Record details

George Godfrey

"Black Shadow of Leiperville"

Heavyweight

Male

(Feab Smith Williams)
USA, Leiperville, Pennsylvania
Born: January 25, 1897, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Died: August 13, 1947
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90

No amateur results

Professional record


1919
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 1	Eddie Jamison	United States, United States	KO 1

1920
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= May 1	Sam Langford	United States, United States	Draw 10
+ June 1	Battling Gahee	United States, United States	W 15
+ July 1	Bill Tate	United States, United States	W 10
- Nov. 1	Battling Norfolk	Memphis, United States	KO by 4
- Nov. 17	Sam Langford	Hot Springs, United States	KO by 2

1921
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 1	Young Norfolk	United States, United States	KO 1
- Feb. 15	Jack Thompson	Saint Louis, United States	KO by 4
- Aug. 17	Sam Langford	Covington, United States	KO by 1

1922
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	K O Gordon	United States, United States	KO 2
+ Oct. 20	George Ward	Philadelphia, United States	KO 5
+ Dec. 5	Jack Thompson	New York, United States	TKO 5

1923
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 21	Jim Pearson	New York, United States	KO 1
+ Feb. 27	Clem Johnson	Albany, United States	W 12
- Mar. 9	Jack Renault	New York, United States	KO by 11
+ Sept. 17	Buddy Jackson	Chester, United States	TKO 2
+ Nov. 2	Bill Tate	New York, United States	KO 7
+ Dec. 7	Rough House Ware	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
- Dec. 13	Battling Owens	Youngstown, United States	LDQ 5

1924
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 31	Tom Cowler	Philadelphia, United States	LDQ 2
+ May 12	Farmer Lodge	Philadelphia, United States	KO 3
+ June 23	Jack Thompson	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 3
- July 19	Jack Townsend	New York, United States	LDQ 1
- Sept. 8	Jack Renault	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
+ Dec. 1	Joe White	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 1

1925
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 30	Black Soldier Jones	Pottsville, United States	KO 2
+ Feb. 26	Tut Jackson	New York, United States	KO 5
+ Mar. 21	Vic Alexander	Wilmington, United States	KO 6
+ Apr. 14	Sam Baker	Vernon, United States	TKO 4
+ June 6	Jack Renault	San Francisco, United States	W 10
+ Aug. 4	Tiny Jim Herman	Vernon, United States	TKO 3
+ Aug. 26	Mike Conroy	Los Angeles, United States	TKO 2
+ Sept. 29	Martin Burke	Vernon, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 14	Battling Owens	New Orleans, United States	KO 3
+ Dec. 18	Fred Fulton	Minneapolis, United States	KO 5
+ Dec. 23	Martin Burke	New York, United States	W 10

1926
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 6	Sully Montgomery	Los Angeles, United States	WDQ 7
- June 9	Chuck Wiggins	Los Angeles, United States	LDQ 7
+ Aug. 24	Tiny Jim Herman	Portland, United States	W 10
- Sept. 21	Jack Sharkey	Boston, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 23	Bob Lawson	Philadelphia, United States	W 6
+ Nov. 1	Jack Townsend	New York, United States	WDQ 6
+ Nov. 8	Larry Gains	Buffalo, United States	TKO 6
* Nov. 23	Bearcat Wright	Portland, United States	NC 10
+ Dec. 3	Cowboy Billy Owens	Chicago, United States	TKO 8

1927
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 8	Ralph Smith	Portland, United States	TKO 9
+ Mar. 29	Tony Fuente	Los Angeles, United States	TKO 2
+ Apr. 6	Jack Roper	Oakland, United States	KO 9
+ Apr. 18	Leon Chevalier	Los Angeles, United States	KO 4
+ May 5	Jack Roper	Culver City, United States	TKO 5
+ May 13	Long Tom Hawkins	San Diego, United States	KO 7
+ June 23	Jake Kilrain	Culver City, United States	W 10
+ July 5	Neal Clisby	Los Angeles, United States	KO 7
+ Aug. 15	Jim Maloney	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ Sept. 8	Henry van Patten	Culver City, United States	KO 2
+ Sept. 14	Monte Munn	Brooklyn, United States	TKO 4
+ Oct. 31	Tom Sayers	Philadelphia, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 21	Clem Johnson	Atlantic City, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 22	Jack Townsend	New York, United States	W 4
+ Dec. 5	Andre DeRosa	Canton, United States	KO 2
+ Dec. 26	Soldier Horace Jones	Pittsburgh, United States	KO 1

1928
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 23	Joe White	Atlantic City, United States	TKO 1
+ Feb. 28	Paulino Uzcudun	Los Angeles, United States	W 10
- June 27	Johnny Risko	Brooklyn, United States	L 10
- Aug. 15	Larry Gains	Toronto, Canada	LDQ 3
+ Aug. 21	Tut Jackson	Greensboro, United States	TKO 4
+ Aug. 31	Pierre Charles	Detroit, United States	KO 2
+ Oct. 12	Benny Hill	Buffalo, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 12	Bud Gorman	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 3
+ Dec. 3	Clem Johnson	Richmond, United States	KO 3
+ Dec. 12	Jim Sigman	Fremont, United States	KO 2

1929
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 7	Al Walker	Philadelphia, United States	LDQ 3
+ Jan. 14	Francisco Cruz Coelho	Lorain, United States	KO 2
+ Apr. 5	Bill Hartwell	Orlando, United States	KO 2
+ Apr. 15	Farmer Lodge	Jackson, United States	KO 2
+ June 3	Jimmy Byrne	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 7
+ June 26	Chuck Wiggins	Cleveland, United States	TKO 7
+ July 15	Ralph Smith	Grand Rapids, United States	TKO 2
- Aug. 13	Long Tom Hawkins	Los Angeles, United States	LDQ 3
* Nov. 7	Jimmy Byrne	Boston, United States	NC 7
+ Dec. 23	Leonard Dixon	Roanoke, United States	KO 3

1930
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 10	Jack Gross	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 5
+ Mar. 24	Roy Ace Clark	Philadelphia, United States	KO 7
+ May 16	Jack Rozier	Baltimore, United States	TKO 1
- June 23	Primo Carnera	Philadelphia, United States	LDQ 5
+ July 8	Frankie Simms	Cleveland, United States	TKO 2
+ Aug. 20	Elijah Lee	Indianapolis, United States	KO 2
+ Aug. 26	Arthur De Kuh	Cleveland, United States	KO 4
+ Nov. 7	Seal Harris	Lansing, United States	KO 4
+ Dec. 8	Seal Harris	Milwaukee, United States	KO 3
= Dec. 19	Bearcat Wright	Atlanta, United States	Draw 10

1931
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Salvatore Ruggirello	Mexico City, Mexico	KO 1
+ Feb. 23	Ricardo Rosel	Nuevo Laredo, Mexico	KO 1
Mexican Heavyweight Title
+ July 13	George Gemas	Toronto, Canada	KO 2
+ Aug. 24	Seal Harris	Toronto, Canada	KO 2
- Nov. 17	Jack Gross	Los Angeles, United States	L 10

1932
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 10	K O Willis	Mount Clemens, United States	KO 2
+ Apr. 15	Gene Stanton	Mount Clemens, United States	KO 3
+ May 3	Flash Ryser	Monroe, United States	KO 2
+ May 10	K O Harper	Mount Clemens, United States	KO 2
+ May 19	Harry Johnson	Pontiac, United States	KO 1
+ May 24	Billy Williams	Alliance, United States	KO 1
+ May 30	Texas Tanner	Canton, United States	KO 2
+ Sept. 5	Roy Ace Clark	Nuevo Laredo, Mexico	KO 5
+ Oct. 24	Al Fay	Philadelphia, United States	TKO 8
+ Dec. 12	Walter Cobb	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
- Dec. 29	Walter Cobb	Philadelphia, United States	L 10

1933
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Tiger Jack Fox	Indianapolis, United States	W 10
* Feb. 10	Bearcat Wright	Kansas City, United States	NC 6
- Oct. 9	Obie Walker	Philadelphia, United States	L 10

1934
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 30	Valentin Campolo	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	W 10
+ Aug. 18	Giacomo Bergomas	Sao Paulo, Brazil	KO 6
* Aug. 25	Mauro Galusso	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	NC 3
+ Nov. 14	Hans Schoenrath	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 3

1935
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 1	Piet Van Gool	Leuven, Belgium	W 10
+ Apr. 10	Arthur Meurant	Belgium, Belgium	KO 5
+ May 1	Arthur Meurant	Belgium, Belgium	KO 3
+ May 10	Giuseppe Sanga	Belgium, Belgium	KO 5
+ June 7	Dumitru Pavelescu	Bucharest, Romania	KO 2
- June 15	Motzi Spakow	Bucharest, Romania	LDQ 4
+ Oct. 2	Pierre Charles	Brussels, Belgium	W 15
vacant IBU Heavyweight Title


1936 Inactive

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Aug. 10	Hank Hankinson	Los Angeles, United States	TKO by 8