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Tommy Bell

BORN : March 13 1923; Youngstown, Ohio
HEIGHT : 5-7
WEIGHT : Welterweight
ETHNICITY: African-American
MANAGERS: Chris Dundee; Ernie Braca, Solly King

Amateur Record: 22-3
Pro Record: 51-29-3-1 (32 kayos)
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1942
---	Won Ohio AAU Welterweight Championship

Jul 21 	Bobby McIntyre 		Toledo, Oh       	 L 4
Jul 23 	Tom Gunther            	Youngstown, Oh          KO 1
Sep 22 	Chuck Taylor         	Pittsburgh, Pa           L 6
Oct  2 	Lou Woods              	Detroit, Mi              L 6
Oct 26 	Kid Chicken            	Detroit, Mi              D 6
Nov 20 	O'Neil Bell             Detroit, Mi              L 6

1943
Jan  1	Sam Hughes       	Detroit, Mi             KO 5
Feb 22 	Tommy James         	Chicago, Il             KO 7
Mar 29 	Johnny Roszina     	Chicago, Il              W 8
May 17 	Willie Russell 		Chicago, Il              W 8
Jun 18 	Warren Jones          	Springfield, Il          W 6
Jul  9 	Larry Thomas           	Chester, Pa             KO 3
Jul 23 	Verne Patterson       	Worcester, Ma           KO 5
Aug 13 	Kid Robinson         	Worcester, Ma           KO 9
Aug 27 	Eddie Brown           	Worcester, Ma           KO 3
Sep 17 	Buddy Farrell         	Worcester, Ma           KO 8
Oct 11 	Harold Smith           	Philadelphia, Pa         W 8
Oct 18 	Johnny Brown          	Newark, NJ               W 10
Oct 22 	Willie Cheatum        	Boston, Ma              KO 7
Nov  5 	Joe Lemieux            	Worcester, Ma           KO 1
Dec  3 	Johnny Brown          	Worcester, Ma            W 10
Dec 14	Bobby Winters       	New Bedford, Ma         KO 1

1944
Jan  1 	Bee Bee Wright       	Detroit, Mi             KO 2
Jan 14 	Johnny Brown           	Worcester, Ma           KO 9
Jan 28 	Al Gilbert          	Akron, Oh               KO 4
Feb  4 	Al Jolson              	Worcester, Ma            W 10
Feb 14 	Ernie Palaia           	Pittsburgh, Pa          KO 4
Feb 15 	Chuck Hunter          	Cleveland, Oh           KO 2
Feb 18 	Johnny Abbott        	Detroit, Mi             KO 3
Mar 10 	Tommy James            	Detroit, Mi             KO 7
Mar 22 	Maxie Berger       	Cleveland, Oh           KO 1
Apr  3 	Jackie Cooper       	Baltimore, Md           NC 8
Jun 26 	Fritzie Zivic         	Pittsburgh, Pa           W 10
Dec 19 	Chuck Hunter          	Cleveland, Oh            W 10

1945
Jan 16 	"Sugar" Ray Robinson  	Cleveland, Oh            L 10
Feb 12 	Bee Bee Wright         	Pittsburgh, Pa           D 10
Feb 26 	Ossie Harris           	Pittsburgh, Pa           L 10
Mar  7 	Bobby Richardson     	Cleveland, Oh     	KO 6
May  9 	Chuck Hunter           	Cleveland, Oh           KO 5
Jul  6 	Jake LaMotta           	New York, NY             L 10
Jul 19 	Jimmy Doyle            	Cleveland, Oh            L 10
Nov 13 	"Wild" Bill McDowell    Youngstown, Oh          KO 1
Nov 29 	Ellis Stewart          	Baltimore, Md           KO 9

1946
Jan 11	Jake LaMotta         	New York, NY             L 10
Feb 14 	Billy Furrone         	New York, NY            KO 2
Mar  4 	Danny Williams       	Philadelphia, Pa        KO 5
Apr 30 	Bobby Simmons        	Youngstown, Oh           W 10
May  6 	Cecil Hudson          	New York, NY             L 10
Jul 18 	Willard Buckless      	North Adams, Ma         KO 2
Jul 29 	Jackie Wilson         	Philadelphia, Pa         W 10
Sep 27 	Cecil Hudson           	Milwaukee, Wi            W 10
Dec 20 	"Sugar" Ray Robinson  	New York, NY             L 15
(For Vacant World Welterweight Championship)

1947
Mar 14 	Jake LaMotta        	New York, NY             L 10
Apr 15 	Jackie Wilson        	Los Angeles, Ca         KO 4
Apr 23 	Paul Lewis            	Oakland, Ca              W 10
Aug  4 	Cecil Hudson          	Milwaukee, Wi            L 10
Aug 12 	Buddy Farrell          	Elizabeth, NJ            D 10
Sep 22 	Smuggy Hursey       	Washington, DC           W 10
Nov 12 	Billy Cooper         	Cleveland, Oh            W 10
Dec 19 	Steve Belloise        	New York, NY             L 10

1948
Mar  8 	Buster Tyler           	New York, NY             L 10
Mar 23  Laurie Buxton    	Brooklyn, NY            KO  3
Apr 26 	Kid Gavilan           	Philadelphia, Pa         L 10
Jun 14 	Anton Raadik         	Chicago, Il             KO by  9
Jul 26 	Smuggy Hursey         	Washington, DC          KO 10
Aug 20 	Mickey Doyle           	Youngstown, Oh          KO 2
Sep  2 	Doug Ratford           	New York, NY             W 10
Sep 27 	Jackie Williams        	Providence, RI          KO 2
Oct 25 	Danny Martin           	Providence, RI          KO 10
Nov 16	Cecil Hudson           	Toledo, Oh           	 W 10
Nov 23 	Frankie Fernandez     	Honolulu, Oahu, Ha      KO by 10

1949
Jan 25	Jackie Wilson          	Los Angeles, Ca         KO by  9
Aug 12 	Jimmy Welch          	Columbus, Oh             L 10
Aug 26 	Sonny Horne          	Long Beach, NY           W 10
Oct 26 	Ronnie Delaney        	Akron, Oh               KO by 10
Nov 30 	Hurley Sanders        	Worcester, Ma            W 10
Dec 15 	Larry Villeneuve       	Fall River, Ma           L 10

1950
Jan 23 	Tony Riccio            	Newark, NJ               W 10
Jan 30 	Red Arrow              	Newark, NJ               L 8
Apr 17 	Henry Jordan           	Hartford, Ct             L 10
Apr 21 	Otis Graham           	New Orleans, La          L 10
May  5 	Freddy Dawson          	New Orleans, La         KO by  9

1951
May 14 	Leo Starosch          	Essen, Ger              KO by  8
Jul  1 	Leo Starosch         	Dusseldorf, Ger          L 6
Sep 24 	Pierre Langlois      	Paris, Fr               KO by  6
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