Billy Conn

Career, Record, Stats

Billy Conn (The Pittsburgh Kid) was an American professional boxer. He was a light-heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 14 years, 4 months, and 5 days, Conn amassed a record of 64-11-1, which includes 15 wins via KO. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990.

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LEGEND

Billy Conn's Boxing Career

Billy Conn was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. on October 8, 1917. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 years on July 20, 1934 against Johnny Lewis. Conn defeated Lewis via 3rd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Conn became a world champion at the age of 21 after 56 professional fights. He challenged Melio Bettina for the The Ring light-heavyweight title and defeated the champion via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

Conn's last fight was a 9th-round KO victory over Jackie Lyons at age 31, on November 25, 1948.

Some of Billy Conn's best fights were against Tony Zale (HOFer) and Fritzie Zivic (HOFer). For a complete list of Conn's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Billy Conn".

Conn has 11 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Billy Conn Losses".

Billy Conn's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
76	Nov 25, 1948	31	Jackie Lyons	win	KO 9
75	Nov 15, 1948	31	Mike O'Dowd	win	TKO 9
74	Jun 19, 1946	28	Joe Louis 32 54-1	loss	KO 8
73	Feb 13, 1942	24	Tony Zale 28 51-15-2	win	UD 12
72	Jan 28, 1942	24	Jay D Turner	win	UD 10
71	Jan 12, 1942	24	Henry Cooper	win	UD 12
70	Jun 18, 1941	23	Joe Louis 27 49-1	loss	KO 13
69	May 26, 1941	23	Buddy Knox	win	TKO 8
68	Apr 04, 1941	23	Gunnar Bärlund	win	TKO 8
67	Mar 05, 1941	23	Danny Hassett	win	KO 5
66	Feb 27, 1941	23	Ira Hughes	win	TKO 4
65	Nov 29, 1940	23	Lee Savold	win	UD 10
64	Oct 18, 1940	23	Al McCoy	win	UD 10
63	Sep 06, 1940	22	Bob Pastor	win	KO 13
62	Jun 05, 1940	22	Gus Lesnevich	win	UD 15
61	Jan 10, 1940	22	Henry Cooper	win	UD 12
60	Nov 17, 1939	22	Gus Lesnevich	win	UD 15
59	Sep 25, 1939	21	Melio Bettina	win	UD 15
58	Aug 14, 1939	21	Gus Dorazio	win	TKO 8
57	Jul 15, 1939	21	Melio Bettina	win	UD 15
56	May 12, 1939	21	Solly Krieger	win	UD 12
55	Feb 10, 1939	21	Fred Apostoli	win	UD 15
54	Jan 06, 1939	21	Fred Apostoli	win	UD 10
53	Nov 28, 1938	21	Solly Krieger	win	UD 12
52	Oct 27, 1938	21	Honeyboy Jones	win	PTS 10
51	Sep 14, 1938	20	Ray Actis	win	TKO 8
50	Jul 25, 1938	20	Teddy Yarosz	loss	UD 12
49	May 10, 1938	20	Eric Seelig	win	MD 10
48	Apr 04, 1938	20	Domenico Ceccarelli	win	PTS 10
47	Jan 24, 1938	20	Honeyboy Jones	win	PTS 12
46	Dec 16, 1937	20	Solly Krieger	loss	UD 12
45	Nov 08, 1937	20	Young Corbett III	win	UD 10
44	Sep 30, 1937	19	Teddy Yarosz	win	SD 15
43	Aug 13, 1937	19	Young Corbett III	loss	PTS 10
42	Aug 03, 1937	19	Ralph Chong	win	RTD 5
41	Jun 30, 1937	19	Teddy Yarosz	win	SD 12
40	May 27, 1937	19	Oscar Rankins	win	SD 10
39	May 03, 1937	19	Vince Dundee	win	UD 10
38	Mar 11, 1937	19	Eddie Babe Risko	win	UD 10
37	Dec 28, 1936	19	Fritzie Zivic 23 48-16-4	win	SD 10
36	Dec 02, 1936	19	Jimmy Brown	win	TKO 9
35	Oct 22, 1936	19	Ralph Chong	win	UD 8
34	Oct 19, 1936	19	Charley Weise	win	UD 10
33	Sep 21, 1936	18	Roscoe Manning	win	TKO 5
32	Sep 08, 1936	18	Honeyboy Jones	win	SD 10
31	Aug 10, 1936	18	Teddy Movan	win	UD 8
30	Jul 30, 1936	18	Teddy Movan	win	UD 8
29	Jun 15, 1936	18	General Burrows	win	UD 8
28	Jun 03, 1936	18	Honeyboy Jones	win	PTS 10
27	May 27, 1936	18	Honeyboy Jones	win	UD 8
26	May 19, 1936	18	Dick Ambrose	win	SD 6
25	Apr 27, 1936	18	General Burrows	win	PTS 6
24	Apr 13, 1936	18	Steve Nickleash	win	UD 6
23	Mar 16, 1936	18	Steve Nickleash	win	UD 6
22	Feb 17, 1936	18	Louis Cook	win	UD 8
21	Feb 03, 1936	18	Louis Cook	win	UD 6
20	Jan 27, 1936	18	Johnny Yurcini	win	TKO 4
19	Nov 18, 1935	18	Steve Walters	win	PTS 6
18	Oct 14, 1935	18	Teddy Movan	draw	PTS 6
17	Oct 07, 1935	17	Johnny Yurcini	win	PTS 6
16	Sep 10, 1935	17	Johnny Yurcini	win	PTS 6
15	Sep 09, 1935	17	George Liggins	win	UD 4
14	Aug 19, 1935	17	Teddy Movan	loss	SD 4
13	Jul 29, 1935	17	Ray Eberle	win	UD 5
12	Jul 09, 1935	17	Teddy Movan	loss	PTS 4
11	Jun 10, 1935	17	Ralph Gizzy	loss	PTS 6
10	Jun 03, 1935	17	Ray Eberle	win	SD 6
9	Apr 25, 1935	17	Ralph Gizzy	loss	UD 4
8	Apr 08, 1935	17	George Schlee	win	KO 2
7	Mar 13, 1935	17	Stanley Nagy	win	PTS 4
6	Feb 25, 1935	17	Ray Eberle	loss	PTS 6
5	Jan 29, 1935	17	Johnny Birek	win	SD 6
4	Nov 12, 1934	17	Pete Leone	loss	RTD 3
3	Sep 27, 1934	16	Paddy Gray	win	PTS 4
2	Aug 30, 1934	16	Bob Dorman	win	PTS 6
1	Jul 20, 1934	16	Johnny Lewis	win	KO 3

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