Bob Hope boxing record
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British-born American actor and comedian Bob Hope had a brief boxing career (in 1919) under the name Packy East (named after the popular boxer Packey McFarland). His best result was making it to the finals of the Ohio novice championship in 1919. Hope participated in a few staged bouts later in life.
Boxing record
| Result | Record | Opponent |
Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A |  Mike Carrigan (Wisniewski)
|
result unavailable | 1919 | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | |||||
| Win | 1-0-0 | Unknown
|
KO | 1919 | 1 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Opening match (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. Source: New York Herald Tribune, July 10, 1938. | |
| Win | 2-0-0 | Joe E. Morgan
|
Default (Hope's opponent failed to show for bout.) | July 1, 1919 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. | ||
| Win | 3-0-0 | Aldo Sperati
|
July 3, 1919 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. | |||
| Win | 4-0-0 | Shorty Sedwich
|
KO | July 4, 1919 | 1 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. | |
| Loss | 4-1-0 | Happy Walsh
|
KO | 1919 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. Source: The Plain Dealer, August 17, 1984. | ||
| Win | 5-1-0 | Jack Dempsey
|
KO | April 10, 1948 | 1 | 0:14 | Charity match for the US Airforce | Madison Square Garden, New York | Clearly a "rigged" bout. Former heavyweight champ Dempsey is "KO'd" in 14 seconds. |
| No contest | 5-1-0-1 | Rocky Marciano
|
No contest | 1968 | 1 | "Salute To The USO" | Madison Square Garden, New York | Charity match. Bing Crosby was referee. 19,000 fans attended. (RING Magazine, May 1968, page 33) | |
| N/A | 5-1-0-1 | Sugar Ray Robinson
|
Result Unknown | April 21, 1972 | Sugar Ray Youth Foundation | North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | Charity match for the Sugar Ray (Robinson) Youth Foundation |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bob Hope". boxing-scoop.com. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Current Biography 1941, pp. 402–404.
- ^ "Bob Hope: A Cleveland son and an American legend". Homegrown Heroes. cleveland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "BOB HOPE KNOCKS JACK DEMPSEY COLD!". Reuters (via itnsource.com). October 4, 1948. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Charity match for the Sugar Ray (Robinson) Youth Foundation". Aiken Standard. April 21, 1972. p. 5.[dead link]
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