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Billy Conn is also mentioned in the 1966 Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau classic comedy movie The Fortune Cookie. In the apartment scene where Lemmon asks Boom Boom "Where'd you learn that? Don't tell me, your father was a Pullman porter", for which Boom Boom replies "He was a fighter, light heavyweight. Once went rounds with Billy Conn." Conn ...
June 9 – In a rematch of their 1941 bout, Joe Louis retains the world Heavyweight title with an eighth-round knockout over former world Light Heavyweight champion Billy Conn, in New York. September 27 – Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano fight each other for the first time, starting one of boxing's most notorious rivalries. World Middleweight ...
Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. [2] Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana , a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", [ 3 ] reinforced by his reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win.
1941 – Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn I; 1942 – Willie Pep W 15 Chalky Wright I; 1943 – Beau Jack W 15 Bob Montgomery II; 1944 – Bob Montgomery W 15 Beau Jack III; 1945 – Rocky Graziano KO 10 Red Cochrane I; 1946 – Tony Zale KO 6 Rocky Graziano I; 1947 – Rocky Graziano KO 6 Tony Zale II; 1948 – Marcel Cerdan KO 12 Tony Zale
The highlight of the year is the World Heavyweight title fight between two current world champions, Joe Louis and Billy Conn, won by Louis with a 13th-round knockout. Lineal world champions [1] World Heavyweight Championship – Joe Louis; World Light Heavyweight Championship – Billy Conn; World Middleweight Championship – vacant → Tony Zale
Bettina lost the title in his first defense, when he lost a unanimous decision to National Boxing Association champion Billy Conn on July 13. Later that same year, on September 25, he lost another unanimous decision to Conn at Pittsburgh's Forbes Field .
Tony Zale: PTS 10 Nov 19, 1940 Civic Auditorium, Seattle, Washington, U.S. 49 Win 42–7 Bobby Pacho: PTS 10 Sep 16, 1940 ... Billy Conn: UD 15 Feb 10, 1939
1939 – Billy Conn; 1940s. 1940 – Henry Armstrong; 1941 – Joe Louis; ... 1946 – Tony Zale; 1947 – Gus Lesnevich; 1948 – Ike Williams; 1949 – Ezzard Charles;