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Gustave Roth

Male

(Gustave Scillie)
Light-Heavyweight, Belgium, Antwerp
Born: 12 March 1909, Antwerp, Belgium
Died: 14 September 1982
Height: 5ft 8 1/2in, mt 1,73
Weight: 147-175 lbs

- Roth was mother's surname -

(brother of Henri Scillie, european bantamweight champion)

as an amateur:
1927 Belgian welterweight champion
1927 Berlin, Germany, European Championships welterweight 2nd place

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1926
+ Aug. 8	Cesare Garbelli	Antwerp, Belgium	WPTS 3
1927
Berlin, Germany, European Championships 2nd place, 66,700 kg
+ May 16	Valter Palm	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 3
+ May 17	Istvan Balazs	Berlin, Germany	WPTS 3
- May 20	Romano Caneva	Berlin, Germany	LPTS 3
+ June 12	Romano Caneva	Milano, Italy	WPTS 4

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1927
+ Sept. 14	Georges Covent	Brussels, Belgium	W 6
+ Sept. 28	Mols	Brussels, Belgium	W 6
+ Oct. 8	van Outryve	Brussels, Belgium	W 6
+ Oct. 26	Alexis Marin	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
- Nov. 22	Andre Reby	Paris, France	LDQ 2
+ Nov. 30	Henri Dupont	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 21	Henri Mouha	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
1928
+ Jan. 12	Joe Ralph	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Jan. 31	Van Diependael	Paris, France	W 8
+ Mar. 14	Karel Tuns	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
= Mar. 23	Walter Libert	Limoges, Belgium	Draw 10
+ May 9	Blomaert	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 6
= Sept. 12	Camille Desmedt	Brussels, Belgium	Draw 10
+ Sept. 26	Arie van Vliet	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Nov. 9	Paul Franko	Gent, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 14	Georges Covent	Gent, Belgium	W 10
1929
- Jan. 15	Camille Desmedt	Charleroi, Belgium	L 10
+ Jan. 23	Alf Genon	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Mar. 6	Joe Ralph	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Mar. 29	Frans De Coninck	Verviers, Belgium	TKO 6
+ Apr. 12	Nick Clausen	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 10
+ May 15	Fritz Ensel	Brussels, Belgium	KO 4
+ July 2	Eduard Baudry	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Sept. 11	Leo Darton	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Oct. 9	Alf Genon	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
(Won European Welterweight Title)
= Dec. 17	Leo Darton	Charleroi, Belgium	Draw 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
1930
+ Feb. 5	Camille Desmedt	Charleroi, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
+ Mar. 19	Francois Sybille	Brussels, Belgium	W 12
+ Apr. 2	Adrien Anneet	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
= May 11	Vittorio Venturi	Roma, Italy	Draw 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
+ July 20	Piet Hobin	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Oct. 15	Aime Raphael	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
= Nov. 4	Frantisek Dykast	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Draw 10
+ Dec. 3	Gustav Eder	Frankfurt, Germany	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
1931
+ Jan. 14	Hans Holdt	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
+ Jan. 30	Alf Berry	Paris, France	W 10
+ Feb. 26	Alf Howard	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 15
= Mar. 16	Franta Nekolny	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Draw 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
= Apr. 17	Gunnar Andersson	Gothenburg, Sweden	Draw 10
+ June 27	Vittorio Venturi	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
+ Aug. 30	Gustav Eder	Berlin, Germany	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
+ Nov. 18	Huib Huizenaar	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 1	Francois Stevens	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
1932
= Feb. 17	Rene De Vos	Antwerpen, Belgium	Draw 10
+ Mar. 3	Fritz Ensel	Verviers, Belgium	KO 3
+ Apr. 5	Leone Jacovacci	Antwerpen, Belgium	WDQ 4
+ Apr. 26	Camille Desmedt	Charleroi, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European Welterweight Title)
+ Sept. 7	Rene De Vos	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
- Oct. 26	Adrien Anneet	Brussels, Belgium	LDQ 6
(Lost European Welterweight Title)
+ Nov. 25	Georges Delfanne	Namur, Belgium	TKO 6
1933
+ Feb. 2	Eddie Maguire	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 15
+ Feb. 17	Arthur Vermaut	Gent, Belgium	TKO 4
+ Feb. 25	Hein Domgorgen	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Mar. 28	Amedee Dubus	Malines, Belgium	W 10
+ Apr. 20	Claude Bassin	Gent, Belgium	W 10
+ May 16	Gypsy Trollmann	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ June 24	Gheorghe Axioti	Bucharest, Romania	W 15
(Won vacant European Middleweight Title)
= Aug. 5	Hein Domgorgen	Cologne, Germany	Draw 10
+ Sept. 15	Carmelo Candel	Paris, France	W 10
+ Oct. 6	Claude Bassin	Paris, France	W 10
+ Nov. 9	Piet Brand	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Kid Tunero	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 6	Jimmy Tarante	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 10	Roger Besneux	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
1934
+ Jan. 12	Tino Rolando	Paris, France	W 10
+ Jan. 20	Roger Lefebvre	Charleroi, Belgium	TKO 6
+ Feb. 10	Karl Neubauer	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Feb. 17	Claude Bassin	Liege, Belgium	W 10
+ Mar. 17	Erich Seelig	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European Middleweight Title)
- May 3	Marcel Thil	Paris, France	L 15
(Lost European and for IBU World Middleweight Titles)
+ July 29	Rene De Vos	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 8
(Won Belgian Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 1	Beb Donnars	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Sept. 19	Clemente Meroni	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Oct. 31	Erich Seelig	Brussels, Belgium	W 12
+ Dec. 12	Tino Rolando	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
1935
+ Feb. 20	Giacomo Ventrella	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 4
+ Mar. 2	Carmelo Candel	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Mar. 13	Joe Zeeman	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Apr. 24	Karel Sys	Ostende, Belgium	W 15
(Retained Belgian Middleweight Title)
+ June 22	Jean Burton	Limoges, Belgium	TKO 5
+ July 3	Emil Lebrize	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Aug. 7	Rienus De Boer	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Nov. 14	Jerome Wegner	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 6
- Dec. 20	Lou Brouillard	Paris, France	L 15
1936
- Feb. 28	Gustav Eder	Berlin, Germany	L 12
+ Mar. 11	Victor Janas	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ June 28	Nestor Charlier	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
(Retained Belgian Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 1	Heinz Lazek	Vienna, Austria	W 15
(Won European and vacant IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Oct. 6	Ercole Buratti	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 5
+ Oct. 29	Adolf Witt	Berlin, Germany	W 15
(Retained European and IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Nov. 24	Karel Sys	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
1937
= Jan. 12	Antonio Rodrigues	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Draw 15
(Retained IBU World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 24	Preciso Merlo	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European and IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Apr. 6	Ernie Simmons	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ May 1	John Andersson	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 15
(Retained European and IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
= July 10	Emile Ollive	Ostende, Belgium	Draw 10
= Dec. 1	Karel Sys	Brussels, Belgium	Draw 15
(Retained European and IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
1938
+ Jan. 21	Jupp Besselmann	Berlin, Germany	W 15
(Retained European and IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
+ Feb. 2	Walter Van Buren	Zurich, Switzerland	W 10
- Mar. 25	Adolf Heuser	Berlin, Germany	TKO by 7
(Lost European and IBU World Light-Heavyweight Titles)
1939
+ Feb. 4	Charles Rutz	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Apr. 11	Jerome Wegner	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 8
(Won Belgian Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 6	Jean Simon	Brussels, Belgium	KO 11
(Retained Belgian Light-Heavyweight Title)
1940
+ Jan. 16	Gaston Bridou	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 3
+ Apr. 2	Vittorio Zanetti	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 9
+ Apr. 16	Dorus Elten	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 18	Vittorio Zanetti	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 14
(Retained Belgian Light-Heavyweight Title)
1941
+ Jan. 4	Vittorio Zanetti	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Feb. 11	Jean Simon	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 6
+ Mar. 20	All Gerard	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Apr. 9	Jean Motte	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 5
- July 2	Karel Sys	Brussels, Belgium	TKO by 3 (Rtd)
(For Belgian Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 25	Gaston Bridou	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 4
+ Nov. 12	Pierre van Deuren	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 8
+ Dec. 4	Gerard Selhorst	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 6
+ Dec. 23	Pol Goffaux	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
1942
+ Feb. 25	Georges Levasseur	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Mar. 10	Emilien Ollivon	Antwerpen, Belgium	TKO 9
+ Apr. 1	Gerard Selhorst	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Apr. 14	Rienus De Boer	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ May 25	Karel Sys	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 12
(Won Belgian Heavyweight Title)
+ July 5	Oscar Menozzi	Paris, France	W 10
- Oct. 14	Pol Goffaux	Brussels, Belgium	L 12
(Lost Belgian Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Dec. 13	Pol Goffaux	Antwerpen, Belgium	L 12
(For Belgian Light-Heavyweight Title)
1943
+ Mar. 11	Henri Lagrou	Gent, Belgium	TKO 3
* Mar. 25	Luis Pottier	Gent, Belgium	NC 4
+ May 9	Henry Gaillard	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ July 1	Maurice Robensyn	Gent, Belgium	W 10
- July 18	Assane Diouf	Brussels, Belgium	L 10
+ Oct. 15	Jean Louis	Antwerpen, Belgium	KO 1
+ Oct. 21	Pierre van Deuren	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Oct. 28	Gerard Selhorst	Antwerpen, Belgium	W 10
+ Nov. 11	Gerard Selhorst	Brussels, Belgium	W 10
+ Dec. 9	Marc Noben	Gent, Belgium	W 10
1944
+ Jan. 30	Pol Goffaux	Brussels, Belgium	W 12
(Regained Belgian Light-Heavyweight Title)
1945
= Feb. 7	Pol Goffaux	Brussels, Belgium	Draw 10

Summary

Total bouts: 136, Won: 111 (25 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 13, NC: 1