Record details

Willie MONROE

"The Worm"

Middleweight

Male

USA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born: June 5, 1946, in Alabama, USA
(some sources report: June 5, 1948)
Died: June 22, 2019, Sicklerville, Camden, New Jersey, USA
(died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease)
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83

Born in Alabama, Monroe spent his early years in Crestview, Florida.
He set out for Rochester, New York, in 1963.
At age of 19 made his way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
where he was introduced to top trainer Yank Durham.
A stablemate of Joe Frazier, Monroe was trained by Eddie Futch
and then by George Benton following Durham's death in 1973.

amateur record was 43-0-0, 37 knockouts

No amateur results

Professional record


1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 11	Vince Neratka	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ Dec. 9	Joe Williams	Philadelphia, United States	KO 4

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 25	Freddie Thomas	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 25	Luis Rivera	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ Apr. 22	Ted Hamilton	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ May 18	Alberto Millan	Philadelphia, United States	KO 3
+ June 16	Ruben Figueroa	Philadelphia, United States	KO 2
+ July 7	Harold Glaspy	New Orleans, United States	KO 2
+ July 13	Santiago Rosa	Tampa, United States	KO 2
+ July 20	Oscar Coor	Philadelphia, United States	KO 2
+ Sept. 19	Adam Moore	New Orleans, United States	KO 3
+ Oct. 6	Nojeen Adigun	Philadelphia, United States	KO 4
+ Nov. 17	Luis Vinales	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 6

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Alvin Phillips	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
+ Apr. 12	Adam Moore	Tampa, United States	KO 2
+ May 27	Abraham Cabrera	Philadelphia, United States	KO 3
+ July 14	Elgie Walters	Houston, United States	TKO 4
+ Oct. 19	Willie Warren	Houston, United States	W 10

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Alvin Phillips	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 21	Luis Galvan	Houston, United States	W 10
- Mar. 27	Nessim Max Cohen	Paris, France	L 10
- Sept. 6	Alvin Phillips	New Orleans, United States	L 10
+ Oct. 24	Leroy Roberts	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ Dec. 5	George Davis	Philadelphia, United States	KO 6

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Roy Lee	Kingston, Jamaica	KO 1
+ Mar. 5	Don Cobbs	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
+ May 10	Roy McMillan	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 3
+ Aug. 14	Jose Monon Gonzalez	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
= Nov. 5	Fabio Bettini	Paris, France	Draw 10

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 18	Eugene Hart	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
+ Apr. 8	Stanley Hayward	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 7
+ Aug. 19	Billy Douglas	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
- Nov. 12	Bobby Watts	Philadelphia, United States	L 10

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 28	Rennie Pinder	Philadelphia, United States	KO 4
+ June 2	Carlos Marks	Philadelphia, United States	W 10

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Carlos Marks	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 9	Marvin Hagler	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
+ May 19	Felton Marshall	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 7
- Aug. 16	David Love	Philadelphia, United States	TKO by 4
+ Dec. 3	Angel Robinson Garcia	Rochester, United States	TKO 7

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	Lenny Harden	Rochester, United States	KO 3
- Feb. 15	Marvin Hagler	Boston, United States	TKO by 12
+ June 15	Larry Davis	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
- Aug. 23	Marvin Hagler	Philadelphia, United States	TKO by 2

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 22	Frank Lucas	San Remo, Italy	TKO 8

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 3	Richard Ofosu	Accra, Ghana	L 10
+ May 31	Keith Broom	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
- July 16	Curtis Parker	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
- Nov. 15	Dwight Davison	Detroit, United States	L 10

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 28	Jimmy McClain	Philadelphia, United States	W 10

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Oct. 24	Willie Edwards	Detroit, United States	KO by 4