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Eddie "Cannonball" Martin
(Eduardo Vittorio Martino)

BORN   February 26 1903; Brooklyn, New York
DIED August 27 1966; Brooklyn, New York (Some sources report August 27 1968)
HEIGHT 5-3
WEIGHT 112-135 lbs
MANAGERS Mike Doherty, Mel Cooke

Martin was boxing action wrapped in a small, scrappy package; He came to fight and within two years, engaged in 51 bouts; Within three years, Eddie won the Bantamweight Championship of the World (as recognized by New York state)

He defeated such men as Charley Phil Rosenberg, Abe Goldstein, Johnny Curtin, Willie O'Connell, Johnny Vestri, Wilbur Cohen, Jackie Snyder, Eddie Anderson, Dominick Petrone, Johnny Huber, Davey Abad and Harry Baron

1921
Dec    Sam Jackson                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2

1922
Feb  3 Artie Downs                 Brooklyn, NY                     L  4
          -Some sources report 3/16/22
Mar  5 Howard Mayberry             Brooklyn, NY                     L  4
Mar 17 Sammy Jackson               Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Mar 25 Paul Raymond                Brooklyn, NY                     W  4
Apr  5 Benny "Young" Tell          Brooklyn, NY                     W  4
Apr 23 Jack North                  Brooklyn, NY                    KO  3
May  1 Joe Layden                  Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
May 10 Young Schaen                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  4
          -Some sources report "Young Shane" on 6/10/22
Jun  5 Charley Furey               Brooklyn, NY                     W  4
Jul 10 Young Skelly                Brooklyn, NY                     W  4
Aug 16 Willie Mack                 Brooklyn, NY                     W  4
          -Some sources report 9/16/22
Sep 15 Pete Mack                   Staten Island, NY                W  4
Oct 18 Willie Mack                 Brooklyn, NY                     W  4
          -Some sources report 10/21/22
Oct 26 Jimmy "Kewpie" Collins      Yonkers, NY                     TK  2
Nov  2 Freddie Seid                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
          -Some sources report "Frankie Seed" on 11/03/22
Nov  3 Howard Mayberry             Brooklyn, NY                     L  4
Nov  5 Jackie Stone                Yonkers, NY                      W  6
Nov 20 Willie O'Connell            Staten Island, NY                W  6
Nov 25 Joe Wright                  Brooklyn, NY                    KO  3
Nov 30 Billy Bell                  Brooklyn, NY                    KO  4
Dec 11 Scotty Malcomb              Staten Island, NY                W  6
Dec 21 August Pisano               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6

1923
Jan  6 Jerry Sullivan              Brooklyn, NY                    KO  4
Jan 27 Johnny Vinney               Brooklyn, NY                     W  4
Feb  3 Willie Clarkson             Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
Feb 10 Paulie Porter               Brooklyn, NY                    KO  3
Feb 24 Jackie Marlowe              Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Mar  3 Carl Rindone                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Mar 17 Jimmy Laggett               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Mar 24 Jackie Gordon               Brooklyn, NY                    TK  5
Mar 29 Johnny Vestri               Brooklyn, NY                   SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held
Mar 29 Walter Lamp                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
          -Some sources report "Wally Land"
Apr  2 Jimmy Barton                Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Apr  7 Mickey Romano               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Apr 21 Jackie Murray               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
May  3 Sonny Smith                 New York, NY                     W  6
May 18 Frankie Zunner              Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
May 24 Joe Ryder                   Brooklyn, NY                     D  6
Jul 18 Joe Ryder                   New York, NY                     W  6
Jul 28 Joe Zellars                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Aug 18 Frankie Coster              Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Sep  8 Buck Josephs                Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Sep 17 Johnny Vestri               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Oct 13 Tommy Lynch                 Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Oct 22 Billy Ryckoff               Brooklyn, NY                    KO  5
Nov  1 Johnny Vestri               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Nov 12 Harry London                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
Nov 29 Charley Phil Rosenberg      New York, NY                     W  6
Dec  6 Tommy Galston               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Dec 11 Wilbur Cohen                Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Dec 17 Sonny Smith                 New York, NY                     W  6

1924
Jan 17 Sonny Smith                 Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Jan 28 Charley Phil Rosenberg      New York, NY                     W  6
Feb  4 William "Midget" Smith      New York, NY                     W  6
Feb 18 Buck Josephs                Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Apr 14 "Young" Joe Souza           Brooklyn, NY                     W 10
Apr 22 Al Pettingel                New York, NY                    TK  4
Apr 29 Charley Phil Rosenberg      New York, NY                     D 10
May 23 Jackie Snyder               Brooklyn, NY                     W 10
Jun 20 Sammy Nable                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  5
Jun 24 Charley Goodman             Brooklyn, NY                     W 12
Jul 11 "Battling" Harry Leonard    Rockaway Beach, NY               W 12
Sep 13 Charley Kohler              Brooklyn, NY                    KO  4
Sep 25 "Battling" Harry Leonard    Brooklyn, NY                    TK  8
Oct  5 Bobby Wolgast               Boston, Ma                      KO  8
          -Some sources report "WF 8" on 10/06/24
Nov  6 Johnny Curtin               Brooklyn, NY                     W 12
Dec 19 Abe Goldstein               New York, NY                     W 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)

1925
Jan  7 Augie Pisano                Brooklyn, NY                    NC  3
Jan 12 Tommy Murray                Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Feb 16 Willie Spencer              Portland, Me                    ND 12
Feb 24 Carl Tremaine               Cleveland, Oh                   ND 12
          -Some sources report "L 12"
Mar  6 Pete Sarmiento              Milwaukee, Wi                   ND 10
Mar 20 Charley Phil Rosenberg      New York, NY                     L 15
          -Bantamweight Championship of the World
Jul 13 Johnny Curtin               Long Island City, NY            TK  7
Sep 14 Lew Perfetti                Long Island City, NY             L 10

1927
Mar 26 "Young" Joe Souza           Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
Apr  9 Johnny Curtin               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
May  7 Al "Rube" Goldberg          Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
May 14 Spencer Gardner             Long Beach, NY                   W  6
Oct 22 Pancho Dencio               Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Oct 31 Eddie Anderson              Brooklyn, NY                     W 10

1928
Jan 23 Dominick Petrone            Brooklyn, NY                     W 10
Feb 27 Jacques Pettibon            New York, NY                    TK  3
Mar  5 Johnny Huber                New York, NY                    KO  2
Mar 16 Davey Abad                  New York, NY                     W 10
May 10 Tiger Brown                 Passaic, NJ                     KO  1
          -Some sources report 5/20/28
May 24 Tod Morgan                  New York, NY                     L 15
          -Junior Lightweight Championship of the World
Jul 18 Tod Morgan                  Brooklyn, NY                     L 15
          -Junior Lightweight Championship of the World
Nov 24 Jackie Cohen                Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Dec 29 Herman Wallace              Brooklyn, NY                    TK  3

1929
Feb 23 George Nickfor              Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Mar  9 Joe Barbara                 Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Mar 23 Al Goldberg                 Brooklyn, NY                     D  6
May  3 Davey Abad                  St.Louis, MO                     L 10
Jul  8 Johnny Dundee               Woodhaven, NY                    L 10
          -Some sources report 7/09/29
Sep  4 Young Zazzarino             Bayonne, NJ                     LK  7

1930
Jul 26 Jack Giraldo                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Aug 11 Marty Goldman               Woodhaven, NY                   LK  9

1931
Mar 23 Jackie Cohen                Brooklyn, NY                     W 10
May  1 Joey Kaufman                Brooklyn, NY                     D  6
Aug 28 Al Singer                   Brooklyn, NY                    LT  2

1932
Feb 19 Harry Baron                 Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
May 19 Al Dunbar                   Brooklyn, NY                     L 10
Jul 11 Harry Baron                 Brooklyn, NY                     W  6


*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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