Sport & Note

Henry HANK

Male

(aka Jusuf Salaam)
(Joseph Harrison)
Light-Heavyweight, USA, Detroit, Michigan
Born: February 9, 1935, Greenville, Mississippi, USA
Died: July 2, 1004
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77

Hank, born Joseph Harrison, changed his name to Jusuf Salaam
when he embraced Islam in 1971, near the close of his professional career

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1953
+ Feb. 26	Del Monroe	Detroit, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 12	Earl Batie	Detroit, United States	KO 1
+ Apr. 2	Bob Wilson	Detroit, United States	TKO 3
- Sept. 29	Jed Black	Grand Rapids, United States	L 6
+ Oct. 20	Howard Calloway	Lansing, United States	TKO 3
+ Dec. 8	Howard Calloway	Kalamazoo, United States	W 4
+ Dec. 31	Tommy Darrough	Detroit, United States	W 6
1954
= Jan. 11	Rudy Gwin	Detroit, United States	Draw 4
+ Jan. 25	Bob Jackson	Detroit, United States	TKO 3
+ Mar. 18	Larue Harvey	Lansing, United States	W 6
- Apr. 26	Larue Harvey	Detroit, United States	L 4
+ May 27	Ernest Mosley	Muskegon, United States	KO 3
+ July 13	Henry Bronko	Detroit, United States	KO 5
+ July 20	Larue Harvey	Detroit, United States	W 6
+ Aug. 3	Gene Poirier	Detroit, United States	KO 1
+ Aug. 19	Larry Boaz	Saginaw, United States	TKO 4
+ Oct. 7	Jesse Gray	Saginaw, United States	TKO 3
- Oct. 26	Virgil Akins	Detroit, United States	L 8
1955
+ Feb. 15	Chuck Coleman	Detroit, United States	KO 2
- Mar. 5	Leffie Walker	Saginaw, United States	L 6
- Mar. 8	Lloyd Triplett	Chicago, United States	L 6
- May 31	Gordon Wallace	Detroit, United States	L 6
+ July 28	Bob Stecher	Warren, United States	TKO 3
1956
+ Mar. 28	Rudy Gwin	Cleveland, United States	TKO 4
+ Apr. 28	Leffie Walker	Detroit, United States	W 8
+ July 31	Chuck Craig	Windsor, Canada	KO 2
- Sept. 18	Charley Cotton	Toledo, United States	L 10
1957
+ June 15	Leffie Walker	Bay City, United States	W 8
1958
+ Feb. 22	Charley Cotton	Detroit, United States	W 8
+ Mar. 22	George Boddie	Detroit, United States	KO 3
+ Apr. 26	Sherman Williams	Windsor, Canada	TKO 1
+ May 28	Rudy Ellis	Chicago, United States	KO 4
+ July 12	Joe Fusco	Detroit, United States	TKO 3
+ Aug. 23	Charley Cotton	Detroit, United States	TKO 9
+ Sept. 8	Leffie Walker	Pontiac, United States	KO 6
+ Sept. 17	Charlie Glover	Louisville, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 5	Sherman Williams	Louisville, United States	KO 8
- Nov. 25	Ernest Burford	Detroit, United States	L 10
+ Dec. 15	Ernest Burford	Toledo, United States	W 10
1959
+ Feb. 3	George Boddie	Toledo, United States	KO 3
+ Mar. 3	Jimmy Beecham	Toledo, United States	W 10
- Mar. 23	Charley Joseph	New Orleans, United States	L 10
+ Apr. 13	Charley Joseph	New Orleans, United States	TKO 6
+ June 15	Willie Vaughn	New Orleans, United States	KO 10
+ July 13	Neal Rivers	New Orleans, United States	TKO 10
- Aug. 10	Holly Mims	New Orleans, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 7	Neal Rivers	New Orleans, United States	KO 4
+ Oct. 12	Holly Mims	New Orleans, United States	W 12
+ Oct. 26	George Benton	New Orleans, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 7	Jesse Bowdry	New Orleans, United States	KO 10
1960
+ Jan. 27	Jesse Bowdry	Chicago, United States	TKO 6
+ Feb. 17	Sixto Rodriguez	Chicago, United States	TKO 6
+ Apr. 25	Rory Calhoun	San Francisco, United States	TKO 2
- May 16	Hank Casey	New Orleans, United States	L 10
+ June 30	Victor Zalazar	Detroit, United States	KO 4
+ July 11	Hank Casey	New Orleans, United States	W 10
+ Aug. 3	Rudy Ellis	Chicago, United States	KO 1
= Sept. 14	Jesse Smith	Chicago, United States	Draw 10
- Sept. 29	Hank Casey	San Francisco, United States	L 10
+ Oct. 21	Randy Sandy	Detroit, United States	W 10
- Nov. 19	Gene Armstrong	New York, United States	L 10
1961
+ Mar. 29	Clarence Alford	New Orleans, United States	TKO 7
+ July 10	Joey Giardello	Detroit, United States	W 10
+ Aug. 21	Franz Szuzina	Detroit, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 23	Jerry Luedee	New Haven, United States	TKO 7
+ Dec. 15	Chic Calderwood	Detroit, United States	W 10
1962
= Jan. 10	Allan Harmon	Miami Beach, United States	Draw 10
- Jan. 30	Joey Giardello	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
+ Mar. 7	Allan Harmon	Detroit, United States	TKO 7
- Mar. 31	Dick Tiger	New York, United States	L 10
- June 14	John McCormack	Glasgow, Great Britain	L 8
+ Sept. 1	Jimmy Ellis	Louisville, United States	W 10
- Nov. 24	Mauro Mina	New York, United States	L 10
1963
+ Feb. 11	Sixto Rodriguez	Oakland, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 25	Dick Young	Oakland, United States	TKO 1
+ July 20	Ed Zaremba	Jackson, United States	W 12
(Won vacant Michigan State Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Oct. 29	Eddie Cotton	Flint, United States	L 15
(For vacant Michigan World Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Dec. 6	Harold Johnson	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
1964
= Aug. 21	Johnny Persol	New York, United States	Draw 10
- Dec. 11	Bob Foster	Norfolk, United States	TKO by 9
1965
+ Apr. 5	Roger Rouse	Oakland, United States	W 10
- July 26	Bob Foster	New Orleans, United States	L 12
1966
- Sept. 13	Marion Connor	Canton, United States	L 10
- Dec. 12	Herschel Jacobs	New Orleans, United States	L 10
1967
- Apr. 15	Roger Rouse	Missoula, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 27	Leslie Borden	Billings, United States	KO 4
- Oct. 16	Eddie Jones	Las Vegas, United States	L 10
1968
- Apr. 16	Mark Tessman	Houston, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 11	Manny Quinney	Indianapolis, United States	TKO 7
+ Oct. 24	Willie McMillan	Indianapolis, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 4	Mark Tessman	Indianapolis, United States	TKO 6
1969
- June 17	Mark Tessman	Houston, United States	L 10
+ Aug. 8	Terry Lee	Oakland, United States	W 10
- Dec. 16	Hal Carroll	Syracuse, United States	L 10
1970
- Mar. 11	Charley Green	New York, United States	L 10
1971 Inactive
1972
- Aug. 7	Andy Kendall	Milwaukee, United States	L 10

Summary

Total bouts: 96, Won: 62 (40 inside the limit), Lost: 30 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0