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|   | Booker BECKWITH 
Male
 Light-Heavyweight, USA, Gary, Indiana and Chicago, Illinois
 Born: December 13, 1919, Monroe, Louisiana, USA
 Died: August 3, 1989
 Height: 6ft 2in, mt 1,87
 
 
 
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| No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | 1939 |  | + Oct. 23 | Johnny Trotter | Chicago, United States | W 4 |  | + Nov. 27 | Charley Banks | Chicago, United States | KO 1 |  | 1940 |  | + Jan. 29 | Luther Brent | Chicago, United States | KO 1 |  | + Feb. 12 | Selman Martin | Hammond, United States | W 6 |  | + May 3 | Billy Duncan | Chicago, United States | TKO 4 |  | + May 17 | Harry English | Chicago, United States | W 5 |  | + July 19 | Bobby Millsap | Chicago, United States | TKO 3 |  | + Aug. 5 | Lou Wallace | Chicago, United States | KO 4 |  | + Sept. 16 | Paul Frazier | Chicago, United States | W 6 |  | + Dec. 23 | Orlando Trotter | Chicago, United States | W 6 |  | 1941 |  | + Jan. 10 | Erv Sarlin | Chicago, United States | W 6 |  | + Apr. 4 | Altus Allen | Chicago, United States | KO 2 |  | + Apr. 25 | Lee Oma | Hammond, United States | KO 2 |  | + May 28 | Solly Krieger | Chicago, United States | W 10 |  | + July 9 | Nash Garrison | Chicago, United States | KO 1 |  | + Aug. 27 | Red Burman | Chicago, United States | W 10 |  | - Nov. 7 | Bob Pastor | Chicago, United States | L 10 |  | 1942 |  | + Jan. 16 | Joey Maxim | Chicago, United States | W 10 |  | - Apr. 10 | Melio Bettina | Chicago, United States | L 10 |  | + May 20 | Andy Miller | Chicago, United States | KO 3 |  | - July 27 | Ezzard Charles | Pittsburgh, United States | KO by 9 |  | 1943 |  | - Dec. 14 | Warren Holland | Bremerton, United States | L 4 |  | 1944 |  | - July 7 | Billy Duncan | Fort Huachuca, United States | L 3 |  | + Aug. 1 | Billy Duncan | Tucson, United States | W 4 |  | 1945 Inactive
 |  | 1946 |  | - Mar. 28 | Willie Barrow | Chicago, United States | L 8 |  | + May 31 | Willie Barrow | Chicago, United States | WDQ 5 |  | + June 28 | Willie Moore | Chicago, United States | KO 7 |  | + July 18 | Nate Bolden | Chicago, United States | TKO 6 |  | + Aug. 26 | Bill Petersen | Chicago, United States | KO 5 |  | + Sept. 24 | John Henry Eskew | Chicago, United States | KO 9 |  | + Nov. 29 | Henry Jones | Chicago, United States | KO 2 |  | 1947 |  | - Feb. 3 | Jimmy Bivins | Chicago, United States | KO by 4 |  | - June 12 | Bob Garner | Indianapolis, United States | KO by 6 | 
   SummaryTotal bouts: 33, Won: 25 (14 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0 |