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Jimmy Bivins' Boxing Record
 Won 86 (31 ko's) - Lost 25 - Drawn 1 - Tot 112

 
Date Jimmy's
Lb		 Opponent Opponent's
Lb		 W-L-D Location  
1955-10-28 195 Mike DeJohn 194 27-2-0 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 6
1955-08-31 190 Dan Moray 195 7-7-1 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 TKO 3
Moray was unable to continue due to an injured hand.
1953-06-09   Chubby Wright   23-30-3 Huntington, WV, USA
W
 PTS 10
1953-04-24 182½ Claude Rolfe 187½ 11-13-2 Tampa, FL, USA
W
 UD 10
1953-04-06 192 Tommy Harrison 182½ 18-7-1 Miami, FL, USA
L
 UD 10
1952-11-26 183 Ezzard Charles 185 77-8-1 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, USA
L
 UD 10
Bivins was down in the 1st
1952-11-03 185 Tommy Harrison 178¼ 16-6-1 Providence, RI, USA
L
 UD 10
1952-10-22 183 Wesbury Bascom 179½ 15-2-0 Arena, St. Louis, MO, USA
W
 SD 10
1952-09-19 184 Coley Wallace 200 16-1-0 St. Nicholas Arena, New York, NY, USA
W
 KO 9
1952-03-31 184¾ Aaron Wilson 194 19-6-0 Providence, RI, USA
W
 TKO 3
Time; 0:15
1951-11-21 184½ Charley (Doc) Williams 180½ 41-13-1 St. Nicholas Arena, New York, NY, USA
W
 SD 10
Scoring: 6-4, 6-4, 4-5-1
1951-11-05 186 Bob Baker 217 24-0-0 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
L
 UD 10
1951-08-15 180 Joe Louis 203 67-2-0 Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, MD, USA
L
 UD 10
1951-06-26 177 Clarence Henry 184 26-2-1 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
L
 PTS 10
1951-05-29 179 Willie Bean 202 32-15-2 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1951-05-18   Bob Mitchell   4-3-1 Phoenix, AZ, USA
W
 PTS 10
1951-05-04   Willie Bean   32-14-2 Legion Stadium, Hollywood, CA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1951-02-21 180½ Archie Moore 176½ 112-19-7 St. Nicholas Arena, New York, NY, USA
L
 TKO 9
Bivins was floored by a right uppercut at the end of the 9th round. In between rounds his corner advised the ring doctor that he was unable to see with his left eye, which signaled the end of the bout
1951-02-12   Tiger Ted Lowry   60-56-9 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 PTS 10
1951-01-22   Harry Wills   20-18-6 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 KO 4
1950-02-06   Sid Peaks   32-11-0 Laurel Garden, Newark, NJ, USA
L
 PTS 10
1950-02-01 188½ Willis (Red) Applegate 197¾ 10-11-2 Miami, FL, USA
W
 PTS 10
1949-10-26 180½ Harold Johnson 177 26-1-0 Convention Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA
L
 UD 10
Scoring: 6-4, 6-4, 5-4-1
1949-09-27   Clarence Henry   10-0-1 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
W
 TKO 8
Cut eye
1949-09-21 183 Leonard Morrow 177 20-3-1 Oakland, CA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1949-07-15   Watson Jones   38-22-7 Las Vegas, NV, USA
W
 KO 2
In 1956, Jones testified under oath that he threw this bout. His orders came from Sparky Rudolph, nephew of Babe McCoy.
1949-07-05 182½ Leonard Morrow 181 17-3-1 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
L
 PTS 10
1949-06-20   Willie Bean   18-7-2 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1949-04-11 185½ Archie Moore 172 100-18-7 Toledo, OH, USA
L
 KO 8
1949-03-21   Rusty Payne   36-9-1 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1948-12-07 176 Joey Maxim 182 62-15-4 Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 SD 10
1948-10-11   Johnny Flynn   39-25-2 Philadelphia, PA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1948-09-13 178 Ezzard Charles 176 58-5-1 Washington, DC, USA
L
 PTS 10
1948-06-28   Archie Moore   90-16-7 Baltimore, MD, USA
L
 PTS 10
1948-04-20 186 Pat Valentino 183½ 39-9-3 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1948-04-12 186 Bill (Chicken) Thompson 176 14-1-2 Arena, Philadelphia, PA, USA
W
 TKO 7
1948-03-09   Albert (Turkey) Thompson   38-7-2 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1948-03-01 185 Johnny Haynes 214 19-7-0 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 KO 4
1948-01-13 185½ Johnny Shkor 214½ 25-13-1 Buffalo, NY, USA
W
 PTS 10
1947-11-12   Sid Peaks   17-2-0 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 10
1947-09-08   Archie Moore   85-14-7 Baltimore, MD, USA
L
 KO 9
1947-07-01 181 Bobby Zander 177½ 13-5-1 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
W
 UD 10
1947-06-09   Lee Q. Murray 210½ 54-9-2 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 PTS 10
1947-06-02 182½ Omelio Agramonte 181 12-3-0 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 KO 2
1947-05-09   Lee Q. Murray   53-9-2 Detroit, MI, USA
L
 PTS 10
1947-04-21   Curtis Sheppard   46-26-0 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 PTS 10
1947-03-10 184 Ezzard Charles 170¼ 44-4-1 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 KO 4
1947-02-17   Curtis Sheppard   46-25-0 Arena, Philadelphia, PA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1947-02-03   Booker Beckwith   26-5-0 Coliseum, Chicago, IL, USA
W
 KO 4
Beckwith was knocked down 5 times. (Associated Press)
1947-01-16   Johnny Flynn   29-21-2 Washington, DC, USA
W
 PTS 10
1946-12-06 187½ Colion Chaney 184 35-20-5 Akron, OH, USA
W
 KO 5
Chaney suffered a vertebrae slip and required medical attention
1946-11-12 186 Ezzard Charles 175 42-4-1 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
L
 PTS 10
1946-06-10 190 Lee Q. Murray 203 43-9-2 Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 UD 10
1946-02-25 192 Jersey Joe Walcott 196 38-9-1 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 PTS 10
1946-02-11 186½ Yancey Henry 190¼ 21-12-3 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 KO 10
1946-01-29   Oakland Billy Smith   37-15-4 Oakland, CA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1946-01-22   Johnny Haynes   11-4-0 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
W
 KO 2
1946-01-07   Watson Jones   30-14-6 San Francisco, CA, USA
W
 TKO 6
1945-09-26 186½ Yancey Henry 193 20-10-3 Washington, DC, USA
W
 PTS 10
A "close unpopular decision." (United Press)
1945-08-22 186 Archie Moore 168½ 71-10-5 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 KO 6
~ Time: 0:38 ~
Moore was knocked down three times in the 2nd round. He was counted out on the 3rd trip down. However, on the third trip down, Moore was hit with an uppercut while he was on the floor. The judges decided to give Moore a five minute rest and awarded him the round on a foul. Moore was dropped twice more in the 5th, and once more in the 6th for the count.
1945-07-26 190½ Curtis Sheppard 187 32-21-0 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1945-06-12   Buddy Scott   51-16-5 Washington, DC, USA
W
 KO 4
1945-03-16 185 Melio Bettina 191 70-11-2 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
D
 PTS 10
Scoring: 8-2 Bivins, 6-4 Bettina, 5-5
1945-02-27 188 Johnny Flynn 206 25-19-2 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1945-02-19   Buddy (Jack) Walker   63-18-5 Baltimore, MD, USA
W
 KO 2
1945-02-05 188 George Parks 184 11-12-2 Washington, DC, USA
W
 TKO 4
1944-02-29   Lee Q. Murray   31-5-2 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1943-12-01   Lee Q. Murray   31-4-2 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1943-09-15 182½ Melio Bettina 185½ 65-10-2 Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
Bivins won 9 out of 10 rounds according to the unofficial card of the A.P.
1943-08-24 177 Herbert Marshall 170 27-13-5 Washington, DC, USA
W
 KO 6
1943-06-08 174¾ Lloyd Marshall 164½ 37-6-2 Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 KO 13
1943-04-26   Pat Valentino   18-5-1 San Francisco, CA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1943-04-06   Watson Jones 172½ 21-7-4 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1943-03-12 177¼ Tami Mauriello 187 45-4-1 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
W
 PTS 10
1943-02-23 174 Anton Christoforidis 168½ 42-11-7 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 15
Duration Light Heavyweight Title
1943-01-07 174 Ezzard Charles 165 33-2-1 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1942-11-27 175½ Lee Savold 195 64-24-1 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
W
 UD 10
1942-10-20 177½ Bob Pastor 184½ 53-6-5 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 SD 10
Scoring: 7-2-1, 6-3-1, 4-5-1
1942-09-15 177¼ Tami Mauriello 180½ 41-3-1 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 SD 10
Mauriello was knocked down in the 1st round.
1942-07-23 176 Joe Muscato 188 12-0-1 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 KO 5
Muscato could not overcome the two low blows from Bivins in prior round.
1942-06-22   Joey Maxim   14-3-0 Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 SD 10
1942-04-17   Bob Pastor   51-6-4 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 PTS 10
1942-03-11 176¼ Gus Lesnevich 178 52-8-5 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
Lesnevich was knocked down in the 2nd round.
1942-01-13   Billy Soose   34-5-1 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1941-11-17 173 Melio Bettina 181 57-10-2 Arena, Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 PTS 10
1941-10-20   Nate Bolden   32-9-3 Marigold Gardens, Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 10
1941-09-10 180 Tony Musto 206 24-12-3 Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 PTS 10
1941-07-14 173 Lem Franklin 200¾ 21-5-1 Marigold Gardens, Chicago, IL, USA
L
 TKO 9
1941-07-02   Curtis Sheppard   10-7-0 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1941-04-02 172 Buddy Knox 190 83-12-3 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1941-03-05 174 Teddy Yarosz 168 64-14-3 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1941-02-09   Pete Tamalonis   4-3-1 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 TKO 1
date is a Sunday, is probably off.
1940-12-02   Anton Christoforidis   30-9-6 Cleveland, OH, USA
L
 PTS 10
1940-11-15   Anton Christoforidis   30-8-6 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1940-10-22 160 Vince Pimpinella 165 26-37-8 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 PTS 10
1940-09-23   Larry (Irish) Kellum   17-13-3 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
W
 KO 1
1940-09-09   Johnny Barbara   23-9-1 Marigold Gardens, Chicago, IL, USA
W
 TKO 7
1940-09-03 160 Charley Burley 153 31-4-1 Hickey Park, Millvale, PA, USA
W
 PTS 10
1940-08-05   Johnny Barbara   23-8-1 Chicago, IL, USA
W
 KO 2
1940-07-15   Paul Frazier   2-1-0 Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 8
1940-07-01   Mose Brown   7-0-0 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
W
 PTS 6
1940-06-24   Frankie Hughes   37-23-4 Marigold Gardens Arena, Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 8
1940-06-13   Homer Jackson   0-0-0 Pittsburgh, PA, USA
W
 TKO 1
1940-05-13   Paul Frazier   1-0-0 Chicago, IL, USA
W
 KO 1
1940-04-25   Enzo Iannozzi   0-14-1 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 KO 1
1940-04-15 159 Johnny Dean 159 3-11-1 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 KO 3
1940-04-08   Nate Bolden   21-5-2 Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 8
1940-03-27   Young Flowers   0-1-0 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 KO 3
1940-03-18   Joe Sutka   7-4-2 Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 8
1940-02-26 154 Joe Sutka 160 7-3-2 Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 8
1940-02-12   Tito Taylor   0-5-0 Marigold Gardens, Chicago, IL, USA
W
 PTS 6
1940-01-15   Emory Morgan   0-0-0 Cleveland, OH, USA
W
 TKO 1

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