Sport & Note

Johnny SAXTON

Male

Welterweight, USA, Newark, New Jersey
Born: July 4, 1930, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: October 4, 2008, Mangonia Park, Florida
Height: 5ft 8in, mt 1,72

as an amateur:
1948 New York Golden Gloves champion 135 lbs open
1949 New York Golden Gloves champion 147 lbs open

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1949
+ May 9	Jimmy Swann	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ July 20	George Dixon	Bronx, USA	TKO 1
+ Aug. 17	Dave Andrews	Bronx, USA	W 8
+ Sept. 6	George Hunter	Allentown, USA	KO 2
+ Oct. 24	Horace Bailey	Trenton, USA	W 6
+ Dec. 5	Bucky Slocum	Philadelphia, USA	W 4
+ Dec. 21	Adrien Mourguiart	New York, USA	KO 4
1950
+ Jan. 13	Mario Moreno	New York, USA	KO 2
+ Feb. 10	Charley Salas	New York, USA	W 8
+ Mar. 15	Aldo Minelli	New York, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 22	John Bowman	Philadelphia, USA	KO 3
+ Apr. 21	Joe Miceli	New York, USA	W 10
+ May 17	Bert Linam	New York, USA	TKO 1
+ June 5	Loisel Isadore	Philadelphia, USA	W 6
+ June 26	Mike Koballa	Elizabeth, USA	W 8
+ Aug. 28	Sonny Bunn	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 22	Tony Pellone	New York, USA	W 10
1951
+ July 2	Lloyd Tate	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 3
+ July 30	Gaby Ferland	Allentown, USA	TKO 7
+ Aug. 5	Joey Carkido	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 6
+ Aug. 20	Tommy Ciarlo	Allentown, USA	TKO 5
+ Oct. 4	Honeychile Johnson	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 5	Marshall Clayton	Washington, USA	TKO 7
+ Nov. 19	Charley Salas	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
1952
+ Jan. 25	Livio Minelli	New York, USA	WDQ 7
+ Mar. 14	Lester Felton	New York, USA	WDQ 6
+ Apr. 17	Charlie Thompson	Fall River, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 30	Bobby Lee	Baltimore, USA	KO 7
+ June 4	Luther Rawlings	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ July 17	Bobby Lee	Coatesville, USA	W 10
+ July 30	Virgil Akins	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 3	Ralph Jones	New York, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 28	Mario Trigo	Milwaukee, USA	TKO 3
+ Dec. 12	Raul Perez	New York, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 29	Danny Womber	Milwaukee, USA	W 10
1953
+ Feb. 10	Freddie Dawson	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 24	Charley Williams	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
= Mar. 10	Wallace Smith	Miami Beach, USA	Draw 10
+ Mar. 31	Charley Williams	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
+ May 27	Joe Miceli	Detroit, USA	W 10
- June 15	Gil Turner	Philadelphia, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 15	Charley Williams	Allentown, USA	TKO 2
+ Sept. 29	Joey Giardello	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 3	Herman McCray	Fall River, USA	KO 3
- Dec. 30	Del Flanagan	Minneapolis, USA	L 10
1954
+ Feb. 1	Mickey Laurent	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 7
+ Feb. 24	Johnny Bratton	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
= Aug. 4	Johnny Lombardo	Mount Carmel, USA	Draw 10
+ Oct. 20	Kid Gavilan	Philadelphia, USA	W 15
(Won World Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 2	Ramon Fuentes	Los Angeles, USA	W 10
1955
- Feb. 11	Ronnie Delaney	Akron, USA	L 10
- Apr. 1	Tony DeMarco	Boston, USA	TKO by 14
(Lost World Welterweight Title)
+ June 20	Jimmy Fuller	Brockton, USA	TKO 6
+ Sept. 15	Joe Shaw	Portland, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 25	Jackie O'Brien	Holyoke, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 9	Ralph Jones	Oakland, USA	W 10
1956
+ Mar. 14	Carmen Basilio	Chicago, USA	W 15
(Regained World Welterweight Title)
+ May 16	Gil Turner	Chicago, USA	TKO 10
+ Aug. 7	Barry Allison	Boston, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 23	Don Williams	Worcester, USA	W 10
- Sept. 12	Carmen Basilio	Syracuse, USA	TKO by 9
(Lost World Welterweight Title)
1957
- Feb. 22	Carmen Basilio	Cleveland, USA	TKO by 2
(For World Welterweight Title)
- Sept. 6	Joe Miceli	Washington, USA	TKO by 4
1958
+ Oct. 7	Barry Allison	Holyoke, USA	W 10
- Oct. 21	Denny Moyer	Portland, USA	L 10
- Dec. 15	Willie Greene	Providence, USA	TKO by 3

Summary

Total bouts: 66, Won: 55 (20 inside the limit), Lost: 9 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0