Marion Conner - Revision history

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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	*''Marion Conner, An Appreciation'' by Bobby Franklin: [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6282]		*''Marion Conner, An Appreciation'' by Bobby Franklin (2012): [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6282]
			*Remembrance by Bobby Franklin (2022): [https://ibroresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IBRO153.34-36.pdf]

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Ric at 22:34, 22 March 2022

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	[[:Image:Connor marion.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Marion Conner 2012.JPG\|Conner]] in 2012		[[:Image:Connor marion.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Marion Conner 2012.JPG\|Conner]] in 2012

	'''Marion Conner''' played football and ran track at McKinney High School. He fought as a [[southpaw]] while an amateur, but converted to [[orthodox]] when he turned pro. He was an "aggressive body puncher with a very strong good left hook to the head, who wore his opponents down." [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 114\|IBRO Journal #114]] (2012), p. 14.		'''Marion Conner''' was an 11-time Golden Gloves champion boxer and world-ranked professional fighter.

			He played football and ran track at McKinney High School. He fought as a [[southpaw]] while an amateur, but converted to [[orthodox]] when he turned pro. He was an "aggressive body puncher with a very strong good left hook to the head, who wore his opponents down." [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 114\|IBRO Journal #114]] (2012), p. 14.

			Born in Canton in 1940, Conner was Stark County's first Golden Gloves champion. A one-time Ohio heavyweight champion, Conner retired from the sport in 1976, the year he fought [[Ronnie Harris]] in the "Bicentennial Battle of 1976" which Harris won. (Both fighters had come up through the Police Boys Club boxing program run by J. Babe Stearn, who knew [[Jack Dempsey]].)

			He is enshrined in the Stark County Amateur Sports Hall of Fame and the Canton Negro Old-timers Athletic Association Hall of Fame.

	== Career Highlights ==		== Career Highlights ==

	*1959: Won Steubenville [[Golden Gloves]]		*1959: Won Steubenville [[Golden Gloves]]
	*1960: Won Steubenville Golden Gloves		*1960: Won Steubenville Golden Gloves

Wouter at 12:51, 19 February 2022

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	'''Marion Conner''' played football and ran track at McKinney High School. He fought as a [[southpaw]] while an amateur, but converted to [[orthodox]] when he turned pro. He was an "aggressive body puncher with a very strong good left hook to the head, who wore his opponents down." [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 114\|IBRO Journal #114]] (2012), p. 14.		'''Marion Conner''' played football and ran track at McKinney High School. He fought as a [[southpaw]] while an amateur, but converted to [[orthodox]] when he turned pro. He was an "aggressive body puncher with a very strong good left hook to the head, who wore his opponents down." [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 114\|IBRO Journal #114]] (2012), p. 14.

	~~As of June 2012, he lives in East Canton, Ohio, with his wife, Emma.~~
	== Career Highlights ==		== Career Highlights ==

Wouter at 07:36, 17 January 2022

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	[[Category:African American Boxers]]		[[Category:African American Boxers]]
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	*Apr. 27, 1962: Freeport Ohio: sch am bout vs. Don Grant		*Apr. 27, 1962: Freeport Ohio: sch am bout vs. Don Grant
	*[[Ring Magazine: January 1964\|Jan. 1964]]: [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine's Light-Heavyweight "Prospect for the Month"		*[[Ring Magazine: January 1964\|Jan. 1964]]: [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine's Light-Heavyweight "Prospect for the Month"

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			== External Links ==
			*''Marion Conner, An Appreciation'' by Bobby Franklin: [http://www.ibroresearch.com/?p=6282]

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			'''Division:''' Light Heavyweight<br>
			[[:Image:Connor marion.jpg\|Photo #2]], [[:File:Marion Conner 2012.JPG\|Conner]] in 2012

	*Played football and track at McKinney High School		'''Marion Conner''' played football and ran track at McKinney High School. He fought as a [[southpaw]] while an amateur, but converted to [[orthodox]] when he turned pro. He was an "aggressive body puncher with a very strong good left hook to the head, who wore his opponents down." [[IBRO Journal Issue No. 114\|IBRO Journal #114]] (2012), p. 14.
	*A converted ~~Southpaw~~

	~~'''Division:''' Light Heavyweight~~		As of June 2012, he lives in East Canton, Ohio, with his wife, Emma.
			== Career Highlights ==

	*1959 ~~won~~ Steubenville Golden Gloves		*1959: Won Steubenville [[Golden Gloves]]
	*1960 ~~won~~ Steubenville Golden Gloves		*1960: Won Steubenville Golden Gloves
	*Feb. 1961 ~~won~~ Pittsburgh Golden Gloves		*Feb. 1961: Won Pittsburgh Golden Gloves
	*Mar 21, 1961: ~~won~~ the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at light heavyweight vs. [[Simon Ramos]]		*Mar 21, 1961: Won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at light heavyweight vs. [[Simon Ramos]]
	*Mar. 29 1961 ~~won~~ Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at light heavyweight at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].		*Mar. 29 1961: Won Intercity Golden Gloves championship, at light heavyweight, at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].
	*Jan. 24, 1962 ~~won~~ "overweight" title at Canton Golden Gloves		*Jan. 24, 1962: Won the "overweight" title at Canton Golden Gloves
	*Feb 9, 1962 Cleveland Golden Gloves, L 3 in final to James Kitchen		*Feb 9, 1962: Cleveland Golden Gloves, L 3 in final to James Kitchen
	*Apr. 27, 1962 Freeport Ohio: sch am bout vs. Don Grant		*Apr. 27, 1962: Freeport Ohio: sch am bout vs. Don Grant
			*[[Ring Magazine: January 1964\|Jan. 1964]]: [[The Ring Magazine\|''The Ring'']] magazine's Light-Heavyweight "Prospect for the Month"

	*Jan. 1964 The Ring magazine Light-Heavyweight Prospect for the Month

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Delisa at 17:25, 6 June 2012

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			*Played football and track at McKinney High School
			*A converted Southpaw

	'''Division:''' Light Heavyweight		'''Division:''' Light Heavyweight

Delisa at 17:23, 6 June 2012

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	*1959 won Steubenville Golden Gloves		*1959 won Steubenville Golden Gloves
	*Feb. 1961 ~~fought in~~ Pittsburgh Golden Gloves		*1960 won Steubenville Golden Gloves
			*Feb. 1961 won Pittsburgh Golden Gloves
	*Mar 21, 1961: won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at light heavyweight vs. [[Simon Ramos]]		*Mar 21, 1961: won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at light heavyweight vs. [[Simon Ramos]]
	*Mar. 29 1961 won Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at light heavyweight at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].		*Mar. 29 1961 won Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at light heavyweight at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].
	*Jan. 24, 1962 won "overweight" title at Canton Golden Gloves		*Jan. 24, 1962 won "overweight" title at Canton Golden Gloves
	*Feb 9, 1962 Cleveland Golden Gloves, L 3 in final to James Kitchen		*Feb 9, 1962 Cleveland Golden Gloves, L 3 in final to James Kitchen
			*Apr. 27, 1962 Freeport Ohio: sch am bout vs. Don Grant

	*Jan. 1964 The Ring magazine Light-Heavyweight Prospect for the Month		*Jan. 1964 The Ring magazine Light-Heavyweight Prospect for the Month

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	*Mar. 29 1961 won Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at light heavyweight at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].		*Mar. 29 1961 won Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at light heavyweight at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].
	*Jan. 24, 1962 won "overweight" title at Canton Golden Gloves		*Jan. 24, 1962 won "overweight" title at Canton Golden Gloves
			*Feb 9, 1962 Cleveland Golden Gloves, L 3 in final to James Kitchen

	*Jan. 1964 The Ring magazine Light-Heavyweight Prospect for the Month		*Jan. 1964 The Ring magazine Light-Heavyweight Prospect for the Month

Delisa at 17:15, 6 June 2012

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	*Feb. 1961 fought in Pittsburgh Golden Gloves		*Feb. 1961 fought in Pittsburgh Golden Gloves
	*Mar 21, 1961: won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at light heavyweight vs. [[Simon Ramos]]		*Mar 21, 1961: won the New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at light heavyweight vs. [[Simon Ramos]]
	*Mar. 29 1961 won Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at light heavyweight at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].		*Mar. 29 1961 won Intercity Golden Gloves' championship at light heavyweight at 2:43 of the 3rd round vs. [[Charles Williams (of Saint Louis, MO)\|Charles Williams]].
			*Jan. 24, 1962 won "overweight" title at Canton Golden Gloves

	*Jan. 1964 The Ring magazine Light-Heavyweight Prospect for the Month		*Jan. 1964 The Ring magazine Light-Heavyweight Prospect for the Month