Willie Stevenson

Name: Willie Stevenson
Alias: Pineapple Stevenson
Birth Name: Wesley Stevenson
Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1965-09-18 (Age:29)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 174cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Division: Welterweight
Trainer: Billy Napper

• Exact month and day of birth unknown.
• Sports writer Arthur Siegel Boston Herald March 31, 1954 column. The most picturesque nickname was that of Willie “Pineapple” Stevenson, who has been around the new Garden gym since he was a young shoeshine boy. Someone said at the time, “He’s as big as a pineapple,” and the name stuck.
• Inactive in 1960, 1963, and 1964.
• Died of injuries suffered in knockout loss to Roscoe Gregory.