Record details

Eddie COTTON

"Gun"

Light-Heavyweight

Male

USA, Seattle, Washington
Born: June 15, 1926, Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
Died: June 24, 1990, Seattle, Washington, USA
(died following a second liver transplant)
Height: 6ft, mt 1,83

No amateur results

Professional record


1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 3	Bobby Roberts	Seattle, United States	KO 1
+ July 18	Billy Corbett	Seattle, United States	KO 3
- Sept. 12	Alex Broode	Seattle, United States	L 6

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 6	Eddie Halligan	Seattle, United States	Draw 6
+ Feb. 21	Paul Kennedy	Seattle, United States	W 6
+ Apr. 6	Joe Albina	Seattle, United States	W 8
+ May 4	George Cote	Seattle, United States	KO 1
+ June 11	Fabranie Gimbel	Butte, United States	KO 3
+ June 29	Roy Wouters	Seattle, United States	KO 5
+ Aug. 24	Van Holland	Seattle, United States	KO 3
- Oct. 27	Mel Brown	Vancouver, Canada	L 8
+ Nov. 18	Roy Wouters	Vancouver, Canada	KO 8

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 7	Phil Sampson	Seattle, United States	TKO 6
+ June 3	Roy Kennedy	Seattle, United States	KO 3
- Oct. 4	Bob Murphy	Seattle, United States	KO by 6
+ Dec. 6	John L Sullivan	Seattle, United States	KO 1

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 28	Pedro Jimenez	Seattle, United States	KO 1
+ Apr. 18	Don Lee	Seattle, United States	W 10
- Sept. 8	Clinton Bacon	Denver, United States	L 10

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 14	Rusty Payne	Eureka, United States	L 10
+ Nov. 15	Joe Kahut	Seattle, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 2	Joe Kahut	Vancouver, Canada	W 10
+ Dec. 10	Ron Whittle	Vancouver, Canada	KO 9

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 7	Bobby Wise	Vancouver, Canada	KO 4
+ Mar. 18	Abel Fernandez	Seattle, United States	KO 4
+ Oct. 30	Frankie Crane	Vancouver, Canada	TKO 9
+ Nov. 12	Jimmy Ingram	Tacom, United States	TKO 2

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 5	Ron Whittle	Tacoma, United States	KO 6
+ Mar. 12	Lonnie Malone	Vancouver, Canada	TKO 6
- July 14	Frankie Daniels	Tacoma, United States	L 10
+ Aug. 25	Rusty Payne	Tacoma, United States	W 10

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 6	Bill Boatsman	Longview, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 29	Bill Boatsman	Portland, United States	W 10
+ July 22	Henry Hall	Vancouver, Canada	W 10
+ Nov. 30	Murray Burnett	Seattle, United States	W 8

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 11	Frankie Daniels	Seattle, United States	WDQ 5
+ Feb. 10	Larry Watson	Seattle, United States	W 8
+ Feb. 17	Bill Boatsman	Vancouver, Canada	TKO 6
+ Mar. 8	Doug Harper	Calgary, Canada	KO 5
+ Apr. 27	Gene Brixen	Calgary, Canada	TKO 5
- June 13	Dave Whitlock	San Francisco, United States	L 10


1956 Inactive

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 23	Al Hogan	Vancouver, Canada	TKO 5
- Nov. 5	Archie Moore	Seattle, United States	L 10

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Oct. 8	Sonny Ray	Louisville, United States	L 10
+ Dec. 11	Roque Maravilla	Boise, United States	W 10

1959
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
^ Feb. 2	Archie Moore	Vancouver, Canada	Exh 4
^ Feb. 5	Archie Moore	Victorie, Canada	Exh 4
- Sept. 15	Sixto Rodriguez	Richmond, United States	L 10
- Oct. 15	Hank Casey	Spokane, United States	L 10

1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 21	George Mahoni	Auckland, New Zealand	W 12
+ Nov. 10	George Mahoni	Auckland, New Zealand	KO 11

1961
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 9	Johnny Halafihi	Auckland, New Zealand	W 12
+ Feb. 27	Mike Holt	Wellington, New Zealand	W 12
+ Apr. 12	Rory Calhoun	Seattle, United States	W 10
+ May 24	Neal Rivers	Bellingham, United States	TKO 6
- Aug. 29	Harold Johnson	Seattle, United States	L 15
(For World NBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 11	Joey Bowman	Aberdeen, United States	KO 2
+ June 3	Pekka Kokkonen	Stockholm, Sweden	W 10
+ Aug. 17	Pekka Kokkonen	Helsinki, Finland	W 10
- Oct. 17	Mauro Mina	Lima, Peru	L 10
+ Dec. 5	Von Clay	Seattle, United States	W 10

1963
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 18	Mauro Mina	Lima, Peru	L 12
+ May 29	Honey Peterson	Seattle, United States	KO 3
+ June 18	Bob McKinney	Bremerton, United States	W 10
+ June 27	Chic Calderwood	Paisley, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 29	Henry Hank	Flint, United States	W 15
(Won vacant Michigan World Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 11	Don Bale	Bellingham, United States	TKO 2

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 21	Johnny Persol	New York, United States	L 12
+ Mar. 13	Johnny Persol	New York, United States	KO 4
- July 3	Wayne Thornton	New York, United States	L 10
- Oct. 16	Wayne Thornton	Seattle, United States	TKO by 9

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 11	Wayne Thornton	Seattle, Italy	L 12
- July 30	Piero Del Papa	Pisa, Italy	L 10
= Aug. 13	Roger Rouse	Butte, United States	Draw 10
+ Sept. 30	Andy Kendall	Seattle, United States	TKO 10
- Oct. 23	Roger Rouse	Butte, United States	TKO by 7

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 22	Sipa Fine	Auckland, New Zealand	KO 7
+ Apr. 20	Emil Umek	Vancouver, Canada	W 10
- Aug. 15	Jose Torres	Las Vegas, United States	L 15
(For World Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Nov. 3	Roger Rouse	Seattle, United States	L 12
+ Dec. 13	Charlie Hall	Tacoma, United States	TKO 1

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 10	Bobby Rascon	Tacoma, United States	KO 6
+ Mar. 22	Bobby Stininato	Auckland, New Zealand	TKO 9
- May 8	Bob Foster	Washington, United States	KO by 3
+ Aug. 2	Ernie Gipson	Anchorage, United States	KO 1