Male

"The Worm"
Middleweight, USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born: June 5, 1946, in Alabama, USA
(some sources report: June 5, 1948)
Died: June 22, 2019, Sicklerville, Camden, New Jersey, USA
(died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease)
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83

Born in Alabama, Monroe spent his early years in Crestview, Florida.
He set out for Rochester, New York, in 1963.
At age of 19 made his way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
where he was introduced to top trainer Yank Durham.
A stablemate of Joe Frazier, Monroe was trained by Eddie Futch
and then by George Benton following Durham's death in 1973.

amateur record was 43-0-0, 37 knockouts