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Billy PAPKE
Male
"The Illinois Thunderbolt"
(William Herman Papke)
Middleweight, USA, Spring Valley, Illinois
Born: September 17, 1886, Spring Valley, Illinois, USA
Died: November 26, 1936, Newport, California, USA
(Killed his wife and committed suicide)
Height: 5ft 8 1/2in, mt 1,74
(Some sources report: 5ft 9in, mt 1,75)
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1905 | | = Nov. 6 | Battling Hurley | New York, United States | Draw 6 | | = Nov. 20 | Dave Deshler | Boston, United States | Draw 12 | | 1906 | | + Mar. 24 | Mexican Wonder | La Salle, United States | W 4 | | + Apr. 30 | Red Morrisey | La Salle, United States | KO 3 | | + May 30 | Buster Teegan | La Salle, United States | KO 3 | | + June 1 | Jack Denny | Peru, United States | KO 1 | | + July 4 | Carl Purdy | La Salle, United States | TKO 7 | | + Nov. 27 | Milt Kinney | Peoria, United States | KO 3 | | + Dec. 17 | Kid Farmer | Peoria, United States | KO 6 | | 1907 | | + Jan. 15 | Tommy Wallace | Peoria, United States | KO 3 | | + Jan. 29 | Dick Fitzpatrick | Peoria, United States | W 10 | | + Feb. 14 | Carl Anderson | Spring Valley, United States | KO 1 | | + Mar. 6 | Billy Rhodes | Peoria, United States | W 10 | | = Mar. 26 | Billy Rhodes | Davenport, United States | Draw 15 | | + Apr. 30 | Johnny Carroll | Peoria, United States | KO 4 | | = May 21 | Tony Caponi | Davenport, United States | Draw 15 | | + June 6 | Jack Morgan | Peoria, United States | KO 7 | | + June 14 | Foster Walker | Detroit, United States | KO 2 | | = June 20 | Tony Caponi | Spring Valley, United States | Draw 10 | | + Sept. 2 | Tommy Sullivan | Methuen, United States | KO 1 | | + Sept. 14 | Terry Martin
| Philadelphia, United States | KO 3 | | + Oct. 30 | Cy Flynn | Brazil, United States | TKO 3 | | + Nov. 9 | Pat O'Keefe | Philadelphia, United States | KO 6 | | + Nov. 14 | Tony Caponi | Peoria, United States | KO 2 | | + Nov. 22 | Charlie Haghey | Chelsea, United States | TKO 1 | | + Nov. 22 | Bartley Connolly | Chelsea, United States | TKO 4 | | = Dec. 30 | Hugo Kelly | Milwaukee, United States | Draw 10 | | 1908 | | + Jan. 21 | Walter Stanton | Boston, United States | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 16 | Hugo Kelly | Milwaukee, United States | W 10 | | ^ May 31 | Eddie McGoorty | Kenosha, United States | Exh 6 | | - June 4 | Stanley Ketchel | Milwaukee, United States | L 10 | | World Middleweight Title | | ^ July 4 | Rudy Unholz | Kewanee, United States | Exh 6 | | + Aug. 13 | Johnny Carroll | Boston, United States | TKO 2 | | + Aug. 13 | Frank Mantell | Boston, United States | TKO 1 | | + Aug. 18 | Sailor Burke | Brooklyn, United States | TKO 6 | | + Sept. 7 | Stanley Ketchel | Vernon, United States | TKO 12 | | World Middleweight Title | | - Nov. 26 | Stanley Ketchel | Colma, United States | KO by 11 | | World Middleweight Title | | = Dec. 15 | Hugo Kelly | Vernon, United States | Draw 25 | | 1909 | | * Mar. 19 | Fireman Jim Flynn | Los Angeles, United States | ND 10 | | + May 15 | Hugo Kelly | Colma, United States | KO 1 | | - July 5 | Stanley Ketchel | Colma, United States | L 20 | | World Middleweight Title | | * July 14 | Fireman Jim Flynn | Los Angeles, United States | ND 10 | | * Oct. 8 | Willie Lewis | Pittsburgh, United States | ND 6 | | * Nov. 11 | Frank Klaus | Pittsburgh, United States | ND 6 | | 1910 | | + Mar. 19 | Willie Lewis | Paris, France | KO 3 | | + May 19 | Joe Thomas | San Francisco, United States | KO 16 | | + June 14 | Al Goodale | Kansas City, United States | TKO 2 | | + June 21 | Jack Sullivan | Boston, United States | W 12 | | + Oct. 26 | Ed Williams | Sydney, Australia | KO 6 | | - Dec. 26 | Dave Smith | Sydney, Australia | LDQ 10 | | 1911 | | - Feb. 11 | Cyclone Johnny Thompson | Sydney, Australia | L 20 | | + Mar. 11 | Dave Smith | Sydney, Australia | KO 7 | | + June 8 | Jimmy Sullivan | London, Great Britain | KO 9 | | * Aug. 22 | Sailor Burke | New York, United States | ND 10 | | - Oct. 31 | Bob Moha | Boston, United States | L 12 | | 1912 | | - Feb. 22 | Frank Mantell | Sacramento, United States | L 20 | | + May 2 | Billy Leitch | New York, United States | TKO 2 | | + June 29 | Marcel Moreau | Paris, France | TKO 16 | | * Sept. 25 | Jack Denning | New York, United States | ND 10 | | * Sept. 27 | Leo Houck | Philadelphia, United States | ND 6 | | + Oct. 23 | Georges Carpentier | Paris, France | WDQ 17 | | + Dec. 4 | Georges Bernard | Paris, France | TKO 7 | | 1913 | | - Mar. 5 | Frank Klaus | Paris, France | LDQ 15 | | World Middleweight Title | | - Oct. 14 | Marty Rowan | Saint Louis, United States | L 8 | 1914-1915
Inactive | | 1916 | | - June 1 | Jack Smith | Brooklyn, United States | L 10 | 1917
Inactive | | 1918 | | ^ Apr. 6 | Eddie McGoorty | Kewanee, United States | Exh 6 | | 1919 | | + Apr. 8 | Soldier Bartfield | San Francisco, United States | W 4 |
Summary
Total bouts: 64, Won: 40 (33 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 7, NC: 7
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