On February 27, 1954, a 23-year-old Robert Cohen (30-1-2, 12 KOs) and John Kelly met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 13 days.
Robert Cohen stopped John Kelly via KO in the 3rd round. Cohen improves his record to 31-1-2 (13 KOs)
On September 19, 1954, a 23-year-old Robert Cohen (34-1-2, 13 KOs) got a shot at the The Ring bantamweight title held by Chamroen Songkitrat.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 4 days.
Robert Cohen defeated Chamroen Songkitrat via split decision and wins the The Ring title — in his first world-title fight. Cohen improves his record to 35-1-2
On December 20, 1954, a 24-year-old Robert Cohen (35-1-2, 13 KOs) and Roy Ankrah met in the ring.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 1 day.
Robert Cohen stopped Roy Ankrah via TKO in the 4th round. Cohen improves his record to 36-1-2 (14 KOs)
On September 18, 1952, a 21-year-old Robert Cohen (17-1, 8 KOs) and Roland Gibert met in the ring.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 19 days.
Robert Cohen stopped Roland Gibert via KO in the 1st round. Cohen improves his record to 18-1 (9 KOs)
On September 3, 1955, the 24-year-old The Ring bantamweight world champion, Robert Cohen (36-1-2, 14 KOs), faced Willie Toweel, in a title defense fight.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 14 days.
The fight ended in a points decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Cohen is now 36-1-3.
On May 15, 1952, a 21-year-old Robert Cohen (14-1, 6 KOs) and Robert Meunier met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 10 days.
In the rematch, Robert Cohen stopped Robert Meunier via RTD in the 8th round. Cohen improves his record to 15-1 (7 KOs)
On May 15, 1954, a 23-year-old Robert Cohen (33-1-2, 13 KOs) and Mario D'Agata met in the ring.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 15 days.
Robert Cohen defeated Mario D'Agata via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Cohen improves his record to 34-1-2
On March 17, 1952, a 21-year-old Robert Cohen (12-1, 5 KOs) and Felix Vanderdonck met in the ring.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 21 days.
Robert Cohen stopped Felix Vanderdonck via TKO in the 4th round. Cohen improves his record to 13-1 (6 KOs)
On September 25, 1953, a 22-year-old Robert Cohen (26-1-2, 11 KOs) and Teddy Peckham met in the ring.
Cohen came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 37% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 25 days.
Robert Cohen stopped Teddy Peckham via RTD in the 6th round. Cohen improves his record to 27-1-2 (12 KOs)
On December 19, 1952, a 22-year-old Robert Cohen (21-1, 9 KOs) and Marcel Mathieu met in the ring.
Cohen came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 2 days.
Robert Cohen stopped Marcel Mathieu via RTD in the 7th round. Cohen improves his record to 22-1 (10 KOs)