Emilio "King" Solomon

BORN : March 25 1902; Boston, MA
(His son says he was born Emilio Suliman Segheri, Colón, Panama, in 1900)
DIED :

HEIGHT : 6-1 WEIGHT : 187 lbs
ETHNICITY : Syrian
MANAGER : Wirt Ross
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1921-1924
       -Solomon fought in Panama, Colombia, and Peru

1925
May 20 Mike Wallace                Cleveland, Oh                  ND 10
Jun  5 Quinton Romero-Rojas        New York, NY                    W  8
Jun 23 Ad Stone                    New York, NY                    W 10
Jun 30 "Sailor" Tom Maxted         New York, NY                    W 10
Jul 13 Jim Maloney                 Boston, Ma                      L 10
Jul 31 Jack Sharkey                Boston, Ma                      L 10
Aug 20 Jim Maloney                 Boston, Ma                     LF  3
       -Was the verdict "LF 4" ?
Aug 28 Quinton Romero-Rojas        New York, NY                    W 12
Oct 12 Paul Berlenbach             New York, NY                   LT  9
Oct 23 Jim Maloney                 Boston, Ma                      L 10
       -Was this bout held 10/30/25 ?
Dec 11 George Cook                 New York, NY                    L 10
Dec 25 Tommy Loughran              Philadelphia, Pa                L 10

1926
Mar 12 Butch Carr                  Tampa, Fl                      TK  7
Mar 16 Fred Mace                   Atlanta, Ga                    KO 10
Apr  1 Jack Sharkey                Boston, Ma                      L 10
Apr 26 Jack Delaney                Hartford, Ct                    L 12
May  6 Alex Rely                   Denver, Co                      W  4
Jul  2 Quinton Romero-Rojas        Syracuse, NY                    D 10
Jul 13 Johnny Risko                St. Louis, Mo                  ND 10
Jul 20 Johnny Grosso               New York, NY (Long Island)      W 10
Aug 31 Mike McTigue                New York, NY                   LK 11

1927
May  3 "Sailor" Eddie Huffman      Brooklyn, NY                    L 10
       -Was this bout held at New York, NY ?
Jul 15 Ray Neuman                  Long Branch, NJ                ND 10
Aug  5 Larry Gains                 Toronto, Ont, Can               L 10
Oct  3 Matt Adgie                  Philadelphia, Pa                L 10
Nov 21 Ray Neuman                  Philadelphia, Pa               TK  5

1928
Jan  9 Ernie Schaaf                Boston, Ma                      L 10
Feb    Tom Sayers                  in Puerto Rico                  W 10
Apr 30 Joe Sekyra                  Newark, NJ                     LT  8
Jun 25 Roberto Roberti             Boston, Ma                      L 10
       -Was this bout held 6/23/28 ?
Sep  5 Roberto Roberti             New York, NY                    L 10
Sep 26 Elzear Rioux                Montreal, Que, Can              L 10
Nov 27 Otto Von Porat              Chicago, Il                     L 10

1929
Apr  3 Sam McIver                  Charlotte, NC                   L 10
       -McIver used the name "Big Sid Terris" for this bout
May 23 Mike Sankovitch             Paterson, NJ                    L 10
Jul 31 Harold Mays                 Bayonne, NJ                     L 10
Sep 24 Charlie Smith               Poughkeepsie, NY                L 10
Dec 30 Frank Montagna              Newark, NJ                     KO  8

1930
Jan 27 Frank Montagna              Newark, NJ                     LK  4
Feb 27 Ed "Bearcat" Wright         Omaha, Ne                       L 10
Mar 17 Jimmy Mendes                New Bedford, Ma                 L 10
       -Was this bout held during Aug 1930 ?
Sep  9 Jose Santa                  Salem, Ma                       L 10
Sep 30 Con O'Kelly                 Portland, Me                    L 12
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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