Sport & Note

Black Bill

Male

(Eladio Valdes)
Flyweight, Cuba
Born: May 1, 1905, Havana, Cuba
Died: April 14 1933, Harlem, New York, USA
(suicide)
Height: 5ft 31/2in, mt 1,60

Black Bill retired due to failing eyesight
and eventually became blind

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1920
+ Sept. 11	Diego Blanco	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ Dec. 11	Kid Castro	Havana, Cuba	W 6
1921
+ Jan. 2	Young Alvarez	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ Feb. 2	Gerardo Rodriguez	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Mar. 2	Andre Fitcher	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Apr. 3	Kid Castro	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Apr. 24	Antonio Pinero	Havana, Cuba	WDQ 6
+ Apr. 30	Antonio Pinero	Havana, Cuba	W 4
= May 2	Julio Otamendi	Havana, Cuba	Draw 4
+ June 7	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ June 9	Kid Garcia	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
+ July 10	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ July 15	A Cardona	Havana, Cuba	KO 5
= July 24	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	Draw 6
+ Aug. 11	Diego Blanco	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ Aug. 28	Andres Urquia	Havana, Cuba	KO 3
+ Sept. 3	Armando Garay	Havana, Cuba	W 6
- Sept. 3	Kid Castro	Havana, Cuba	L 4
+ Sept. 9	Diego Pedroso	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Sept. 17	Eduardo Cardenas	Havana, Cuba	KO 5
+ Sept. 20	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	W 6
= Sept. 25	Julio Otamendi	Havana, Cuba	Draw 8
+ Oct. 2	Kid Guanajay	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ Oct. 10	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Oct. 16	Joe Fox	Havana, Cuba	KO 5
+ Nov. 6	Dixie Lewis	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ Nov. 8	Young Sibysco	Havana, Cuba	KO 5
+ Nov. 25	Mike Rojo	Havana, Cuba	KO 8
+ Dec. 10	Diego Pedroso	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
1922
= Jan. 7	Julio Otamendi	Havana, Cuba	Draw 4
- Jan. 11	Antonio Valdez	Havana, Cuba	L 6
- Jan. 14	Jockey Joe Dillon	Marianao, Cuba	L 12
- Jan. 28	Antonio Valdez	Marianao, Cuba	L 8
+ Mar. 10	Modesto Morales	Cuba, Cuba	W 6
+ Apr. 8	Andres Rojo	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
+ Apr. 10	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Apr. 29	Andres Urquia	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ May 15	Kid MCarthy	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ May 20	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ June 15	Kid Delgado	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ July 10	Modesto Morales	Cuba, Cuba	W 6
+ July 15	Luis Ventura	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ July 22	Joe Gomez	Havana, Cuba	W 12
- Oct. 10	Genaro Pino	Havana, Cuba	LDQ 7
Cuban Light-Flyweight Title
+ Nov. 25	Kid Guanajay	Havana, Cuba	W 8
1923
+ Mar. 17	Kid Guanajay	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ May 7	Genaro Pino	Havana, Cuba	W 12
Cuban Light-Flyweight Title
+ June 10	Tommy Albear	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ July 2	Modesto Morales	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ July 22	Mike Rojo	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Aug. 19	Kid Guanajay	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ Sept. 1	Emilio Casado	Havana, Cuba	KO 4
+ Oct. 28	Jackie Palmer	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Dec. 8	Genaro Pino	Havana, Cuba	W 10
1924
+ Jan. 5	Kid Molinet	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Feb. 9	Angel Kid White	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ May 10	Ramon Perez	Havana, Cuba	KO 4
+ June 28	Ramon Perez	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
+ July 1	Enriquito Valdez	Havana, Cuba	TKO 6
+ Aug. 30	Kid Molinet	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Sept. 20	Marino Diaz	Havana, Cuba	TKO 6
1925
+ Jan. 3	Genaro Pino	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Apr. 4	Bobby Burke	New York, United States	W 12
+ Apr. 25	Nick Graikert	New York, United States	W 12
+ May 6	Willie Woods	New York, United States	W 12
+ May 16	Jockey Joe Dillon	New York, United States	W 10
+ May 28	Scotty McKeown	New York, United States	W 10
+ June 13	Sammy Bienfeld	New York, United States	W 10
+ June 27	Izzy Schwartz	New York, United States	W 10
+ July 11	Willie Woods	New York, United States	W 12
+ July 20	Izzy Schwartz	Long Island City, United States	W 10
+ Aug. 22	Battling Al Murray	New York, United States	W 10
- Aug. 29	Young Dencio	New York, United States	LDQ 5
- Sept. 17	Izzy Schwartz	New York, United States	L 10
+ Sept. 26	Young Dencio	New York, United States	W 12
- Sept. 30	Willie Davies	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
- Oct. 16	Ernie Jarvis	New York, United States	L 10
+ Oct. 24	Izzy Schwartz	New York, United States	W 12
+ Nov. 7	Jimmy Russo	New York, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 11	Marty Gold	Philadelphia, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 12	Scotty McKeown	New York, United States	W 10
1926
- Jan. 1	Davey Adelman	Reading, United States	L 6
+ Jan. 2	Bobby Burke	New York, United States	W 10
+ Jan. 12	Willie Woods	Albany, United States	W 12
- Jan. 15	Young Chappie	Philadelphia, United States	L 10
+ Feb. 6	Manny Wexler	New York, United States	W 10
+ Feb. 15	Benny Tell	Brooklyn, United States	W 10
+ Feb. 20	Eddie Ziegler	New York, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 6	Bobby Green	New York, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 15	Johnny Breslin	New York, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 31	Henny Catena	Havana, Cuba	W 12
+ Apr. 14	Enrique Valdez	Havana, Cuba	W 12
* Apr. 24	Lalo Dominguez	Havana, Cuba	ND 3
= June 2	Willie Davies	Havana, Cuba	Draw 12
= July 5	Willie Davies	Havana, Cuba	Draw 12
= July 17	Mickey Gill	New York, United States	Draw 10
- Aug. 27	Tommy Hughes	Cleveland, United States	L 10
+ Aug. 30	Benny Marks	Woodhaven, United States	WDQ 7
- Sept. 11	Billy Kelly	Brooklyn, United States	L 6
= Oct. 2	Joey Ross	New York, United States	Draw 6
- Nov. 5	Happy Atherton	New York, United States	L 10
- Dec. 13	Ruby Bradley	Holyoke, United States	L 10
1927
- Jan. 1	Davey Adelman	Reading, United States	L 8
= Jan. 8	Blas Rodriguez	New York, United States	Draw 12
+ Jan. 19	Pinky Silverberg	New York, United States	W 6
- Feb. 5	Joey Ross	New York, United States	L 10
= Feb. 28	Matty White	Atlantic City, United States	Draw 8
+ Apr. 11	Phil Tobias	Brooklyn, United States	W 10
+ July 20	Willie Cubic	Newark, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 10	Kiki Torres	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Nov. 15	Gilbert Castillo	Havana, Cuba	KO 10
1928
+ Feb. 25	Anselmo Kid Salgado	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
+ Mar. 3	Ramon Perez	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Mar. 10	Enrique Valdez	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ May 30	Gilbert Castillo	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ June 16	Enrique Valdez	Havana, Cuba	W 8
+ Aug. 30	H Betancourt	Haana, Cuba	KO 10
+ Sept. 1	Young Granado	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Nov. 17	Young Chappie	New York, United States	W 10
- Dec. 3	Joey Ross	Toronto, Canada	L 10
+ Dec. 29	Pinky Silverberg	New York, United States	W 6
1929
+ Jan. 26	Tommy Abobo	New York, United States	W 10
+ Feb. 9	Routier Parra	New York, United States	W 10
+ Feb. 15	Marty Gold	Hamilton, Canada	W 10
+ Feb. 23	Freddie Lattanzio	New York, United States	W 10
+ Mar. 14	Marty Gold	Philadelphia, United States	W 8
+ Mar. 18	Mickey Paul	Buffalo, United States	W 6
+ Mar. 30	Mickey Paul	Toronto, Canada	TKO 5
+ Apr. 8	Johnny McCoy	Toronto, Canada	W 8
+ Apr. 15	Hal Stevenson	Buffalo, United States	TKO 8
+ Apr. 29	Routier Parra	Brooklyn, United States	KO 9
+ May 11	Jack McDermott	New York, United States	W 10
+ June 24	Harry Goldstein	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ July 10	Phil Tobias	Brooklyn, United States	W 10
+ July 26	Marty Gold	Rockaway Beach, United States	W 10
+ Aug. 31	Tommy Abobo	Rockaway Beach, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 17	Happy Atherton	Toronto, Canada	W 10
+ Sept. 30	Johnny McCoy	Buffalo, United States	W 6
+ Nov. 4	Willie Davies	New York, United States	W 10
+ Nov. 22	Eugene Huat	New York, United States	W 10
+ Dec. 7	Mickey Paul	New York, United States	KO 6
+ Dec. 11	Freddie Lattanzio	Bronx, United States	W 10
1930
+ Jan. 11	Freddie Lattanzio	New York, United States	W 10
+ Jan. 25	Routier Parra	New York, United States	W 8
+ Feb. 8	Routier Parra	New York, United States	W 8
+ Mar. 1	Manuel Gonzales	Havana, Cuba	W 10
- Mar. 21	Midget Wolgast	New York, United States	L 15
vacant NYSAC World Flyweight Title
+ Apr. 28	Routier Parra	Toronto, Canada	W 6
- June 2	Willie Davies	North Braddock, United States	L 10
- July 14	Willie Davies	North Braddock, United States	L 10
- Sept. 17	Marty Gold	North Braddock, United States	L 10
- Sept. 23	Happy Atherton	Indianapolis, United States	L 10
+ Oct. 16	Freddie Lattanzio	New York, United States	W 10
- Nov. 20	Antol Kocsis	New York, United States	L 10
= Dec. 25	Jose Lago	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Draw 10
1931
+ Jan. 1	Felipe Andrade	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 10

Summary

Total bouts: 156, Won: 120 (21 inside the limit), Lost: 24 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 11, NC: 1