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Total Fights | 76 |
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Wins | 64 |
Losses | 11 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 15 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 14 years and four months, Billy Conn fought 76 times with 64 wins, 11 losses, and 1 draw.
Conn retired from professional boxing with a record of 64-11-1, which included three light-heavyweight world-title wins and three successful title defense fights. He had a 19.7% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 15 of his total 76 fights being knockout wins. Conn suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 9th round KO victory over Jackie Lyons on November 25, 1948.
Some of Conn's best fights and notable victories include wins over six Hall-of-Famers (Mike O'Dowd, Tony Zale, Fred Apostoli, Young Corbett III, Teddy Yarosz, and Fritzie Zivic), Ira Hughes, Buddy Knox, Danny Hassett, Gus Lesnevich, Lee Savold, and Melio Bettina.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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76 | Nov 25, 1948 | 31 | Jackie Lyons | Win | KO9 |
75 | Nov 15, 1948 | 31 | Mike O'Dowd | Win | TKO9 |
74 | Jun 19, 1946 | 28 | Joe Louis | Loss * | KO8 |
73 | Feb 13, 1942 | 24 | Tony Zale | Win | UD |
72 | Jan 28, 1942 | 24 | Jay D Turner | Win | UD |
71 | Jan 12, 1942 | 24 | Henry Cooper | Win | UD |
70 | Jun 18, 1941 | 23 | Joe Louis | Loss * | KO13 |
69 | May 26, 1941 | 23 | Buddy Knox | Win | TKO8 |
68 | Apr 4, 1941 | 23 | Gunnar Bärlund | Win | TKO8 |
67 | Mar 5, 1941 | 23 | Danny Hassett | Win | KO5 |
66 | Feb 27, 1941 | 23 | Ira Hughes | Win | TKO4 |
65 | Nov 29, 1940 | 23 | Lee Savold | Win | UD |
64 | Oct 18, 1940 | 23 | Al McCoy | Win | UD |
63 | Sep 6, 1940 | 22 | Bob Pastor | Win | KO13 |
62 | Jun 5, 1940 | 22 | Gus Lesnevich | Win * | UD |
61 | Jan 10, 1940 | 22 | Henry Cooper | Win | UD |
60 | Nov 17, 1939 | 22 | Gus Lesnevich | Win * | UD |
59 | Sep 25, 1939 | 21 | Melio Bettina | Win * | UD |
58 | Aug 14, 1939 | 21 | Gus Dorazio | Win | TKO8 |
57 | Jul 15, 1939 | 21 | Melio Bettina | Win * | UD |
56 | May 12, 1939 | 21 | Solly Krieger | Win | UD |
55 | Feb 10, 1939 | 21 | Fred Apostoli | Win | UD |
54 | Jan 6, 1939 | 21 | Fred Apostoli | Win | UD |
53 | Nov 28, 1938 | 21 | Solly Krieger | Win | UD |
52 | Oct 27, 1938 | 21 | Honeyboy Jones | Win | PTS |
51 | Sep 14, 1938 | 20 | Ray Actis | Win | TKO8 |
50 | Jul 25, 1938 | 20 | Teddy Yarosz | Loss | UD |
49 | May 10, 1938 | 20 | Eric Seelig | Win | MD |
48 | Apr 4, 1938 | 20 | Domenico Ceccarelli | Win | PTS |
47 | Jan 24, 1938 | 20 | Honeyboy Jones | Win | PTS |
46 | Dec 16, 1937 | 20 | Solly Krieger | Loss | UD |
45 | Nov 8, 1937 | 20 | Young Corbett III | Win | UD |
44 | Sep 30, 1937 | 19 | Teddy Yarosz | Win | SD |
43 | Aug 13, 1937 | 19 | Young Corbett III | Loss | PTS |
42 | Aug 3, 1937 | 19 | Ralph Chong | Win | RTD5 |
41 | Jun 30, 1937 | 19 | Teddy Yarosz | Win | SD |
40 | May 27, 1937 | 19 | Oscar Rankins | Win | SD |
39 | May 3, 1937 | 19 | Vince Dundee | Win | UD |
38 | Mar 11, 1937 | 19 | Eddie Babe Risko | Win | UD |
37 | Dec 28, 1936 | 19 | Fritzie Zivic | Win | SD |
36 | Dec 2, 1936 | 19 | Jimmy Brown | Win | TKO9 |
35 | Oct 22, 1936 | 19 | Ralph Chong | Win | UD |
34 | Oct 19, 1936 | 19 | Charley Weise | Win | UD |
33 | Sep 21, 1936 | 18 | Roscoe Manning | Win | TKO5 |
32 | Sep 8, 1936 | 18 | Honeyboy Jones | Win | SD |
31 | Aug 10, 1936 | 18 | Teddy Movan | Win | UD |
30 | Jul 30, 1936 | 18 | Teddy Movan | Win | UD |
29 | Jun 15, 1936 | 18 | General Burrows | Win | UD |
28 | Jun 3, 1936 | 18 | Honeyboy Jones | Win | PTS |
27 | May 27, 1936 | 18 | Honeyboy Jones | Win | UD |
26 | May 19, 1936 | 18 | Dick Ambrose | Win | SD |
25 | Apr 27, 1936 | 18 | General Burrows | Win | PTS |
24 | Apr 13, 1936 | 18 | Steve Nickleash | Win | UD |
23 | Mar 16, 1936 | 18 | Steve Nickleash | Win | UD |
22 | Feb 17, 1936 | 18 | Louis Cook | Win | UD |
21 | Feb 3, 1936 | 18 | Louis Cook | Win | UD |
20 | Jan 27, 1936 | 18 | Johnny Yurcini | Win | TKO4 |
19 | Nov 18, 1935 | 18 | Steve Walters | Win | PTS |
18 | Oct 14, 1935 | 18 | Teddy Movan | Draw | PTS |
17 | Oct 7, 1935 | 17 | Johnny Yurcini | Win | PTS |
16 | Sep 10, 1935 | 17 | Johnny Yurcini | Win | PTS |
15 | Sep 9, 1935 | 17 | George Liggins | Win | UD |
14 | Aug 19, 1935 | 17 | Teddy Movan | Loss | SD |
13 | Jul 29, 1935 | 17 | Ray Eberle | Win | UD |
12 | Jul 9, 1935 | 17 | Teddy Movan | Loss | PTS |
11 | Jun 10, 1935 | 17 | Ralph Gizzy | Loss | PTS |
10 | Jun 3, 1935 | 17 | Ray Eberle | Win | SD |
9 | Apr 25, 1935 | 17 | Ralph Gizzy | Loss | UD |
8 | Apr 8, 1935 | 17 | George Schlee | Win | KO2 |
7 | Mar 13, 1935 | 17 | Stanley Nagy | Win | PTS |
6 | Feb 25, 1935 | 17 | Ray Eberle | Loss | PTS |
5 | Jan 29, 1935 | 17 | Johnny Birek | Win | SD |
4 | Nov 12, 1934 | 17 | Pete Leone | Loss | RTD3 |
3 | Sep 27, 1934 | 16 | Paddy Gray | Win | PTS |
2 | Aug 30, 1934 | 16 | Bob Dorman | Win | PTS |
1 | Jul 20, 1934 | 16 | Johnny Lewis | Win | KO3 |
* World-title fight
Billy Conn (The Pittsburgh Kid) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. on October 8, 1917. He was a light-heavyweight world champion. He died on May 29, 1993 at the age of 75 years. Conn was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990. His professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 1934 to 1948.
Conn made his professional boxing debut against Johnny Lewis at the age of 16 on July 20, 1934, defeating Lewis via 3rd round KO. He went on to win 2 more consecutive fights after the debut.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on July 15, 1939 after 56 professional fights, against Melio Bettina for the light-heavyweight NBA (vacant), NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Bettina via 15 round unanimous decision to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Conn won one world title at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Conn's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Conn had a total of 11 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Jackie Lyons at 31 years of age, on November 25, 1948. Conn won the fight via 9th round KO.
Conn had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost two.
Billy Conn fought for a light-heavyweight world title in three fights and won once. He won one light-heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 15, 1939 | Melio Bettina | Light-heavyweight | NBA*, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Billy Conn had three light-heavyweight world-title defense fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jun 5, 1940 | Gus Lesnevich | Light-heavyweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Nov 17, 1939 | Gus Lesnevich | Light-heavyweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Sep 25, 1939 | Melio Bettina | Light-heavyweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Conn fought a total of 76 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He was well-decorated, but his peformances were rather underwhelming. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
July 15, 1939: Conn wins his first world titles by defeating Melio Bettina via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the NBA , NYSAC, and The Ring light-heavyweight world champion.
February 13, 1942: Billy Conn beats Tony Zale via 12th round unanimous decision.
Conn knocked out 15 of his 76 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 19.7%. Of his total 64 wins, 15 of them were via KO (23.4%).
Conn's first world-title win were the NBA (vacant), NYSAC, and The Ring belts at light-heavyweight. He defeated Melio Bettina via 15 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
Conn won one world title at light-heavyweight.
Conn had 3 successful title defense fights.