US Inter-Service Championships, 1955

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1955 Inter-Service Championships, April 21-22, Oakland Army Base, California.

Semifinals, April 21

Flyweight - Heiji Shimabukuro, Army/Honolulu won by ko 2 Earl Spence, Air Force/New York; Cliff Eskridge, Navy/Cairo, Illinois outpd. Phil Ortiz, Marines/Honolulu.

Bantamweight - George Nakaoka, Army/Hilo, Hawaii, won by ko 2 Basil Blackson, Marines/Aliquippa, Pennsylvania; Ward Yee, Air Force/Youngstown, Ohio outpd. Glen Ivey, Navy/Burlington, North Carolina.

Featherweight - LeRoy Jeffrey, Army/Detroit outpd. Jack Lennon, Marines/Philadelphia; Harry Smith, Air Force/New York outpd. Earl Mathews, Navy/Tonganoxia, Kansas.

Lightweight - Jim Hornsby, Air Force/Los Angeles won by rsc 3 Nick Larosa, Marines; Gene Toran, Navy/Erie, Pennsylvania outpd Choichi Hokama, Army/Honolulu.

Light-Welterweight - Willie Morton, Air Force/San Francisco outpd. Terry Downes, Marines/Baltimore; Frank Medley, Navy/Egg Harbor, New Jersey outpd. Juan Curet, Army/San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Welterweight - Peace Lane, Army/Lansing, Michigan outpd. Frank Davis, Air Force/Fort Wayne, Indiana; Larry Barrett, Navy/Baltimore outpd. Jim Leftwich, Marines/Newark, New Jersey.

Light-Middleweight - Rudy Sawyer, Navy/Chicago outpd. Paul Wright, Air Force/Flint, Michigan; Willie Russell, Army/Toledo outpd. Cliff Thomas, Marines/Gary, Indiana.

Middleweight - Richard Hill, Marines/Brooklyn W by ko 1 Willie Ellis, Air Force/Mobile, Alabama; George Harrell, Army/Ahoskie, North Carolina won by rsc 3 Bob Epperson, Navy/Donora, Pennsylvania.

Light-Heavyweight - Jim Boyd, Army/Rocky Mount, North Carolina outpd. John Stewart, Air Force/Washington, DC; Charley Butler, Navy/Metuchen, New Jersey outpd. Chuck Whittley, Marines/Miilwaukee.

Heavyweight - Roy Louson (218), Navy/Alexandria, Louisiana outpd. Jesse Barber (192), Marines/Philadelphia; John Johnson (189), Army/Richmond Heights, Florida outpd. Eddie Catoe (222), Air Force/Kershaw, South Carolina.

Finals, April 22

Flyweight - Shimabukuro outpd. Eskridge.
Bantamweight - Yee outpd. Nakaoka.
Featherweight - Smith outpd. Jeffrey.
Lightweight - Toran outpd. Hornsby.
Light-Welterweight - Medley outpd. Morton.
Welterweight - Barrett outpd. Lane.
Light-Middleweight - Sawyer outpd. Russell.
Middleweight - Hill won by rsc 2 Harrell.
Light-Heavyweight - Boyd outpd. Butler.
Heavyweight - Johnson outpd. Louson.