Bennie Briscoe
Bennie Briscoe | |
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Statistics | |
Real name | Bennie Briscoe |
Nickname(s) | Bad |
Rated at | Middleweight |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Nationality |
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Born |
Augusta, Georgia, United States | February 8, 1943
Died |
December 28, 2010 67) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States | (aged
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 96 |
Wins | 66 |
Wins by KO | 53 |
Losses | 24 |
Draws | 5 |
"Bad" Bennie Briscoe (February 8, 1943 – December 28, 2010) was the quintessential Philadelphia boxer.[1]
"Bad" Bennie fought from 1962 to 1982, and retired with a career record of 66 wins (53 by KO) 24 losses and 5 draws. Briscoe was a top-rated Middleweight contender during the 1970s, unsuccessfully challenging for the World Title on three different occasions. His record reads like a "who's who" list of prominent fighters from his era.
Amateur career
Briscoe had a standout career as an amateur, compiling a record of 70–3 (Source: The Ring, Sept 1963). He won the Middle Atlantic AAU title three times, the last in 1962 at Convention Hall in Philadelphia.
Professional career
Bennie fought Middleweight champions Marvin Hagler, Vito Antuofermo, Rodrigo Valdez, Emile Griffith and Carlos Monzón. He also fought and defeated future light-heavyweight champions Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Vicente Rondon, plus middleweight contenders Joe Shaw, Tom Bethea, Carlos Marks, Rafael Gutierrez, Charley Scott, Billy "Dynamite" Douglas, George Benton, Jose Gonzales (twice), Art Hernandez, Tony Mundine, Stanley "Kitten" Hayward, Juarez DeLima, Eugene "Cyclone" Hart and Tony Chiaverini. Briscoe also dropped two decisions to former welterweight champion Luis Rodriguez.
Bennie was known for his toughness, strong punch and body punching. He fought future middleweight champion Monzon to a draw in Buenos Aires on May 6, 1967, but dropped a 15 round decision to the champion in a 1972 title match. Briscoe was outpointed by former welterweight and middleweight king Emile Griffith in their first match, but fought Griffith to a draw in a rematch. He was outpointed by future middleweight champions Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofermo.
Bennie also fought Rodrigo Valdez three times. He was outpointed twice, but Valdez scored a rare KO over Briscoe in an elimination match to determine the WBC middleweight champion on May 25, 1974 - it was the only time in 96 fights that Briscoe was ever stopped. The WBC had decided to "strip" Monzon of its version of the middleweight crown, although the rest of the world continued to recognize Monzon as champion.
Briscoe was one of the most feared middleweights of his era. In 2003, he was named to the The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.[2] His final record was 66-24-5 with 53 knockouts and one No Contest.
Briscoe fought with the Star of David on his boxing trunks in tribute to his managers, first Jimmy Iselin, whose father Phil owned the New York Jets, and Arnold M. Weiss.
Professional boxing record
66 Wins (53 knockouts, 13 decisions), 24 Losses (1 knockout, 23 decisions), 5 Draws, 1 No Contest [3] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 10-7-1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 15/12/1982 | ![]() |
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Loss | 16-6-1 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 01/06/1982 | ![]() |
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Win | 20-2 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 | 23/03/1982 | ![]() |
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Win | 14-2 | ![]() |
KO | 6 | 23/12/1981 | ![]() |
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Loss | 21-8 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 30/01/1981 | ![]() |
3-6, 6-4, 2-8. |
Loss | 43-5-3 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 15/12/1980 | ![]() |
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Win | 22-3-2 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 25/08/1980 | ![]() |
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Loss | 21-2-2 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 24/01/1980 | ![]() |
44-47, 43-47, 43-50. |
Loss | 42-13-5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 20/10/1979 | ![]() |
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Win | 18-1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 11/09/1979 | ![]() |
48-43, 47-42, 47-43. |
Win | 6-5 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 | 14/08/1979 | ![]() |
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Win | 20-5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 23/05/1979 | ![]() |
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Loss | 30-15 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 05/02/1979 | ![]() |
44-47, 46-47, 41-49. |
Loss | 40-2-1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 24/08/1978 | ![]() |
43-48, 43-49, 44-47. |
Win | 12-3-2 | ![]() |
KO | 5 | 24/05/1978 | ![]() |
Patterson knocked out at 0:31 of the fifth round. |
Win | 21-3 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | 31/03/1978 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:05 of the eighth round. |
Loss | 40-3-1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 04/02/1978 | ![]() |
7-3, 6-3, 7-2-1. |
Loss | 59-6-2 | ![]() |
UD | 15 | 05/11/1977 | ![]() |
WBA/WBC World Middleweight Title. 144-146, 143-148, 142-149. |
Win | 13-12-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | 26/07/1977 | ![]() |
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Win | 33-5-1 | ![]() |
KO | 10 | 31/03/1977 | ![]() |
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Win | 15-5-3 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 17/01/1977 | ![]() |
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Draw | 42-30-1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 20/12/1976 | ![]() |
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Win | 5-1-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 | 16/08/1976 | ![]() |
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Draw | 82-20-1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 26/06/1976 | ![]() |
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Win | 29-5-1 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 06/04/1976 | ![]() |
Hart knocked out at 1:49 of the first round. |
Win | 16-20-4 | ![]() |
KO | 7 | 25/02/1976 | ![]() |
Flores knocked out at 2:45 of the seventh round. |
Draw | 28-5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 18/11/1975 | ![]() |
46-44, 44-45, 45-45. |
Win | 13-1-1 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 18/08/1975 | ![]() |
46-44, 49-42, 46-44. |
Win | 31-10-4 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 16/06/1975 | ![]() |
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Draw | 18-2 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 07/04/1975 | ![]() |
44-46, 46-46, 48-42. |
Win | 14-3 | ![]() |
KO | 10 | 14/01/1975 | ![]() |
Harden knocked out at 1:36 of the tenth round. |
Loss | 78-16-1 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | 09/10/1974 | ![]() |
41-45, 43-48, 45-45. |
Loss | 50-4-2 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 | 25/05/1974 | ![]() |
WBC World Middleweight Title. |
Win | 44-2-1 | ![]() |
KO | 5 | 25/02/1974 | ![]() |
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Win | 38-20-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 | 08/12/1973 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:52 of the seventh round. |
Win | 43-24-9 | ![]() |
KO | 3 | 22/10/1973 | ![]() |
Arocha knocked out at 1:24 of the third round. |
Loss | 47-4-2 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | 01/09/1973 | ![]() |
NABF Middleweight Title. |
Win | 27-6-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | 25/06/1973 | ![]() |
NABF Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:42 of the eighth round. |
Win | 46-17-2 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | 26/03/1973 | ![]() |
NABF Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:19 of the third round. |
Win | 30-20-9 | ![]() |
KO | 5 | 29/01/1973 | ![]() |
Salinas knocked out at 2:22 of the fifth round. |
Loss | 77-3-9 | ![]() |
UD | 15 | 11/11/1972 | ![]() |
WBA/WBC World Middleweight Titles. 139-150, 139-149, 143-149. |
Win | 19-17-5 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 | 11/10/1972 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:41 of the seventh round. |
Loss | 18-17-5 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 19/04/1972 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:41 of the seventh round. |
Win | 41-16-4 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 21/03/1972 | ![]() |
Rosales knocked out at 2:28 of the first round. |
Win | 14-3 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 18/01/1972 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:35 of the second round. |
Win | 42-6-3 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | 15/11/1971 | ![]() |
Gutierrez knocked out at 2:17 of the second round. |
Win | 38-39-7 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 | 14/10/1971 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the first round. |
Win | 38-11-5 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 10/08/1971 | ![]() |
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Win | 19-9-1 | ![]() |
KO | 5 | 03/05/1971 | ![]() |
Marks knocked out at 0:31 of the fifth round. |
Win | 11-8-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 | 22/03/1971 | ![]() |
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Win | 1-6 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | 12/01/1971 | ![]() |
Edwards knocked out at 2:25 of the second round. |
Win | 28-13-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 | 02/11/1970 | ![]() |
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Win | 23-14-3 | ![]() |
KO | 6 | 23/09/1970 | ![]() |
Owens knocked out at 1:22 of the sixth round. |
Win | 33-8-3 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 | 16/03/1970 | ![]() |
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Loss | 31-8-3 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | 18/11/1969 | ![]() |
44-47, 45-46, 45-45. |
Win | 37-21-8 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 30/09/1969 | ![]() |
Marshall knocked out at 0:52 of the first round. |
Win | 17-6-1 | ![]() |
KO | 4 | 19/05/1969 | ![]() |
Manning knocked out at 2:06 of the fourth round. |
Win | 35-14-2 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 | 10/03/1969 | ![]() |
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Loss | 30-5-5 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 14/02/1969 | ![]() |
2-7, 2-8, 7-3. |
Win | 17-4-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | 26/01/1969 | ![]() |
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Win | 32-27-5 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 18/11/1968 | ![]() |
45-46, 48-42, 47-45. |
Win | 42-6-2 | ![]() |
KO | 7 | 02/11/1968 | ![]() |
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Loss | 14-3-1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 23/09/1968 | ![]() |
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Win | 34-12-2 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 20/08/1968 | ![]() |
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Win | 36-17-6 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | 07/08/1968 | ![]() |
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Loss | 30-7-1 | ![]() |
DQ | 4 | 25/03/1968 | ![]() |
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Loss | 83-6 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 15/12/1967 | ![]() |
2-8, 2-7, 4-6. |
Win | 30-6-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 | 20/11/1967 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:53 of the sixth round. |
Win | 18-37-4 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | 30/10/1967 | ![]() |
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Win | 39-12 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 | 09/10/1967 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:51 of the fourth round. |
Win | 11-8 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 | 29/05/1967 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the seventh round. |
Draw | 40-3-6 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 06/05/1967 | ![]() |
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Loss | 76-6 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 20/03/1967 | ![]() |
42-48, 43-47, 45-47. |
Win | 54-11-1 | ![]() |
RTD | 9 | 05/12/1966 | ![]() |
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Win | 13-7-3 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 | 10/10/1966 | ![]() |
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No Contest | 13-7-3 | ![]() |
NC | 4 | 25/07/1966 | ![]() |
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Loss | 21-2-1 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | 06/12/1965 | ![]() |
43-48, 47-46, 45-47. |
Loss | 32-10-3 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 20/09/1965 | ![]() |
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Win | 16-13-1 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 10/05/1965 | ![]() |
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Win | 3-12 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 19/04/1965 | ![]() |
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Loss | 14-3 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | 29/03/1965 | ![]() |
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Win | 13-11-1 | ![]() |
KO | 7 | 22/02/1965 | ![]() |
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Win | 11-6-1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 30/11/1964 | ![]() |
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Win | 14-2 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | 15/06/1964 | ![]() |
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Win | 33-26 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 09/03/1964 | ![]() |
Pennsylvania Welterweight Title. |
Win | 10-6-1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 20/01/1964 | ![]() |
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Win | 10-3-1 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 02/12/1963 | ![]() |
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Win | 5-0-3 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 | 11/10/1963 | ![]() |
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Win | 3-0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 22/07/1963 | ![]() |
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Win | 3-5 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 25/04/1963 | ![]() |
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Win | 16-8 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 25/03/1963 | ![]() |
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Win | 1-3 | ![]() |
KO | 6 | 28/02/1963 | ![]() |
Smith knocked out at 1:47 of the sixth round. |
Win | 1-0 | ![]() |
KO | 4 | 11/02/1963 | ![]() |
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Win | 8-6-2 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | 14/01/1963 | ![]() |
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Win | 4-5-1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 | 13/12/1962 | ![]() |
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Win | 1-0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 10/09/1962 | ![]() |
Death
Bennie Briscoe died on December 28, 2010.[1]
References
- 1 2 Bertucci, Frank (29 December 2010). "Legendary Philly fighter Bennie Briscoe dies at 67". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Ring Magazine's 100 Greatest Punchers". Ring Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Bennie Briscoe : Boxer". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.