Sport & Note

Ernie DURANDO

Male

"The Rock"
(Armando Ernest Durando)
Middleweight, USA, Bayonne, New Jersey
Born: April 7, 1926, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
Height: 5f 8 1/2in, mt 1,72 1/2

Italian-American

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1945
+ Oct. 25	Joe Krolji	New Brunswick, United States	TKO 1
+ Nov. 15	Red Rossi	Highland Park, United States	W 4
1946
+ Jan. 17	Willie Radin	Highland Park, United States	W 4
+ Apr. 2	Cliff Garden	Somerville, United States	W 4
- Apr. 23	Mickey Logan	Somerville, United States	L 4
* May 21	Daly Curtis	Somerville, United States	NC 2
+ Sept. 17	Eddie Matt	Jersey City, United States	KO 4
+ Oct. 1	Artie Murphy	Jersey City, United States	KO 2
= Oct. 15	Bobby Baldwin	Jersey City, United States	Draw 4
+ Nov. 12	Tiger Jack	Jersey City, United States	W 4
+ Nov. 26	Tony Wilson	Jersey City, United States	KO 1
+ Dec. 3	Joey LaScala	Jersey City, United States	KO 2
1947
+ Jan. 21	Eddie Brown	Jersey City, United States	KO 2
+ Feb. 4	Joe Relich	Jersey City, United States	KO 2
+ Feb. 11	Eli DeLoach	Jersey City, United States	KO 3
+ Mar. 10	Danny Ruggerio	New York, United States	KO 1
+ Mar. 18	Roy Wilson	Jersey City, United States	W 6
+ Apr. 1	Eric Oliver	Jersey City, United States	KO 1
+ July 1	Jimmy Milligan	Union City, United States	KO 4
+ July 15	Freddie Patterson	Union City, United States	W 8
+ Aug. 5	Billy Ellison	Elizabeth, United States	KO 2
+ Sept. 24	Esco Greenwood	Jersey City, United States	W 8
- Oct. 14	Jules Rinaldo	Jersey City, United States	L 8
1948
+ Nov. 9	Tommy Thomas	Jersey City, United States	KO 1
+ Nov. 23	Earl Peoples	Jersey City, United States	KO 1
- Dec. 7	Roger Muriel	Jersey City, United States	L 8
1949
+ Jan. 19	Johnny Crosby	Jersey City, United States	KO 1
= Feb. 2	Mike DeCosmo	Jersey City, United States	Draw 8
+ Mar. 9	Mike DeCosmo	Jersey City, United States	TKO 8
+ June 28	Billy Lee	Bayonne, United States	KO 8
- Aug. 1	Jimmy Taylor	Newark, United States	L 8
+ Aug. 29	Jimmy Milligan	Newark, United States	KO 2
+ Sept. 9	Jimmy Snedeker	New York, United States	KO 1
- Sept. 23	Jimmy Flood	New York, United States	KO by 6
+ Nov. 21	Jimmy Mills	Jersey City, United States	KO 2
+ Dec. 16	Jimmy Sanders	New York, United States	KO 2
1950
- Jan. 27	Rocky Castellani	New York, United States	L 10
+ Mar. 8	Vinnie Cidone	New York, United States	TKO 4
+ May 26	Sal Belloise	New York, United States	TKO 5
+ June 19	Mario Moreno	Brooklyn, United States	W 8
+ Aug. 23	Tony Masciarelli	Bayonne, United States	W 8
- Sept. 15	Paddy Young	New York, United States	L 10
- Oct. 23	Paul Pender	Boston, United States	L 10
+ Nov. 9	Joey DeJohn	Cleveland, United States	KO 5
- Dec. 4	Harold Green	Cleveland, United States	L 10
1951
- Feb. 2	Harold Green	New York, United States	L 10
- Apr. 30	Joey Giardello	Scranton, United States	L 10
+ May 16	Joe Bonadies	Elizabeth, United States	TKO 6
- July 30	Bobby Dykes	Miami, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 7	Jimmy Herring	New York, United States	TKO 2
+ Nov. 2	Paddy Young	New York, United States	W 10
= Nov. 30	Paddy Young	New York, United States	Draw 10
1952
+ Jan. 11	Rocky Castellani	New York, United States	TKO 7
- Mar. 7	Paddy Young	New York, United States	L 10
+ June 27	Norman Hayes	New York, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 27	Freddie Lott	Providence, United States	TKO 7
1953
- Mar. 27	Paddy Young	New York, United States	L 12
- June 26	Joey Giardello	New York, United States	L 10
= Sept. 2	Randy Sandy	Saint Louis, United States	Draw 10
+ Oct. 23	Charles Humez	Paris, France	KO 6
1954
- Feb. 19	Rocky Castellani	New York, United States	L 10
+ Mar. 29	Ted Olla	Milwaukee, United States	TKO 8
- June 9	Billy Kilgore	Miami Beach, United States	TKO by 10
+ Oct. 25	Bobby Dykes	Milwaukee, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 14	Jesse Turner	Kansas City, United States	W 10
- Dec. 28	Peter Mueller	Milwaukee, United States	KO by 7
1955
- Feb. 4	Kid Gavilan	New York, United States	L 10
- June 17	Ralph Jones	New York, United States	TKO by 6
1956
+ July 5	Jimmy Martinez	Portland, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 13	Fernando Spallotta	Paterson, United States	cTKO 7
- Dec. 24	Angelo DeFendis	New York, United States	KO by 1
1957
- Feb. 18	Gene Fullmer	Denver, United States	L 10

Summary

Total bouts: 72, Won: 45 (31 inside the limit), Lost: 22 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 1