Howard Davis, Jr., 1976 Olympic Champion

williefromrichmond · Post by **williefromrichmond** » 19 Jan 2008, 10:16

HOWARD DAVIS

Born: February 14, 1956.

Amateur Boxing Career: 1973-1976

Amateur Boxing Record: 78-5

Partial Record Below

1973 Feb. 5 - Greg Presley W pts
1973 Mch. 7 - Julio Paneto W pts
1973 Mch. 16 - Carlos Gonzalez W pts
New York City Golden Gloves sub-novice featherweight champion; New York City, New York.
1973 May 8 - John Morales W pts
1973 May 9 - Gary Vinet W pts
1973 May 10 - Jose Herrera W pts
1973 May 11 - Alfonso Evans W pts
1973 May 12 - LeRoy Veasley W pts
National AAU open featherweight champion; Boston, Massachusetts.
1973 May 28 - Dale Anderson W pts
USA vs. Canada. North American open featherweight champion; Uniondale, Long Island, New York.
1973 July - Viorel Sorocanu W pts
USA vs. Romania; Bucharest, Romania.
1973 Aug. 9 - Rene Weller W pts
USA vs. West Germany; Uniondale, Long Island, New York.
1974 Feb. 12 - Patrick Dolan W ko 3
1974 Mch. 6 - Bobby (Wildman) W pts
Alexander
1974 Mch. 14 - Richard Flores W pts
1974 Mch. 22 - Fernando Rodriguez W rsc 1
New York City Golden Gloves featherweight champion; New York City, New York.
1974 May 20 - Kenny Bruce W rsc 2
New York vs. Northern Ireland; New York City, New York.
1974 June 12 - Ronnie Newton W pts
1974 June 13 - Joe Smith W rsc
1974 June 14 - Steve Bailey W pts
1974 June 14 - Mike Hess L pts
National AAU featherweight champion; Knoxville, Tennessee.
1974 Aug. 20 - Roberto Andino W pts 5-0
(Puerto Rico)
1974 Aug. 22 - Rumen Peshev W pts 5-0
(Bulgaria)
1974 Aug. 27 - Eddie Ndukwu W pts 5-0
(Nigeria)
1974 Aug. 28 - Mariano Alvarez W pts 3-2
(Cuba)
1974 Aug. 31 - Boris Kuznetsov W pts 3-2
(Soviet Union). World featherweight champion; Havana, Cuba.
1974 Nov. 30 - Tibor Badari W pts
USA vs. Hungary; Cleveland, Ohio.
1975 Jan. 18 - Eugeni Velicov W pts
USA vs. Soviet Union; Las Vegas, Nevada.
1975 Feb. 20 - Robert Santiago W rsc 1
1975 Mch. 4 - Ray Johnson W pts
1975 Mch. 12 - Felix Mendez W rsc 1
1975 Mch. 21 - Richard Flores W pts
New York City Golden Gloves featherweight champion; New York City, New York.
1975 Aug. 13 - Andrzej Jagielski L pts
USA vs. Poland; Springfield.
1975 Sept. 4
1975 Sept. 5
1975 Sept. 6 - Davey Armstrong L pts 2-3
Pan American Trials featherweight finalist; Madison, Wisconsin.
1976 Feb. 23 - Michael Lacorazza W rsc 1
1976 Feb. 26 - Malcolm Driver W rsc 3
1976 Mch. 3 - Mike Phillips W rsc 2
1976 Mch. 10 - Felix Nance W pts
1976 Mch. 19 - Robert Rodriguez W pts
New York City Golden Gloves lightweight champion; New York City, New York.
1976 May 12 - Jeff Stoudemire W pts
1976 May 13 - Adolph Kincaid W pts
1976 May 13 - Tony Powell W pts
1976 May 14 - Pat Jefferson W pts
1976 May 14 - Hilmer Kenty W pts
1976 May 15 - Tommy Hearns W pts
National AAU lightweight champion; Las Vegas, Nevada.
1976 June 2 - Adolph Kincaid W rsc 3
1976 June 4 - Billy Turner W rsc 2
1976 June 6 - Aaron Pryor W pts 5-0
U.S. Olympic Trials lightweight champion; Cincinnati, Ohio. Voted outstanding boxer of the tournament.
1976 June 26 - Aaron Pryor W pts
U.S. Olympic Box-Offs lightweight champion; Burlington, Vermont.
1976 July 21 - Yukio Segawa (Japan) W pts 5-0
1976 July 24 - Leonidas Asprilla W KO 2
(Columbia)
1976 July 27 - Tzvetan Tzvetkov W ret 3
(Bulgaria)
1976 July 29 - Ace Rusevski (Yugo- W pts 5-0
slavia)
1976 July 31 - Simion Cutov (Ro- W pts 5-0
mania).Olympic lightweight champion; Montreal, Canada. Voted out-
standing boxer of the tournament.
1976 December 17 - Turned pro.

Updated 18 January 2008

Nile4000 · Post by **Nile4000** » 24 Jan 2008, 13:13

He must not have fought in the 1975 AAU Nationals.

williefromrichmond · Post by **williefromrichmond** » 28 Jan 2008, 22:49

Hi. When I put most of this information together about five years ago, I think I recall that Davis suffered an injury in training which knocked him out of the 1975 Nationals. I will try to verify that. Thanks for asking.