Lloyd Marshall
BORN June 4 1914; Madison County, Georgia
DIED August 6 1997; Sacramento, California
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 155 1/2-189 lbs
AMATEUR 212-17
PRO 64-24-4 (32 KO)
Marshall took up boxing at age 17 after moving to Cleveland. He had over 200 amateur fights, losing in the 1934 national semi-finals to Fred Apostoli and in the 1935 national amateur finals to Dave Clark.
Lloyd turned pro with ex-fighter Johnny Papke in 1936 and won 12 in a row before considering retirement due to injustices in the game. He teamed up with Frank Doljack (former outfielder for the Detroit Tigers) who was then playing ball in Sacremento. When Doljack didn't have the time to handle his career properly Marshall was signed over to Jim Edwards.
After the victory against Overlin, Lloyd became tangled up with mob figures and basically had his hands tied for the rest of his career.
All told he would go onto defeat eight fighters who held World Titles. His most impressive victories came against Ezzard Charles, whom he kayoed, and against Hall of Famer Charley Burley. Besides the obvious racial barriers in boxing, Marshall was hurt by the fact that he peaked while the titles were frozen during the war, and by the fact that he had a mediocre chin.
Pro Record
Early record is incomplete
1936
Oct 9 Joe Ricciotti San Francisco, Ca W 6
Nov 27 Leonard Bennett Sacramento, Ca W 6
1937
Jan 29 Pietro Georgi Sacramento, Ca W 6
Jul 9 Pietro Georgi San Francisco, Ca TK 2
Aug 27 Joe Smallwood San Francisco, Ca KO 7
Oct 27 Al LaBoa Oakland, Ca KO 8
Nov 12 Swede Berglund Sacramento, Ca D 10
Dec 17 Johnny "Bandit" Romero San Francisco, Ca L 10
1938
Mar 4 Angelo Puglisi San Francisco, Ca KO 4
Jun 16 Charlie "Killer" Coates San Francisco, Ca W 10
Jul 21 Johnny "Bandit" Romero Sacramento, Ca W 10
Sep 1 Ken Overlin San Francisco, Ca W 10
Nov 18 Ben Valentine New York, NY W 6
Dec 14 Johnny Erjavec Sacramento, Ca KO 5
1939
Feb 22 Ceferino Garcia San Francisco, Ca L 10
Mar 17 Ceferino Garcia San Francisco, Ca LT 5
May 17 Eddie "Babe" Risko San Francisco, Ca KO 5
Jun 8 Jack Hibbard Reno, Nv KO 3
Jun 23 Harold Dettman Sacramento, Ca KO 8
Sep 29 Teddy Yarosz San Francisco, Ca W 10
Dec 6 Lou Brouillard Oakland, Ca W 10
1940
Mar 29 Granger "Red" Lewis Boston, Ma KO 3
May 3 George Gano Pittsburgh, Pa KO 2
May 21 Tony Cisco Pittsburgh, Pa D 10
Jun 13 Tony Cisco Pittsburgh, Pa W 12
Oct 21 Teddy Yarosz Pittsburgh, Pa L 10
1941
Feb 7 Willis "Shorty" Hogue Sacramento, Ca L 10
Apr 3 Jimmy Casino Sacramento, Ca KO 8
Apr 28 Ralph DeJohn San Francisco, Ca KO 6
Jun 9 Willis "Shorty" Hogue Sacramento, Ca W 10
Dec 11 Billy Pryor Sacramento, Ca KO 4
1942
Feb 27 Eddie Pierce Sacramento, Ca W 10
Mar 27 Johnny "Bandit" Romero San Diego, Ca W 10
May 1 George "Young" Millich Sacramento, Ca KO 7
-This man was also called "Newsboy Millich"
Jun 19 George "Young" Millich Sacramento, Ca KO 3
-This man was also called "Newsboy Millich"
Jul 6 Al Gilbert Sacramento, Ca KO 5
Sep 28 Eddie Booker San Francisco, Ca L 10
Oct 15 Harvey Massey Sacramento, Ca KO 10
Dec 13 Charley Burley Los Angeles, Ca W 10
1943
Jan 12 Harvey Massey Stockton, Ca W 10
Feb 12 Costello Cruz Hollywood, Ca KO 2
Mar 12 Harvey Massey Stoctkon, Ca KO 8
Mar 31 Ezzard Charles Cleveland, Oh KO 8
Apr 22 Anton Christoforidis Cleveland, Oh W 10
Jun 8 Jimmy Bivins Cleveland, Oh LK 13
-Some sources report 7/08/43
Jul 21 Curtis Sheppard Cleveland, Oh W 10
Aug 20 "Wild" Bill McDowell Akron, Oh KO 6
Sep 3 Holman Williams New Orleans, La L 10
Nov 8 Jack Chase San Francisco, Ca D 15
-Middleweight Championship of California
Dec 3 Bobby Berger Sacramento, Ca KO 4
Dec 13 Jack Chase San Francisco, Ca L 15
-Middleweight Championship of California
1944
Jan 18 Nate Bolden Cleveland, Oh W 10
Feb 16 Bob Garner Milwaukee, Wi KO 1
Mar 6 Joe Carter Baltimore, Md W 10
Apr 21 Jake LaMotta Cleveland, Oh W 10
May 19 Joe Reddick Milwaukee, Wi W 10
May 26 Joe Kahut Portland, Or W 10
Jun 7 Holman Williams Oakland, Ca W 10
Jul 11 Holman Williams Washington, DC L 10
Jul 27 Joey Maxim Cleveland, Oh W 10
Sep 30 Jack Chase Hollywood, Ca W 10
Oct 18 Joe Carter Cleveland, Oh W 10
1945
Mar 19 Teddy Randolph Baltimore, Md W 10
Apr 16 Willie Barrow Buffalo, NY W 8
May 21 Archie Moore Baltimore, Md L 10
Jun 26 Archie Moore Cleveland, Oh LK 10
Sep 24 Hilton "Fitzie" Fitzpatrick San Francisco, Ca KO 5
Nov 12 Nate Bolden San Francisco, Ca W 12
Dec 17 Bobby Zander San Francisco, Ca KO 5
1946
Mar 20 "Oakland" Billy Smith Oakland, Ca LK 9
Jul 29 Ezzard Charles Cincinnati, Oh LK 6
Dec 17 George "Wildcat" Henry Sacramento, Ca W 10
1947
Jun 3 Freddie Mills London, Eng KO 5
Sep 29 Ezzard Charles Cincinnati, Oh LK 2
1948
May 18 George "Young" Millich Sacramento, Ca W 10
-This man was also called "Newsboy Millich"
Jun 15 Ernie Rios Sacramento, Ca KO 3
1949
Feb 8 Roy Taylor Sacramento, Ca L 10
Jul Grant Butcher L 10
Aug 5 Bob Dunlap San Francisco, Ca W 10
Sep 20 John L. Sullivan Portland, Or KO 6
Oct 24 Watson Jones Tucson, Az KO 3
Nov 8 "Irish" Bob Murphy Los Angeles, Ca LK 4
1950
Feb 16 Frankie Daniels Sacramento, Ca KO 8
Feb 28 Babe "Hardrock" Gordon San Jose, Ca KO 6
May 14 Connie Rux Berlin, Ger LK 2
Jul 2 Dieter Hucks Berlin, Ger KO 7
Sep 6 Willie Hoepner Hamburg, Ger L 8
Oct 8 Herbert Sachs Berlin, Ger W 8
Oct 15 Hans Sterlecki Dortmund, Ger D 8
Nov 14 Don Cockell London, Eng LF 7
Dec 4 Tommy Farr Carmarthen, Wales W 10
1951
Feb 27 Don Cockell London, Eng LK 1
May 8 Carl "Bobo" Olson Honolulu, Oahu, Hi LK 5
Jul 27 Harry "Kid" Matthews Seattle, Wa LK 1
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