Fritzie Zivic Record

158-65-10

Total Fights	233
Wins	158
Losses	65
Draws	10
No-Contests	0

Title Wins	3
Title Defenses	1
Title-Fight KOs	1
KO Wins	81
KO Losses	5

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What is Fritzie Zivic's boxing record?

In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and three months, Fritzie Zivic fought 233 times with 158 wins, 65 losses, and 10 draws.

Zivic retired from professional boxing with a record of 158-65-10, which included three welterweight world-title wins and one successful title defense fight. He had a 34.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 81 of his total 233 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Zivic suffered five knockout losses, none of which were in title fights.

His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision victory over Eddie Steele on January 17, 1949.

Some of Zivic's best fights and notable victories include wins over six Hall-of-Famers (Jake LaMotta, Lew Jenkins, Henry Armstrong, Sammy Angott, Eddie Booker, and Charley Burley), Kid Azteca and Johnny Jadick.

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
233	Jan 17, 1949	35	Eddie Steele	Win	UD
232	Jan 12, 1949	35	Al Reid	Win	PTS
231	Oct 28, 1948	35	Eddie Steele	Draw	PTS
230	Feb 4, 1947	33	Kid Azteca	Loss	KO5
229	Jan 8, 1947	33	Clyde Gordon	Loss	UD
228	Dec 10, 1946	33	Bobby Britton	Win	PTS
227	Dec 6, 1946	33	Pete Mead	Loss	PTS
226	Dec 2, 1946	33	Ralph Zannelli	Loss	PTS
225	Nov 18, 1946	33	Jimmy McGriff	Draw	PTS
224	Nov 12, 1946	33	Al Mobley	Loss	PTS
223	Oct 29, 1946	33	Russell Wilhite	Win	TKO5
222	May 27, 1946	33	Tommy Lemmon	Loss	SD
221	May 14, 1946	33	California Jackie Wilson	Loss	TKO8
220	May 1, 1946	32	Joey Martinez	Win	TKO8
219	Apr 29, 1946	32	Howard Bleyhl	Loss	UD
218	Apr 18, 1946	32	Don Lee	Win	UD
217	Apr 12, 1946	32	Lincoln Stanley	Win	PTS
216	Apr 5, 1946	32	Manuel Villa I	Draw	UD
215	Mar 26, 1946	32	Tony Elizondo	Loss	UD
214	Mar 19, 1946	32	Levi Southall	Win	PTS
213	Feb 25, 1946	32	Aaron Perry	Loss	PTS
212	Feb 1, 1946	32	O'Neill Bell	Loss	UD
211	Jan 15, 1946	32	Al Priest	Loss	UD
210	Dec 10, 1945	32	Cecil Hudson	Loss	UD
209	Nov 13, 1945	32	Joe Curcio	Loss	PTS
208	Nov 2, 1945	32	Freddie Archer	Loss	UD
207	Oct 20, 1945	32	Joe Reddick	Loss	SD
206	Sep 18, 1945	32	Billy Deeg	Win	PTS
205	Sep 12, 1945	32	Paul Altman	Loss	PTS
204	Jul 16, 1945	32	Bill McDowell	Loss	PTS
203	Jul 10, 1945	32	Ossie Harris	Loss	SD
202	Jul 3, 1945	32	Rueben Shank	Loss	SD
201	Jun 22, 1945	32	Harold Green	Loss	UD
200	Jun 12, 1945	32	Baby Zavala	Win	KO4
199	May 8, 1945	32	Pat Saia	Win	UD
198	May 7, 1945	31	Kid Azteca	Win	MD
197	Apr 3, 1945	31	Manuel Villa I	Win	KO8
196	Mar 22, 1945	31	Benny Evans	Win	TKO8
195	Mar 6, 1945	31	Bill McDowell	Win	UD
194	Feb 22, 1945	31	Kid Estrada	Win	KO2
193	Jan 5, 1945	31	Billy Arnold	Win	MD
192	Dec 12, 1944	31	Kid Azteca	Win	MD
191	Nov 29, 1944	31	Manuel Villa I	Win	KO6
190	Nov 14, 1944	31	Chuck Hirst	Win	KO5
189	Oct 18, 1944	31	Pat Saia	Win	TKO8
188	Oct 16, 1944	31	Tommy Roman	Loss	UD
187	Sep 26, 1944	31	Artie Dorrell	Win	TKO7
186	Sep 12, 1944	31	Felix Morales	Win	KO2
185	Aug 1, 1944	31	Pete DeRuzza	Win	TKO8
184	Jun 26, 1944	31	Tommy Bell	Loss	SD
183	Mar 29, 1944	30	Freddie Archer	Loss	PTS
182	Mar 24, 1944	30	Harry Teaney	Win	PTS
181	Jan 14, 1944	30	Jake LaMotta	Loss	UD
180	Jan 3, 1944	30	Ossie Harris	Win	KO10
179	Dec 20, 1943	30	Ralph Zannelli	Loss	UD
178	Nov 12, 1943	30	Jake LaMotta	Loss	SD
177	Oct 29, 1943	30	Bobby Richardson	Win	UD
176	Oct 15, 1943	30	Jose Basora	Loss	UD
175	Sep 10, 1943	30	Vinnie Vines	Win	KO1
174	Aug 23, 1943	30	Bob Montgomery	Loss	UD
173	Aug 9, 1943	30	Young Kid McCoy	Win	TKO4
172	Jul 12, 1943	30	Jake LaMotta	Win	SD
171	Jun 10, 1943	30	Jake LaMotta	Loss	SD
170	Apr 30, 1943	29	Johnny Roszina	Win	TKO8
169	Mar 5, 1943	29	Beau Jack	Loss	UD
168	Feb 16, 1943	29	Mayon Padlo	Win	PTS
167	Feb 5, 1943	29	Beau Jack	Loss	UD
166	Dec 15, 1942	29	Carmen Notch	Win	UD
165	Nov 16, 1942	29	Sheik Rangel	Loss	PTS
164	Oct 26, 1942	29	Henry Armstrong	Loss	UD
163	Oct 13, 1942	29	Tito Taylor	Win	PTS
162	Sep 21, 1942	29	Johnny Walker	Win	UD
161	Sep 10, 1942	29	Freddie Cochrane	Win	UD
160	Aug 13, 1942	29	Garvey Young	Win	TKO6
159	Jul 27, 1942	29	Norman Rubio	Win	TKO9
158	Jun 29, 1942	29	Norman Rubio	Loss	PTS
157	Jun 22, 1942	29	Bobby Britton	Win	TKO4
156	Jun 4, 1942	29	Rueben Shank	Win	PTS
155	May 25, 1942	29	Lew Jenkins	Win	TKO10
154	Apr 23, 1942	28	Reuben Shank	Loss	UD
153	Apr 13, 1942	28	Maxie Berger	Win	PTS
152	Mar 30, 1942	28	Bill McDowell	Win	TKO6
151	Mar 9, 1942	28	Izzy Jannazzo	Win	RTD4
150	Feb 27, 1942	28	Tony Motisi	Loss	UD
149	Feb 9, 1942	28	Raul Carabantes	Win	PTS
148	Jan 16, 1942	28	Sugar Ray Robinson	Loss	TKO10
147	Dec 12, 1941	28	Young Kid McCoy	Draw	PTS
146	Dec 1, 1941	28	Harry Weekly	Win	TKO9
145	Nov 26, 1941	28	Phil Furr	Win	UD
144	Oct 31, 1941	28	Sugar Ray Robinson	Loss	UD
143	Sep 15, 1941	28	Milt Aron	Win	KO5
142	Jul 29, 1941	28	Freddie Cochrane	Loss ^*	PTS
141	Jul 14, 1941	28	Johnny Barbara	Win	UD
140	Jul 2, 1941	28	Al Davis	Win	TKO10
139	May 2, 1941	27	Tony Marteliano	Win	UD
138	Apr 18, 1941	27	Mike Kaplan	Loss	UD
137	Apr 4, 1941	27	Dick Demaray	Win	TKO5
136	Mar 20, 1941	27	Felix Garcia	Win	KO2
135	Mar 17, 1941	27	Saverio Turiello	Win	PTS
134	Jan 17, 1941	27	Henry Armstrong	Win ^*	TKO12
133	Dec 20, 1940	27	Lew Jenkins	Draw	PTS
132	Nov 26, 1940	27	Ronnie Beaudin	Win	TKO3
131	Nov 15, 1940	27	Al Davis	Win	DQ
130	Oct 4, 1940	27	Henry Armstrong	Win ^*	UD
129	Aug 29, 1940	27	Sammy Angott	Win	UD
128	Aug 5, 1940	27	Kenny LaSalle	Win	SD
127	Jul 22, 1940	27	Leonard Bennett	Win	KO4
126	Jul 8, 1940	27	Ossie Harris	Win	PTS
125	Jun 24, 1940	27	Johnny Rinaldi	Win	KO1
124	May 21, 1940	27	Ossie Harris	Win	KO3
123	May 7, 1940	26	Johnny Barbara	Loss	UD
122	May 3, 1940	26	Mansfield Driskell	Win	PTS
121	Apr 8, 1940	26	Johnny Barbara	Loss	MD
120	Mar 14, 1940	26	Johnny Barbara	Win	PTS
119	Mar 4, 1940	26	Saverio Turiello	Win	KO1
118	Feb 16, 1940	26	Remo Fernandez	Win	TKO7
117	Jan 22, 1940	26	Mike Kaplan	Win	SD
116	Dec 27, 1939	26	Milt Aron	Loss	KO8
115	Dec 6, 1939	26	Wicky Harkins	Win	TKO9
114	Nov 18, 1939	26	Billy Lancaster	Win	TKO7
113	Oct 30, 1939	26	Milo Theodorescu	Win	UD
112	Oct 24, 1939	26	Kid Azteca	Win	UD
111	Sep 21, 1939	26	Ralph Gizzy	Win	KO2
110	Sep 5, 1939	26	Pete DeRuzza	Win	TKO6
109	Jul 17, 1939	26	Charley Burley	Loss	UD
108	Jul 11, 1939	26	Jackie Burke	Win	UD
107	Jun 5, 1939	26	Kenny LaSalle	Win	SD
106	May 16, 1939	26	Al Traino	Win	PTS
105	May 9, 1939	26	Kenny LaSalle	Loss	PTS
104	Apr 20, 1939	25	Tiger Kid Walker	Win	KO1
103	Mar 29, 1939	25	Bobby Britton	Win	UD
102	Mar 20, 1939	25	Nick Pastore	Win	TKO9
101	Feb 15, 1939	25	Charlie Bell	Win	KO3
100	Feb 10, 1939	25	Eddie Booker	Win	PTS
99	Jan 20, 1939	25	Jackie Burke	Win	MD
98	Dec 26, 1938	25	Howell King	Draw	NWS
97	Dec 8, 1938	25	Vince Pimpinella	Win	UD
96	Nov 21, 1938	25	Al Hamilton	Win	KO5
95	Nov 15, 1938	25	Frankie Blair	Win	PTS
94	Oct 27, 1938	25	Salvy Saban	Win	PTS
93	Oct 10, 1938	25	Jay Macedon	Win	TKO5
92	Oct 3, 1938	25	Paul Cortlyn	Win	KO4
91	Sep 13, 1938	25	Bobby Pacho	Win	PTS
90	Aug 26, 1938	25	Mickey Paul	Win	KO1
89	Aug 22, 1938	25	Steve Kahley	Win	TKO3
88	Aug 12, 1938	25	Joe Pennino	Win	PTS
87	Aug 2, 1938	25	Joe Lemieux	Win	TKO4
86	Jul 12, 1938	25	Phil Furr	Win	TKO3
85	Jul 9, 1938	25	Eddie Conley	Win	KO6
84	Jun 20, 1938	25	Ercole Buratti	Win	KO4
83	Jun 13, 1938	25	Charley Burley	Loss	UD
82	May 20, 1938	25	Petey Mike	Win	KO1
81	Apr 12, 1938	24	Remo Fernandez	Win	PTS
80	Mar 21, 1938	24	Charley Burley	Win	SD
79	Mar 7, 1938	24	Tommy Bland	Win	TKO8
78	Feb 14, 1938	24	Frankie Blair	Win	PTS
77	Jan 7, 1938	24	Harold Brown	Win	PTS
76	Dec 25, 1937	24	Tommy Bland	Loss	MD
75	Nov 18, 1937	24	Jimmy Reilly	Win	KO2
74	Oct 27, 1937	24	Frankie Portland	Win	KO2
73	May 21, 1937	24	Tony Petroskey	Win	PTS
72	Apr 6, 1937	23	Chuck Woods	Win	PTS
71	Mar 1, 1937	23	Bobby Pacho	Win	SD
70	Feb 11, 1937	23	Johnny Jadick	Win	KO6
69	Dec 28, 1936	23	Billy Conn	Loss	SD
68	Dec 2, 1936	23	Harry Dublinsky	Win	TKO6
67	Nov 9, 1936	23	Gaston LeCadre	Win	PTS
66	Oct 16, 1936	23	Chuck Woods	Win	KO6
65	Oct 5, 1936	23	Johnny Durso	Win	KO2
64	Sep 28, 1936	23	Jackie McFarland	Win	PTS
63	Aug 12, 1936	23	Cleto Locatelli	Loss	UD
62	Jul 30, 1936	23	Laddie Tonielli	Win	TKO6
61	Jul 22, 1936	23	Mickey Duris	Win	PTS
60	Jul 6, 1936	23	Laddie Tonielli	Win	TKO4
59	Jul 2, 1936	23	Lou Jallos	Win	TKO3
58	Jun 17, 1936	23	Al Manfredo	Win	PTS
57	Jun 9, 1936	23	Tony Falco	Win	TKO8
56	May 22, 1936	23	Billy Celebron	Win	KO1
55	Apr 17, 1936	22	Young Gene Buffalo	Loss	PTS
54	Apr 15, 1936	22	Joe Flocco	Win	PTS
53	Feb 24, 1936	22	Chuck Woods	Loss	PTS
52	Jan 27, 1936	22	Joey Ferrando	Loss	PTS
51	Jan 13, 1936	22	Eddie Cool	Loss	SD
50	Dec 16, 1935	22	Billy Celebron	Loss	UD
49	Oct 4, 1935	22	George Salvadore	Loss	PTS
48	Sep 30, 1935	22	Tony Herrera	Loss	SD
47	Aug 6, 1935	22	Joey Ferrando	Loss	PTS
46	Jul 29, 1935	22	Mike Barto	Win	PTS
45	Jul 16, 1935	22	Jackie McFarland	Win	UD
44	Jul 1, 1935	22	Lou Ambers	Loss	UD
43	May 21, 1935	22	Eddie Adams	Win	RTD7
42	May 6, 1935	21	Sammy Chivas	Win	TKO3
41	Apr 29, 1935	21	Freddie Chynoweth	Win	PTS
40	Apr 15, 1935	21	Marty Gornick	Win	RTD5
39	Apr 8, 1935	21	Dominic Mancini	Win	TKO11
38	Apr 1, 1935	21	Dominic Mancini	Draw	PTS
37	Mar 4, 1935	21	KO Castillo	Win	UD
36	Feb 18, 1935	21	Johnny Jadick	Loss	PTS
35	Feb 4, 1935	21	Jimmy Leto	Loss	UD
34	Oct 26, 1934	21	Laddie Tonielli	Loss	KO2
33	Sep 27, 1934	21	Harry Carlton	Win	PTS
32	Aug 18, 1934	21	Young Joe Firpo	Win	PTS
31	Jul 2, 1934	21	Eddie Ran	Win	SD
30	May 29, 1934	21	Luis Carranza	Win	PTS
29	May 8, 1934	21	Phil Rios	Draw	PTS
28	Apr 30, 1934	20	Phil Rios	Win	PTS
27	Mar 6, 1934	20	Lloyd Smith	Draw	PTS
26	Feb 6, 1934	20	Perfecto Lopez	Win	PTS
25	Jan 23, 1934	20	Baby Sal Sorio	Win	TKO2
24	Dec 27, 1933	20	Rudy Ayon	Win	PTS
23	Dec 15, 1933	20	Vincent Martinez	Win	PTS
22	Dec 4, 1933	20	Homer Foster	Draw	PTS
21	Nov 23, 1933	20	Don Miller	Win	TKO3
20	Nov 3, 1933	20	Gus Vargas	Win	KO2
19	Oct 12, 1933	20	Joe Pimentel	Win	KO4
18	Aug 7, 1933	20	Joey Greb	Win	PTS
17	Jul 10, 1933	20	Don Asto	Win	TKO3
16	Jun 26, 1933	20	Don Asto	Win	UD
15	Apr 28, 1933	19	Patsy Hennigan	Win	PTS
14	Apr 10, 1933	19	Eddie Brannon	Win	TKO6
13	Mar 27, 1933	19	US Carpenter	Win	TKO4
12	Feb 8, 1933	19	Steve Senich	Win	KO2
11	Jan 30, 1933	19	George Schlee	Win	RTD2
10	Dec 13, 1932	19	Billy Cregan	Win	PTS
9	Nov 18, 1932	19	Jerry Clements	Loss	SD
8	Oct 14, 1932	19	Terry Waner	Win	TKO3
7	Sep 26, 1932	19	Jim Dorsey	Win	KO4
6	Jun 22, 1932	19	Steve Senich	Loss	MD
5	Jun 9, 1932	19	Young Lowstetter	Win	UD
4	Mar 4, 1932	18	Elmer Kozak	Win	TKO4
3	Jan 1, 1932	18	Paddy Gilmore	Win	KO4
2	Nov 16, 1931	18	Steve Senich	Loss	PTS
1	Oct 5, 1931	18	Al Rettinger	Win	TKO1

* World-title fight

Boxing career

Fritzie Zivic (The Croat Comet) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on May 8, 1913. He was a welterweight world champion. He died on May 16, 1984 at the age of 71 years. Zivic was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1993. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1931 to 1949.

Zivic made his professional boxing debut against Al Rettinger at the age of 18 on October 5, 1931, defeating Rettinger via 1st round TKO.

He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on October 4, 1940 after 129 professional fights, against Henry Armstrong for the welterweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Armstrong via 15 round unanimous decision to become the welterweight champion of the world.

Zivic won one world title at welterweight. For all the details about Zivic's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

Zivic had a total of 65 losses in his professional boxing career.

His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Eddie Steele at 35 years of age, on January 17, 1949. Zivic won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.

Championships

Zivic had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost one.

Title Wins

Fritzie Zivic fought for a welterweight world title once, which he won via unanimous decision. He won one welterweight belt.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Won	Method
Oct 4, 1940	Henry Armstrong	Welterweight	NBA, NYSAC, The Ring	UD

Title Defenses

Fritzie Zivic had two welterweight world-title defense fights. He won once and lost once.

Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Defended	Method
Jan 17, 1941	Henry Armstrong	Welterweight	NBA, NYSAC, The Ring	TKO

Title Losses

Fritzie Zivic lost one world-title defense fight, and lost three titles in the fight.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Lost	Method
Jul 29, 1941	Freddie Cochrane	Welterweight	NBA, NYSAC, The Ring	PTS

Highlights

Zivic fought a total of 233 times during his professional career, which includes 3 world-title fights at the welterweight division. He was among the top boxers of his generation and put on some very good performances in these fights. These six fights are the highlight of his career.

October 24, 1939: Fritzie Zivic puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Kid Azteca via 10th round unanimous decision.
October 4, 1940: Zivic wins his first world titles by defeating Henry Armstrong via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight world champion.
January 17, 1941: Zivic successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Henry Armstrong, winning the fight via 12th round TKO.
July 12, 1943: Fritzie Zivic beats Jake LaMotta via 15th round split decision.
December 12, 1944: Fritzie Zivic beats Kid Azteca via 10th round majority decision.
May 7, 1945: Fritzie Zivic beats Kid Azteca via 10th round majority decision.

FAQs

How many KOs does Fritzie Zivic have on his record?
Zivic knocked out 81 of his 233 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 34.8%. Of his total 158 wins, 81 of them were via KO (51.3%).
What was Fritzie Zivic's first world title win?
Zivic's first world-title win were the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring belts at welterweight. He defeated Henry Armstrong via 15 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
How many world titles did Fritzie Zivic win?
Zivic won one world title at welterweight.
How many title defenses did Fritzie Zivic make?
Zivic had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.

Fritzie Zivic Record

What is Fritzie Zivic's boxing record?

Boxing career

Championships

Title Wins

Title Defenses

Title Losses

Highlights

FAQs

How many KOs does Fritzie Zivic have on his record?

What was Fritzie Zivic's first world title win?

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