British-born American actor and comedian Bob Hope had a brief boxing career (in 1919) under the name Packy East (named after the popular boxer Packey McFarland).[1] His best result was making it to the finals of the Ohio novice championship in 1919.[2][3] Hope participated in a few staged bouts later in life.
Boxing record
edit| Result | Record | Opponent |
Method | Date | Round | Time | Event | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A |  Mike Carrigan (Wisniewski)
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result unavailable | 1919 | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | |||||
| Win | 1-0-0 | Unknown[1]
|
KO | 1919 | 1 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Opening match (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. Source: New York Herald Tribune, July 10, 1938. | |
| Win | 2-0-0 | Joe E. Morgan[1]
|
Default (Hope's opponent failed to show for bout.) | July 1, 1919 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. | ||
| Win | 3-0-0 | Aldo Sperati[1]
|
July 3, 1919 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. | |||
| Win | 4-0-0 | Shorty Sedwich[1]
|
KO | July 4, 1919 | 1 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. | |
| Loss | 4-1-0 | Happy Walsh[1]
|
KO | 1919 | Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament) | Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio | Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. Source: The Plain Dealer, August 17, 1984. | ||
| Win | 5-1-0 | Jack Dempsey[1]
|
KO | April 10, 1948 | 1 | 0:14 | Charity match for the US Airforce | Madison Square Garden, New York | Clearly a "rigged" bout. Former heavyweight champ Dempsey is "KO'd" in 14 seconds.[4] |
| No contest | 5-1-0-1 | Rocky Marciano
|
No contest | 1968 | 1 | "Salute To The USO" | Madison Square Garden, New York | Charity match. Bing Crosby was referee. 19,000 fans attended. (RING Magazine, May 1968, page 33) | |
| N/A | 5-1-0-1 | Sugar Ray Robinson
|
Result Unknown | April 21, 1972 | Sugar Ray Youth Foundation | North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | Charity match for the Sugar Ray (Robinson) Youth Foundation[5] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Bob Hope". boxing-scoop.com. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ Current Biography 1941, pp. 402–404.
- ^ "Bob Hope: A Cleveland son and an American legend". Homegrown Heroes. cleveland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "BOB HOPE KNOCKS JACK DEMPSEY COLD!". Reuters (via itnsource.com). October 4, 1948. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ^ "Charity match for the Sugar Ray (Robinson) Youth Foundation". Aiken Standard. April 21, 1972. p. 5.[dead link]
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