crickmar | LLWWWL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1954-03-12 | Terry McDonald | WLWWWW | King's Hall, Belle Vue, Manchester | WIN KO |
1954-02-23 | Albert Finch | LLWDWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Points |
1954-02-11 | Paddy Slavin | LWLWLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1953-12-18 | Simon Templar | WDLLLW | Tower Circus, Blackpool | WIN Points |
1953-11-10 | Fred Powell | LWWWWL | Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1953-10-29 | Cliff Purnell | WWLWWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN KO |
1953-10-20 | Peter Toch | WWWWW | Streatham Ice Rink, Streatham | WIN Technical knockout |
1953-10-08 | George Stern | WWWLLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN |
1953-09-17 | Cliff Purnell | DWWLWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST Points |
1953-09-03 | Hugh Ferns | WWLWWL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1953-08-13 | Alex Roman | WLLWLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1953-07-16 | Joe Crickmar | WLWLLW | The Stadium, Liverpool | LOST Technical knockout |
1953-06-09 | Joe Crickmar | WWLWLL | White City Stadium, White City | LOST KO |
1953-05-14 | Peter McMann | LLLLLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Technical knockout |
1953-04-23 | Wally Curtis | WLLWLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1953-04-09 | Ken Wyatt | WLWLLW | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1953-03-26 | Les Johnson | WDLWLL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1953-03-12 | Hugh Ferns | WWWWWW | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN Points |
1953-02-12 | Don Maxwell | WL | The Stadium, Liverpool | WIN KO |