Sport & Note

Johnny Kamber

Male

(John Richard Kamber)
Lightweight, USA, Livingston, New Jersey
Born: Aug. 29, 1927, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Died: July 12, 2014, Yankton, South Dakota, USA

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
was raised in Des Moines, Iowa

He started boxing when he was sixteen years old

as an amateur:
1945 Iowa AAU Championships featherweight winner

Inductted to New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame on November 20, 1992

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1949
+ Feb. 16	Bill Williams	White Plains, New York	KO 2
- Feb. 23	Freddy Smith	White Plains, New York	L 4
+ Mar. 16	Jim Fredericks	White Plains, New York	W 4
+ Mar. 28	Willard Carpenter	Newark, New Jersey	KO 3
+ Apr. 12	Benny Smith	White Plains, New York	W 6
= May 2	Stokes Thomas	Newark, New Jsersey	Draw 4
+ May 12	Hubert Winfield	Sunnyside, Queens, New York	KO 2
+ June 6	Ralph Jacobs	Newark, New Jsersey	W 4
- June 30	Bruno Lijoi	Long Island City, Queens, New York	L 6
+ July 14	Joe Rigano	Brooklyn, New York	W 6
+ Aug. 3	Charley Donovan	The Bronx, New York	W 6
= Oct. 20	Johnny Lemmons	Sunnyside, Queens, New York	Draw 6
+ Nov. 7	Johnny Lemmons	Brooklyn, New York	KO 2
+ Nov. 22	Bobby Nicholas	Newark, New Jersey	KO 1
+ Nov. 28	Jerry Kortright	Brooklyn, New York	TKO 3
+ Dec. 19	Rafael Laboy	Jamaica, Queens, New York	W 6
1950
+ Jan. 2	Billy Proctor	Brooklyn, New York	KO 3
+ Jan. 11	Filiberto Osario	New York City, New York	W 6
+ Mar. 13	Benny Smith	Brooklyn, New York	TKO 2
+ Mar. 21	Leslie Petway	White Plains, New York	W 6
+ May 11	Benny Smith	Sunnyside, Queens, New York	KO 3
+ June 20	Ralph Jacobs	Elizabeth, New Jersey	W 6
+ June 29	Jose Aponte Torres	Woodhaven, Queens, New York	W 6
+ July 27	Rudy Pasco	Brooklyn, New York	W 8
+ Aug. 10	Billy Murphy	Brooklyn, New York	W 8
- Sept. 7	Billy Murphy	Brooklyn, New York	L 8
+ Oct. 11	Johnny Moran	Jamaica, Queens, New York	W 6
+ Nov. 6	Harry Diduck	Jamaica, Queens, New York	W 8
+ Nov. 14	Frankie Carrao	Sunnyside, Queens, New York	KO 4
+ Dec. 26	Durante Coletti	White Plains, New York	W 8
1951
+ Jan. 2	Johnny Johniken	Brooklyn, New York	TKO 2
- Feb. 19	Ermanno Bonetti	Newark, New Jersey	L 8
- Mar. 12	Bobby Fenty	Newark, New Jersey	L 8
= Mar. 29	Chick Boucher	Brooklyn, New York	Draw 8
= Apr. 12	Chick Boucher	Brooklyn, New York	Draw 8
+ May 3	Elmer Lakatos	Brooklyn, New York	W 8
- Nov. 1	Juan Padilla	Sunnyside, Queens, New York	L 8
+ Nov. 12	Joey Bishop	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	W 6
+ Dec. 3	Johnny Marino	New York City, New York	W 8
1952
- Feb. 18	Gene Takach	Trenton, New Jersey	L 10
New Jersey State Lightweight Title
- Apr. 4	Fernand Drouin	New York City, New York	L 8
- June 27	Phil Morizio	New York City, New York	L 6
1953
+ Mar. 31	Bobby Timpson	Brooklyn, New York	W 6
- May 22	George Justine	New York City, New York	KO by 4
1954 Inactive
1955
- Apr. 4	Henry Brown	Brooklyn, New York	KO by 2

Summary

Total bouts: 45, Won: 30 (11 inside the limit), Lost: 11 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0