Robert Brutus Beal
Robert Brutus Beal
aka Robert Beal and usually, Bob Beal
Purported amateur boxing record 291 - 9
Member of the Illinois MA/Boxing HOF
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Former 2-time world middleweight champion Tony Zale was one of Beal's trainers. Boxing legend, hall of famer, and former Bantamweight champion, Johnny Coulon, was also one of Beal's trainers and mentors.
In the Catholic Youth Organization championships, the head of the CYO, Mike Triolo, made Beal wear 16 oz. gloves in fear that Beal might severely injure an opponent. Although he had to wear thicker gloves, Beal still knocked all of his opponents out in the first round.
In the 1955 championships heavyweight division, in a bout to qualify for the 1956 Olympics, Beal fought Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Pete Rademacher and won the bout, knocking Rademacher out. However, Beal broke his hand and could not compete in the Olympics, allowing Rademacher to qualify.
Beal beat Monte Hendricks to win the 1956-1957 Sugar Bowl Heavyweight championship. The Sugar Bowl fights, which were the championship bouts between the champions of the South versus the champions of the North, were held in New Orleans, Louisiana.