| No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | 1954 |  | + Feb. 2 | Leo Johnson | Chicago, United States | W 4 |  | + Mar. 1 | Cornelius Brown | Hammond, United States | W 4 |  | + Mar. 18 | Jesse Layne | Chicago, United States | KO 1 |  | + Mar. 29 | Buddy Graham | Milwaukee, United States | W 4 |  | + June 5 | Buddy Graham | Chicago, United States | KO 3 |  | + July 8 | Odell Billingsley | Fort Wayne, United States | TKO 2 |  | + Sept. 6 | Carlos Pittman | Chicago, United States | TKO 4 |  | - Nov. 10 | Bennie Thomas | Chicago, United States | KO by 6 |  | 1955 |  | - Jan. 25 | Willie Coleman | Chicago, United States | L 4 |  | = Feb. 8 | Ken Hammer | Chicago, United States | Draw 5 |  | + Apr. 26 | Ken Hammer | Chicago, United States | W 8 |  | - May 24 | Bennie Thomas | Chicago, United States | L 8 |  | + Aug. 17 | Stan Mylinski | Chicago, United States | W 6 |  | - Sept. 13 | Sonny Liston | Indianapolis, United States | TKO by 6 |  | - Dec. 21 | Al Lane | Saint Louis, United States | L 6 |  | 1956 |  | + Jan. 11 | Al Lane | Chicago, United States | KO 2 |  | + Feb. 1 | Stan Mylinski | Chicago, United States | KO 6 |  | + June 6 | Al Lane | Chicago, United States | W 6 |  | - July 18 | Jim Persey | Chicago, United States | L 6 |  | - Nov. 30 | Bennie Thomas | Chicago, United States | L 6 |  | 1957 |  | + June 26 | Sonny Ray | Chicago, United States | W 6 |  | - July 10 | Billy Hunter | Chicago, United States | L 6 |  | + Dec. 4 | Crowe Peele | Chicago, United States | TKO 4 |  | 1958 |  | + Apr. 30 | Ernie Terrell | Chicago, United States | W 8 |  | 1959 |  | + Feb. 25 | Ernie Terrell | Chicago, United States | W 8 |  | - Aug. 5 | Joe Hemphill | Chicago, United States | L 10 |  | 1960 |  | - Aug. 24 | George Moore | Chicago, United States | KO by 7 | 
   SummaryTotal bouts: 27, Won: 16 (7 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0 |