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"Vince" Dundee
(Vincenzo Lazzaro)

BORN   October 22 1907; Baltimore, Maryland
DIED July 27 1949; Glendale, California
HEIGHT 5-8
WEIGHT 134-165 lbs
MANAGER Max Waxman
TRAINER Heinie Blaustein

Dundee was a very talented boxer-type who had a splendid career; He lost only 20 of 154 bouts but scored just 28 knockouts; During his career, he won the NBA Middleweight Championship of the World and the Middleweight Championship of the World (as recognized by New York state); He was a brother of the boxer Joe Dundee (Samuel Lazzaro)

Vince defeated such men as Lou Brouillard, Eddie "Babe" Risko, Ken Overlin, Ben Jeby, Solly Krieger, Len Harvey, Al Diamond, Al McCoy, Andy Callahan, Paul Pirrone, "Baby" Joe Gans, My Sullivan, Tony Brescia, Bucky Lawless, Abie Bain, Young Terry, Billy Angelo, Jimmy Smith, Izzy Grove, Jimmy Finley, Pal Silvers, Joey LaGrey, Eddie Burnbrook, Willie Harmon, Joe Smallwood, Frank Goosby, Franta Nekolny, Jack "Buck" McTiernan, Freddie Polo, and Johnny "Young" Ketchell

1923
Sep 19 Mickey White                Baltimore, Md                    W  4
Sep 26 "Harlem" Pete Kelly         Baltimore, Md                    W  4
Oct 17 Phil Herman                 Baltimore, Md                    W  4
Nov  2 Danny Rodgers               Baltimore, Md                    D  4
Nov 14 "Harlem" Pete Kelly         Baltimore, Md                    W  4
Nov 21 Young Kilbane               Baltimore, Md                   KO  2

1924
Jan  9 Lew McCarthy                Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Feb  1 Lew McCarthy                Baltimore, Md                   TK  3
Feb 15 Charles Barber              Baltimore, Md                    D  6
Feb 27 Charles Barber              Baltimore, Md                    D  6
Mar 14 Jack "Kid" Buckey           Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Apr  9 Charles Barber              Baltimore, Md                    D  8
Apr 23 Charles Barber              Baltimore, Md                   TK  5
May 26 Lou Guglielmini             Kenilworth, Md                   W  6
Jun  4 Willie Patterson            Baltimore, Md                    D  6
Jun 13 Johnny Conroy               Baltimore, Md                   TK  3
Jun 25 Jackie Ryan                 Baltimore, Md                    W  8
Aug 13 Jack "Kid" Buckey           Baltimore, Md                   KO  4
Sep  3 Willie Patterson            Baltimore, Md                    W  8
Oct  1 Jack Gallagher              Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Oct 29 Frankie Ferro               Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Dec  1 Young Mickey                Baltimore, Md                   KO  1
Dec 29 George Leslie               Baltimore, Md                    D  6

1925
Feb  2 Tony Cortez                 Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Mar 18 Battling Willard            Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Apr  7 Danny Gordon                Baltimore, Md                    D  6
Apr 27 Joe Welling                 Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Jun  8 Danny Gordon                Baltimore, Md                    W  6
Aug  3 Nick Bass                   Baltimore, Md                    W 10
Sep 28 Tony Cortez                 Baltimore, Md                    W  8
Oct 10 Pat Haley                   Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Oct 12 Tony Cortez                 Baltimore, Md                    W  8
Nov 13 Frankie Ferro               Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Dec  5 Johnny Hayes                Philadelphia, Pa                 W  8

1926
Feb  8 Harry "Kid" Brown           Baltimore, Md                   NC  5
Mar  8 Lenny Mahoney               Baltimore, Md                   TK  4
          -Some sources report "KO 3"
Jun  8 Willie Wiggins              Kenilworth, Md                  TK  5
Jun 24 Carl Courtney               New York, NY                     W  4
Jul  7 Battling Willard            Kenilworth, Md                  TK  9
Aug 30 Alex Hart                   Baltimore, Md                    W 12
Sep  9 Charlie Sapko               New York, NY                     W  4
Sep 24 Pat Haley                   Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Oct 15 Andy Divodi                 New York, NY                     L  6
Dec  4 "Oakland" Bobby Burns       San Francisco, Ca                W  8

1927
Jan  1 Battling Willard            Lancaster, Pa                    W  8
Feb 14 Paul Demsky                 Baltimore, Md                    W 12
Mar  7 Eddie Burnbrook             Baltimore, Md                   TK 11
Apr  4 Al Conway                   Newark, NJ                    ND-W 10
Apr 11 Georgie Russell             Baltimore, Md                   TK  3
Jul  8 Joe Reno                    Long Branch, NJ               ND-W  8
          -Some sources report "ND-L 8"
Jul 21 Jack Kiernan                Long Branch, NJ               ND-W 10
Aug  1 Willie Harmon               Baltimore, Md                    W 10
Sep  9 Joe Marino                  Long Branch, NJ                 KO  5
Sep 22 Danny Cooney                Boston, Ma                       W 10
Oct  3 Joe Reno                    Trenton, NJ                   ND-D 10
          -Some sources report "ND-W 10"
Nov  3 Eddie Mahoney               Los Angeles, Ca                 KO  2
Dec  6 "Baby" Joe Gans             Los Angeles, Ca                  W 10
Dec 16 Tommy O'Brien               Hollywood, Ca                    W 10
Dec 23 Joe Vargas                  San Francisco, Ca                D 10

1928
Feb 14 Jackie Fields               Los Angeles, Ca                  L 10
          -Some sources report 2/15/28
Feb 22 Bobby LaSalle               Wilmington, Ca                   W 10
Mar 16 Pete August                 Hollywood, Ca                    W 10
Apr 17 Jackie Fields               Los Angeles, Ca                  L 10
May 21 Jimmy Finley                Baltimore, Md                    W 12
Aug 13 Danny "Irish" Fagan         Newark, NJ                    ND-W 10
Oct 29 Billy Alger                 Newark, NJ                       W 10
Nov 30 Izzy Grove                  New York, NY                     W 10
Dec 15 Canada Lee                  New York, NY                     D 10
Dec 20 Al Mello                    Boston, Ma                       L 10

1929
Jan 14 Billy Angelo                Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Jan 21 Johnny "Young" Ketchell     Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Feb 18 Billy Angelo                Philadelphia, Pa                 L 10
Apr  8 Izzy Grove                  New York, NY                     L 10
Apr 19 Joey LaGrey                 Bronx, NY                        W 10
May 22 Pal Silvers                 Newark, NJ                       W 10
May 27 Bucky Lawless               Cleveland, Oh                    W 10
Jun 10 Izzy Grove                  Newark, NJ                       W 10
Jul  2 Freddie Polo                Newark, NJ                       W 10
          -Some sources report 7/01/29
Aug 19 Abie Bain                   Newark, NJ                       D 10
Sep 16 Abie Bain                   Newark, NJ                       D 10
Oct  2 Jackie Fields               Chicago, Il                      L 10
Oct 24 Johnny "Young" Ketchell     Newark, NJ                       W 10
Nov 15 My Sullivan                 Chicago, Il                      W 10

1930
Jan 13 Billy Leonard               Newark, NJ                      KO  1
Jan 24 Jackie Fields               Chicago, Il                      L 10
Feb 21 Bucky Lawless               New York, NY                     W 10
Mar 17 Alf Ros                     Newark, NJ                       W 10
Mar 21 Johnny Indrisano            Boston, Ma                       L 10
Apr  4 Ben Jeby                    New York, NY                     W 10
Jun 19 Johnny "Young" Ketchell     Leiperville, Pa                  W 10
Jul 22 My Sullivan                 St. Paul, Mn                  ND-L 10
Aug 27 Abie Bain                   Newark, NJ                       W 10
Nov 17 Joe Reno                    Newark, NJ                       W 10
          -Some sources report 11/10/30
Dec  2 Johnny Peppe                Reading, Pa                      W  8
Dec 15 Dennis Golden               Newark, NJ                      KO  7
Dec 25 Jack "Buck" McTiernan       Pittsburgh, Pa                   W 10

1931
Jan  9 Len Harvey                  New York, NY                     W 12
          -Some sources report 1/08/31
Feb 13 Len Harvey                  New York, NY                     W 12
May  7 Johnny Kerr                 Paterson, NJ                    KO  6
          -Some sources report 5/02/31
Jun  4 Ben Jeby                    New York, NY                     W 10
Jul 10 Marcel Thil                 Paris, France                    L 12
Jul 27 Jack Hood                   London, England                  D 10
          -Some sources report 7/26/31
Oct 12 Johnny Peppe                Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Oct 16 Solly Krieger               New York, NY                    TK  8
Nov  5 Jack Kiernan                Paterson, NJ                    KO  2
Dec  8 Johnny Peppe                Plainfield, NJ                   W  8
Dec 14 Ernesto Sagues              Miami, Fl                       TK  9

1932
Jan 18 Jimmy Smith                 Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Mar  7 Billy Angelo                Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Mar 14 Vincent Forgione            Baltimore, Md                   KO  4
Mar 18 Johnny "Young" Ketchell     Wilkes-Barre, Pa                 W 10
Apr  4 Johnny Oakey                Trenton, NJ                      W 10
May 23 Bucky Lawless               Newark, NJ                       W 10
Jun  9 Matt Rice                   Wilkes-Barre, Pa                 W 10
Jun 15 Abie Bain                   Newark, NJ                       W 10
Jul 11 Joe Smallwood               Leiperville, Pa                  W 10
Jul 18 Young Terry                 Newark, NJ                       W 10
Aug 10 Ken Overlin                 Virginia Beach, Va               W 10
Sep  2 Billy Angelo                Asbury Park, NJ                  W 10
Sep 15 Tiger Sullivan              Paterson, NJ                     W 10
Oct  4 Owen Phelps (Wildcat Nelson) Alexandria, Va                  W 10
Dec 12 Johnny Peppe                Trenton, NJ                      W  8
          -Some sources report "W 10"

1933
Jan  2 Franta Nekolny              New York, NY                     W 10
Mar  6 Jimmy Rhodes                Atlantic City, NJ               TK  5
          -Some sources report "KO 6"
Mar 17 Ben Jeby                    New York, NY                     D 15
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)
May 25 Neil Kilbane                Brooklyn, NY                    TK  5
          -Some sources report "TK 6"
Jun  8 Frank Goosby                Pittsburgh, Pa                  KO  8
Aug 11 Danny Devlin                Paterson, NJ                    TK  5
Aug 21 Teddy Yarosz                Pittsburgh, Pa                   L 10
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by Pennsylvania state)
Sep 18 Teddy Yarosz                Newark, NJ                       L 10
Oct 30 Lou Brouillard              Boston, Ma                       W 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)
Dec  8 Andy Callahan               Boston, Ma                       W 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)

1934
Feb 16 Ben Jeby                    Chicago, Il                      W 10
          -Some sources report 2/01/34
Mar 12 Joe Kaminski                Holyoke, Ma                      W 10
Mar 22 Al McCoy                    Boston, Ma                       W 10
Apr 10 Matt Rice                   Pottsville, Pa                  KO  8
May  3 Al Diamond                  Paterson, NJ                     W 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state);
          Some sources report 5/01/34
Jun 26 Hayden "Young" Stuhley      Chicago, Il                      L 10
Aug  9 Tommy Rios                  Leiperville, Pa                  L 10
Aug 17 Tony Brescia                Brooklyn, NY                     W 10
Sep 11 Teddy Yarosz                Pittsburgh, Pa                   L 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)

1935
Jan  2 Vincenzo Troiano            Newark, NJ                      TK  5
          -Some sources report "New York, NY"
Jan 14 Paul Pirrone                Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Jan 25 Eddie "Babe" Risko          New York, NY                     W 10
Apr 22 Joe Smallwood               Lancaster, Pa                    L 10
May 20 Anson Green                 Millvale, Pa                     W 10
Jul 30 Freddie Steele              Seattle, Wa                     LT  3

1937
Mar  1 Joe Duca                    Newark, NJ                       W 10
Apr  2 Johnny Duca                 Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Apr 12 Bill Murphy                 Plainfield, NJ                  KO  3
Apr 19 Leo "Red" Finnegan          Trenton, NJ                     KO  3
May  3 Billy Conn                  Pittsburgh, Pa                   L 10
May 17 Thys Menger                 Newark, NJ                       W  8
Jun 15 Richard "Honey Boy" Jones   Millvale, Pa                     L 10


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

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