Oakland Billy Smith

Name: Oakland Billy Smith
Alias: Boardwalk Billy Smith
Birth Name: Urias Billy Smith
Hometown: Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Died: 1997-12-21 (Age:76)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 183cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Oakland Billy Smith (also known as 'Boardwalk Billy') beat future light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson by KO 2 in 1954. He also registered a first round KO of Billy Noble in the walk-out fight for Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott (2nd meeting). And Smith fought to a twelve-round draw with future light heavyweight champion Archie Moore in 1946 (was 0-3-1 versus Moore overall).

• "Hanging Around: Oakland Billy Smith" by Mike Casey (December 2013): [1]

Factoids

• Manager was Sheriff Jerry Gormley of Atlantic City.
• Retired from the ring in 1955.
• Worked as a Deputy Sheriff with the Atlantic County New Jersey Sheriff's Department.
• A devout Presbyterian.

Newspaper Articles

• Smith Looks For Moore After Upset of Johnson, AP, October 9, 1954 [2]
• You Can't Forget The Past by Murray Rose for Gayle Talbot, Associated Press Sports Writer, December 28, 1954 [3]
• AP, October 8, 1954 [4]
• UP, December 29, 1954 [5]
• AP, October 25, 1955 [6]