Hedgemon Lewis

Name: Hedgemon Lewis
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birthplace: Greensboro, Alabama, USA
Died: 2020-03-31 (Age:74)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 173cm
Promoter: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Managers: January Fighters Incorporated
• Trainer: Eddie Futch, Luther Burgess

Amateur Career

• Started boxing at age 12 at the Northern Recreation Center in Detroit, Michigan.
• First amateur trainers were Albert Smith and Duke Ellis. He was later trained by Luther Burgess at the Brewster Recreation Center.
• 1963 Detroit Diamond Belt Champion.
• 1964 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion.
• 1964 United States Olympic Trials semifinalist at light welterweight.
• 1965 National AAU Welterweight Champion.
• 1966 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion.

Professional Career

• Managed by January Fighters Incorporated, which consisted of Dale Jackson, comedian Bill Cosby, singer Robert Goulet, and actors Ryan O'Neal and Chris Connely.
• Fought Jose Napoles for the World Welterweight Championship on December 14, 1971, and lost by a fifteen-round unanimous decision.
• Defeated Billy Backus by a fifteen-round unanimous decision to win the vacant New York State Athletic Commission World Welterweight Championship on June 16, 1972.
• Fought Jose Napoles for the World Welterweight Championship on August 3, 1974, and lost by a ninth-round TKO.
• Retired after losing to WBC World Welterweight Champion John H. Stracey by a tenth-round TKO on March 20, 1976.
• Inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

Source

• "Stars Predict Great Future For Hedgemon" By Roy Raskin, The Ring, September 1968, pages 17 & 42