Wild Bill Boyd

Name: Wild Bill Boyd
Birth Name: Horace Boyd
Hometown: Seattle, Washington, USA
Died: 1987-07-19 (Age:73)
Height: 188cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Managers: George Cruickshank, Jack Dempsey

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• Exact date of birth unknown. Reported as being 24 years old by March 1939.
• Of the U.S.S. Idaho while an amateur, he won the heavyweight championship in the Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament in Seattle, Washington, December 16, 1935. He had scored two KOs, and won a third battle by a lopsided margin.
• He also was the United States Navy's Heavyweight Champion in 1936 and 1937.
• Some newspapers reported his boxing nickname as being "Battleship Bill Boyd."
• According to the August 11, 1937 edition of the Everett Daily Herald(Everett, WA, USA) newspaper, Boyd was from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. That article reported that he was the former Northwest Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion, as well as the former United States Navy titlest. He was twice the Navy Heavyweight Champion. Further, that article reported that Boyd's amateur record was 78 (69 KOs)-2 losses (on points only, no KO losses)-0.
• His first manager was George Cruickshank. Former World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey once owned an interest in Boyd. (EDH, July 27, 1938.) Dempsey also managed Boyd in 1939. Perhaps later, as well. (See also the March 2, 1939 edition of the EDH.)