Record details

Hogan Bassey

"Kid"

Featherweight

Male

(Okon Asuquo Bassey)
Nigeria, Calabar
Born: June 3, 1932, Ufort Ebek Creek, Calabar, Nigeria
Died: January 26, 1988, Calabar, Nigeria
Height: 5ft 3in, mt 1,59

No amateur results

Professional record


1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Dick Turpin	Lagos, Nigeria	W 12
- June 6	Dick Turpin	Lagos, Nigeria	LDQ 5

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= May 31	Ogli Tettey	Lagos, Nigeria	Draw 12
+ July 7	Steve Jeffra	Lagos, Nigeria	W 0
+ Aug. 8	Eddie Phillips	Lagos, Nigeria	W 0
- Sept. 9	Bola Lawal	Lagos, Nigeria	L 0
+ Nov. 10	Joe Bennett	Lagos, Nigeria	TKO 10

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Dick Turpin	Lagos, Nigeria	W 6
+ May 4	Kid Chukudi	Lagos, Nigeria	TKO 3
+ May 16	Jack Salami	Lagos, Nigeria	W 8
+ May 30	Adjetey Sowah	Lagos, Nigeria	W 10
+ Aug. 29	Steve Jeffra	Lagos, Nigeria	W 12
+ Sept. 28	Young Spider Neequaye	Lagos, Nigeria	W 12

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Ray Hillyard	Liverpool, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Feb. 19	Peter Fay	Hanley, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 5	Tommy Higgins	Blackpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 24	Len Shaw	Preston, Great Britain	W 8
= Apr. 1	Glyn Evans	Hanley, Great Britain	Draw 8
+ Apr. 17	Bobby Boland	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 5
- Apr. 26	John Kelly	Belfast, Great Britain	L 8
- May 15	Frankie Williams	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 8
+ June 23	Ivor Davies	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 2
+ July 28	Johnny Barclay	West Hartlepool, Great Britain	KO 6
+ Aug. 7	Jimmy Cardew	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ Aug. 28	Tommy Higgins	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 11	Stan Skinkiss	Liverpool, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Sept. 22	Eddie McCormick	Manchester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 9	Eddie Carson	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 27	Tommy Proffitt	Manchester, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 14	Tommy Proffitt	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 7
- Dec. 8	Jean Pierre Cossemyns	Leeds, Great Britain	L 10
+ Dec. 15	Bobby Boland	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 5

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 8	Jackie Briers	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 10
+ Jan. 20	Ken Lawrence	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 5
- Jan. 30	Johnny Haywood	Blackpool, Great Britain	LDQ 3
+ Feb. 27	Luis Perez Romero	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 8
- Mar. 24	Emile Chemama	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO by 5
+ July 9	Denny Dawson	Liverpool, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Aug. 27	Tommy Higgins	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
- Sept. 7	Juan Oscar Alvarez	Newcastle, Great Britain	L 10
+ Oct. 6	Sammy McCarthy	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
- Dec. 8	Billy (Spider) Kelly	Harringay, Great Britain	L 8

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 4	Johnny Butterworth	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 29	Jean Sneyers	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 10
+ June 3	Enrico Macale	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 2	Jacques Legendre	Manchester, Great Britain	W 10
- Aug. 12	Jo Woussem	Liverpool, Great Britain	L 8
+ Sept. 3	Luis Perez Romero	Manchester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 27	Harry Ramsden	Blackpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ Nov. 29	Aime Devisch	Leeds, Great Britain	W 10

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Percy Lewis	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 22	Marcel Ranvial	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 5
+ June 3	Andre Pierson	Manchester, Great Britain	W 10
+ Aug. 25	Juan Oscar Alvarez	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 8	Joe Quinn	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 1
+ Nov. 19	Billy Kelly	Belfast, Great Britain	KO 8
(Won Commonwealth Featherweight Title)

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 7	Jean Sneyers	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Mar. 22	Louis Cabo	Liverpool, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ May 3	Aldo Pravisani	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 6	Alby Tissong	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 8
- Oct. 20	Jean Sneyers	Liege, Belgium	TKO by 4
+ Nov. 26	Joao dos Santos	Leicester, Great Britain	W 10

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 1	Percy Lewis	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 15
(Retained Commonwealth Featherweight Title)
+ Apr. 26	Miguel Berrios	Washington, USA	W 12
(Won World Featherweight Title Eliminator)
+ June 24	Cherif Hamia	Paris, France	TKO 10
(Won vacant World Featherweight Title)
+ Oct. 7	Victor Pepeder	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 10

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 23	Jean Pierre Cossemyns	Liverpool, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 1	Ricardo Moreno	Los Angeles, USA	KO 3
(Retained World Featherweight Title)
+ June 24	Jules Touan	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Sept. 20	Willie Pep	Boston, USA	TKO 9
+ Oct. 31	Carmelo Costa	New York, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 13	Ernesto Parra	Hollywood, USA	W 10

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 18	Davey Moore	Los Angeles, USA	TKO by 13
(Lost World Featherweight Title)
- Aug. 19	Davey Moore	Los Angeles, USA	TKO by 11
(For World Featherweight Title)