Eddie (KO) Roberts

Name: Eddie Roberts
Alias: KO
Birth Name: Edward L. Rowland
Hometown: Tacoma, Washington, USA
Birthplace: Anacortes, Washington, USA
Height: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Division: Welterweight
Managers: Jack Connor, Benny Ford
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The Sept. 2, 1942 Tacoma News Tribune reported that Eddie Roberts's true name was Water (Walter?) Tender Rowland. He was back in the United States Navy at this time. In fact, reportedly he had just come out of the Navy when he started boxing professionally some 20 years earlier.

Roberts was ranked as high as #2 in the Welterweight division, following his 1st round kayo of former Welterweight champion Joe Dundee in San Francisco.