How good was Jimmy Bivins?
How good was Jimmy Bivins?
How good was Jimmy Bivins? He had great boxing skills with his long left jab and a good right hand. If anyone watched his fights from YouTube against Ezzard Charles, Archie Moore, Anton Christoforidis and Charley Doc Williams, how good was Bivins?
Re: How good was Jimmy Bivins?
This was a decent run of wins :)
1946-02-11 Yancey Henry 24 16 4 Coliseum, Baltimore W KO
1946-01-30 Oakland Billy Smith 29 11 3 Auditorium, Oakland W PTS
1946-01-22 Johnny Haynes 11 4 0 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles W KO
1946-01-07 Watson Jones 35 16 7 Civic Auditorium, San Francisco W TKO
1945-09-26 Yancey Henry 23 14 4 Uline Arena, Washington W UD
1945-08-22 Archie Moore 73 9 5 Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland W KO
1945-07-26 Curtis Sheppard 35 21 0 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh W UD
1945-06-12 Buddy Scott 87 17 6 Griffith Stadium, Washington W KO
1945-03-16 Melio Bettina 71 12 2 Madison Square Garden, New York D PTS
1945-02-27 Johnny Flynn 23 21 2 Arena, Cleveland W PTS
1945-02-19 Buddy Walker 66 17 5 Coliseum, Baltimore W KO
1945-02-05 George Parks 15 12 2 Uline Arena, Washington W TKO
1944-02-29 Lee Q. Murray 31 5 2 Arena, Cleveland W PTS
1943-12-01 Lee Q. Murray 31 4 2 Arena, Cleveland W UD
1943-09-15 Melio Bettina 66 11 2 Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland W UD
1943-08-24 Herbert Marshall 28 13 5 Griffith Stadium, Washington W KO
1943-06-08 Lloyd Marshall 40 7 2 Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland W KO
1943-04-26 Pat Valentino 33 6 3 Civic Auditorium, San Francisco W UD
1943-04-06 Watson Jones 24 10 5 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles W UD
1943-03-12 Tami Mauriello 45 4 1 Madison Square Garden, New York W MD
1943-02-23 Anton Christoforidis 51 11 8 Arena, Cleveland W UD
1943-01-07 Ezzard Charles 30 2 1 Arena, Cleveland W UD
1942-11-27 Lee Savold 82 31 2 Madison Square Garden, New York W UD
1942-10-20 Bob Pastor 53 6 5 Arena, Cleveland W SD
1942-09-15 Tami Mauriello 41 3 1 Arena, Cleveland W SD
1942-07-23 Joe Muscato 12 0 1 Arena, Cleveland W KO
1942-06-23 Joey Maxim
1946-02-11 Yancey Henry 24 16 4 Coliseum, Baltimore W KO
1946-01-30 Oakland Billy Smith 29 11 3 Auditorium, Oakland W PTS
1946-01-22 Johnny Haynes 11 4 0 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles W KO
1946-01-07 Watson Jones 35 16 7 Civic Auditorium, San Francisco W TKO
1945-09-26 Yancey Henry 23 14 4 Uline Arena, Washington W UD
1945-08-22 Archie Moore 73 9 5 Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland W KO
1945-07-26 Curtis Sheppard 35 21 0 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh W UD
1945-06-12 Buddy Scott 87 17 6 Griffith Stadium, Washington W KO
1945-03-16 Melio Bettina 71 12 2 Madison Square Garden, New York D PTS
1945-02-27 Johnny Flynn 23 21 2 Arena, Cleveland W PTS
1945-02-19 Buddy Walker 66 17 5 Coliseum, Baltimore W KO
1945-02-05 George Parks 15 12 2 Uline Arena, Washington W TKO
1944-02-29 Lee Q. Murray 31 5 2 Arena, Cleveland W PTS
1943-12-01 Lee Q. Murray 31 4 2 Arena, Cleveland W UD
1943-09-15 Melio Bettina 66 11 2 Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland W UD
1943-08-24 Herbert Marshall 28 13 5 Griffith Stadium, Washington W KO
1943-06-08 Lloyd Marshall 40 7 2 Lakefront Stadium, Cleveland W KO
1943-04-26 Pat Valentino 33 6 3 Civic Auditorium, San Francisco W UD
1943-04-06 Watson Jones 24 10 5 Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles W UD
1943-03-12 Tami Mauriello 45 4 1 Madison Square Garden, New York W MD
1943-02-23 Anton Christoforidis 51 11 8 Arena, Cleveland W UD
1943-01-07 Ezzard Charles 30 2 1 Arena, Cleveland W UD
1942-11-27 Lee Savold 82 31 2 Madison Square Garden, New York W UD
1942-10-20 Bob Pastor 53 6 5 Arena, Cleveland W SD
1942-09-15 Tami Mauriello 41 3 1 Arena, Cleveland W SD
1942-07-23 Joe Muscato 12 0 1 Arena, Cleveland W KO
1942-06-23 Joey Maxim
Re: How good was Jimmy Bivins?
Good enough to be a threat at 2 different divisions in the mid 40's. Unfortunately, the war kicked in. May have upset Louis, who knows.