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Gerald DREYER
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Welterweight
Male
South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Born: September 22, 1929, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Died: September 5, 1985, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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as an amateur:
1948 London, England, Olympic Games lightweight gold medal
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No amateur results
Professional record| | | 1948 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Dec. 18 | Mannetjie Roux | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 4 | | | | 1949 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Feb. 26 | Johnny Beckett | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 3 | | + Mar. 26 |  Fanie Bushney | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 4 | | + May 7 | Andrew Kinnear | Harare (Salisbury), Zimbabwe | KO 3 | | + May 12 | Fanie Bushney | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 6 | | + Dec. 17 | Ginger Jonker | Johannesburg, South Africa | KO 3 | | | | 1950 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Feb. 4 | Ricky McCulloch | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Mar. 4 | Jimmy Toweel | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 12 | | South African Lightweight Title | | + June 3 | Al Pereira | Maputo, Mozambique | TKO 4 | | + July 1 | Tony Lombard | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO 7 | | South African Lightweight Title | | + July 29 |  Bartolome Marti | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Aug. 26 | Jimmy Toweel | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Dec. 19 |  Johnny McCoy | Germiston, South Africa | KO 2 | | | | 1951 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Jan. 6 | Ian Purchase | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | TKO 4 | | + Jan. 27 |  Billy Thompson | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 10 | | + Apr. 10 | Joe Lucy | Kensington, Great Britain | W 10 | | + Apr. 24 | Peter Fallon | Harringay, Great Britain | W 8 | | + June 13 | Selwyn Evans | Porthcawl, Great Britain | TKO 6 | | - Aug. 22 |  Cliff Anderson | Porthcawl, Great Britain | KO by 1 | | + Dec. 26 | Howie Friedman | Miami Beach, United States | KO 5 | | + Dec. 28 | Tony Gagliardi | West Palm Beach, United States | KO 3 | | | | 1952 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Jan. 28 | Bobby Timpson | New York, United States | TKO 7 | | + Feb. 5 | Eddie Reynolds | Toronto, Canada | KO 2 | | + Feb. 29 | Roy Wirt | West Palm Beach, United States | W 10 | | + Mar. 12 | Ralph Alvarez | Chicago, United States | KO 1 | | + Mar. 17 |  James Montgomery | Boston, United States | W 6 | | + Mar. 28 | Don Alderson | New York, United States | W 6 | | + May 14 | Baby Ike | Los Angeles, United States | W 6 | | + June 17 | Art Soto | Los Angeles, United States | W 10 | | + Aug. 5 | Baby William | Miami Beach, United States | W 10 | | + Oct. 31 | Sal DiMartino | New York, United States | W 8 | | + Dec. 8 | Cliff Curvis | Johannesburg, South Africa | W 15 | | Commonwealth Welterweight Title | | | | 1953 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Feb. 21 | Peter Galleymore | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | KO 9 | | + Apr. 17 | Phil Burton | New York, United States | TKO 6 | | - May 5 |  Italo Scortichini | Brooklyn, United States | L 10 | | + June 16 | Vic Cardell | Brooklyn, United States | W 10 | | - July 18 | Wilbur Wilson | Boston, United States | L 10 | | = Sept. 19 | Wilbur Wilson | Boston, United States | Draw 10 | | = Nov. 14 | Pat Manzi | Albany, United States | Draw 10 | | | | 1954 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | - Jan. 15 |  Barry Brown | Wellington, New Zealand | TKO by 7 | | Commonwealth Welterweight Title | | + Feb. 22 | Johnny Brown | Holyoke, United States | TKO 4 | | + Mar. 8 | Billy Andy | Providence, United States | TKO 5 | | - Apr. 7 | Chuck Davey | Oakland, United States | L 10 | | + July 9 | Joey Greenwood | Hubbard, United States | KO 2 | | + Aug. 16 |  El Conscripto | New York, United States | TKO 7 | | + Oct. 18 | Ramon Tiscareno | New York, United States | TKO 1 | | | | 1955 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | - Jan. 3 | Joe Klein | Brooklyn, United States | TKO by 7 | | + Apr. 16 | Chris van Rooyen | Salisbury, Zimbabwe | TKO 3 | | - July 9 | Eddie Thomas | Johannesburg, South Africa | TKO by 2 | | - Aug. 8 | Benny Nieuwenhuizen | Durban, South Africa | TKO by 8 | | South African Welterweight Title |
Summary
Total bouts: 50, Won: 40 (22 inside the limit), Lost: 8 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0, ND: 0
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