Gene Coon

Name: Gene Coon
Birth Name: Eugene Thomas Coon
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Birthplace: Bradford, Rhode Island, USA
Died: 2007-03-22 (Age:73)
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Career Review

• Gene Coon was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Airforce.
• Won the middleweight championship of Alaska by defeating Phil Hauser in a 12 rounder in 1966. Former undefeated World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano acted as the referee.
• Runner-up in 1954 Northeast Boxing Championships as an amateur.
• Runner-up in 1955 Boston AAU Championships and the Buffalo New York Golden Gloves.
• Made his pro-debut in 1963 by knocking out Phil Stevenson in 2 rounds in Anchorage, Alaska.
• According to a 1967 article about Coon in the September Ring Magazine, Coon had 51 professional boxing matches, losing 6, and scoring 29 knockouts.
• Donated 4 of his professional purses in Alaska to various charities in the name of the United States Airforce.
• Served in South Viet-Nam at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in 1966.
• Coon boxed a 6 round exhibition with Pro-boxer, Norman Fletcher, who was a army specialist in 1967 at Cam Ranh Bay Air Force Base in South Viet-Nam. William Mallard was the referee.

Source

• Ring Magazine, September 1967, pages 20, 35: ALASKAN CHAMP, IN VIETNAM, TO LOSE CROWN MINUS FIGHT, by Sgt. L.R. Slade