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5 April 2023
- 20:4120:41, 5 April 2023 diff hist −1 Fight:75640 No edit summary current
- 20:3920:39, 5 April 2023 diff hist +866 Fight:75640 No edit summary
- 20:2420:24, 5 April 2023 diff hist +493 N Fight:75645 Created page with "<Fight>75645</fight> Though his speed, left hand, and experience won handily enough for him, Rocky Castellani, 159, Luzerne, had to weather a couple of rough spells in a fast eight with young Ralph Jones, 155 3/4., Yonkers, at the Ridgewood Grove. Undaunted by his opponent's reputation, Jones carried the fight to Castellani all the way, and uncovered a real thrill by dropping Rocky for eight in the third. Castellani also was staggered by a right in the fifth. [The Ring,..." current
- 19:5919:59, 5 April 2023 diff hist +330 N Fight:75648 Created page with "<Fight>75648</fight> Wilkes-Barre’s Bobby Lloyd and Tiger Jones, New York, fought an eight-round draw at Sunnyside Gardens, New York City, last night. The referee voted 3-5 in favor of Jones. One judge ruled 5-3 for Bobby, while the second judge scored the bout 4-4 with six points for each battler. (The Tribune, Scranton, PA.)" current
- 19:4819:48, 5 April 2023 diff hist +23 Fight:75650 No edit summary current
- 19:4719:47, 5 April 2023 diff hist +268 N Fight:75650 Created page with "<Fight>75650</fight> Sal DiMartino, 154, Hartford, Conn., fought an eight-round draw last night with Ralph Jones, 151 ¼, Yonkers, N.Y., in the feature bout before a crowd of 2,000 at the Sunnyside Gardens. Two officials voted for a draw and the third voted for Jones."
- 19:3919:39, 5 April 2023 diff hist 0 N File:Tex Gonzales.jpg No edit summary current
- 19:0719:07, 5 April 2023 diff hist +42 Fight:75656 No edit summary current
- 19:0619:06, 5 April 2023 diff hist +119 N Fight:75656 Created page with "<Fight>75656</fight> Yonker's Ralph Jones, 153 1/2, hammered out a six-round decision over Al Niag, 153 1/4, of Harlem."
18 March 2023
- 15:5615:56, 18 March 2023 diff hist +44 Rocky Marciano vs. Freddie Beshore No edit summary current
- 15:5415:54, 18 March 2023 diff hist 0 N File:Marciano-Beshore.jpg No edit summary
17 March 2023
- 17:4217:42, 17 March 2023 diff hist +69 Ralph Jones No edit summary
7 February 2023
- 23:2723:27, 7 February 2023 diff hist +718 Dick DeVito No edit summary current
26 January 2023
- 19:3019:30, 26 January 2023 diff hist +279 N Fight:42724 Created page with "<Fight>42724</fight> Billy Fox, North Philadelphia and a product of The Inquirer A.A. Diamond Belt Tournamants, registered his 15th straight knockout when he disposed of Teddy Horton with a barrage of Teddy of rights after 23 seconds of the second round. [Philadelphia Inquirer]" current
- 19:2119:21, 26 January 2023 diff hist +200 N Fight:38379 Created page with "<Fight>38379</fight> Billy Fox, 162 1/2, scored a knockout over Tommy Ferraro, 158, U.S. Navy, at 2:03 of the first round when the sailor, dropped by a right, was slow arising. [Philadelphia Inquirer]" current
- 19:1619:16, 26 January 2023 diff hist +122 N Fight:38372 Created page with "<Fight>38372</fight> Billy Fox, 162, knocked out Billy Williams, 168, at 1:43 of the second round. [Philadelphia Inquirer]" current
- 19:1219:12, 26 January 2023 diff hist +348 N Fight:38373 Created page with "<Fight>38373</fight> Billy Fox, 163 ¼, North Philadelphia, city finalist last year in the Inquirer A.A. bouts, won his first pro battle, technically knocking out Billy Williams, 167 2/2, South Philadelphia, in 1:39 of the third round of the main preliminary. Williams was down in every round before the referee stopped it. [Philadelphia Inquirer]" current
24 January 2023
- 13:5213:52, 24 January 2023 diff hist −8 Ray Phillips No edit summary current
- 13:5013:50, 24 January 2023 diff hist +12 Ray Phillips No edit summary
- 13:4813:48, 24 January 2023 diff hist 0 N File:Ray Phillips.jpg No edit summary current
7 January 2023
- 20:3020:30, 7 January 2023 diff hist +825 N Fight:116059 Created page with "<fight>116059</fight> Johnny Gonsalves strengthened his third place ranking in the lightweight division with a ten-round split decision over Virgil Akins of St. Louis. The Oakland fighter, 136, got the decision in the last few rounds by faster punching the 138-pound Akins. The fight at Chicago’s Rainbo Arena was nationally televised by ABC. There were no knockdowns, but Gonsalves had Akins reeling with a flurry of hard punches in the sixth round. The winner suffered a..." current
- 15:0115:01, 7 January 2023 diff hist +82 N Arthur Liebert Created page with "Based in St.Louis, MO., Arthur Liebert managed Virgil Akins from 1948 to 1952." current
- 14:5814:58, 7 January 2023 diff hist −1 Virgil Akins No edit summary
- 14:5714:57, 7 January 2023 diff hist +105 N Bernie Glickman Created page with "Bernard Glickman, a Chicago manufacturer with good boxing connections and co-manager of Virgil Akins." current
- 14:5614:56, 7 January 2023 diff hist +76 N Eddie Yawitz Created page with "St. Louis druggist who managed fighters. His star pupil was Virgil Akins" current
- 14:5414:54, 7 January 2023 diff hist +1 Virgil Akins No edit summary
- 14:5414:54, 7 January 2023 diff hist +2 Virgil Akins No edit summary
- 14:5214:52, 7 January 2023 diff hist +167 Lou Gross No edit summary current
- 14:4614:46, 7 January 2023 diff hist +46 N Bill Farrell Created page with "St. Louis, Missouri Trainer. Virgil Akins" current
- 14:4614:46, 7 January 2023 diff hist +28 N Lou Gross Created page with "Trainer. * Virgil Akins"
- 14:4414:44, 7 January 2023 diff hist +48 N Turuche (Chico) Larretz Created page with "St. Louis, Missouri Trainer. * Virgil Akins" current
- 14:4214:42, 7 January 2023 diff hist +18 Virgil Akins No edit summary
- 14:3914:39, 7 January 2023 diff hist +14 Virgil Akins No edit summary
5 January 2023
- 14:4214:42, 5 January 2023 diff hist +16 Nick Florio No edit summary
- 14:4214:42, 5 January 2023 diff hist 0 Dan Florio No edit summary
- 14:4114:41, 5 January 2023 diff hist +15 Dan Florio No edit summary
28 December 2022
- 22:1422:14, 28 December 2022 diff hist +961 Virgil Akins vs. Ronnie Delaney No edit summary current
- 21:5221:52, 28 December 2022 diff hist +6 Fight:119203 No edit summary current
- 21:5121:51, 28 December 2022 diff hist +6 Fight:119203 No edit summary
- 21:4721:47, 28 December 2022 diff hist +545 N Fight:119203 Created page with "<Fight>1192023/fight> Virgil Akins of St. Louis and Johnny Brown, from Chicago plodded through an eight-round draw in the last match of the evening. The fight was dull one for the first four rounds and, if possible, grew duller. At the beginning of the sixth round Referee Jimmy Parker called the two men together in the middle of the ring and asked them if they could possibly speed up the action a little bit. The talk did some good, but not much. Most of the crowd began..."
- 21:3421:34, 28 December 2022 diff hist +318 N Fight:119200 Created page with "<Fight>119200</fight> Virgil Akins of St. Louis stopped Tommy Maddox of Chicago last night in the fourth round of a scheduled 10-round bout at Marigold Gardens. Akins, 148, floored Maddox, 149, twice in the first round and was in complete command before Dr. Irving Slot stopped the bout. '''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'''" current
- 21:2021:20, 28 December 2022 diff hist −2 Fight:72467 No edit summary current
- 21:2021:20, 28 December 2022 diff hist +561 N Fight:72467 Created page with "<Fight>72467</fight> Virgil Akins of St.Louis, won a unanimous eight-round decision over Henry Hank of Detroit last night in the featured bout at Motor City Arena. Akins, weighing 153, florred Hank, 149 ¼, twice – once in the first round and again in the third. Both were for nine counts. Hank made his best showing in the second round when he started a counterattack after barely surviving the first round knockdown. The veteran Akins was never in difficclult. He appear..."
- 21:1021:10, 28 December 2022 diff hist +585 N Fight:119140 Created page with "<Fight>119140</fight> Andrew Brown, local welterweight, successfully hurdled his most important pro ring test Saturday night at the Coliseum when he gained a split decision over Virgil Akins of St. Louis in a 10-round slugfest. Brown piled up a commanding lead in the early rounds only to have Akins come on strong in the last three stanzas. In the toe-to-toe sessions the youthful New Orleans welter had the better of some fierce exchanges which brought a warning from the r..." current
- 20:5220:52, 28 December 2022 diff hist 0 Fight:119139 No edit summary current
- 20:5120:51, 28 December 2022 diff hist +718 N Fight:119139 Created page with "<Fight>119139</fight> Virgil Akins, ring-rusty after a 10-month layoff, still had enough to pound out an eight-round TKO over Joey Greenwood of Akron, Ohio in the last bout of the evening. Akins scored a knockdown in the fifth and two more in the seventh. He turned tiger in the seventh and really poured it on a game, but outclassed Greenwood, and the Akron boy couldn’t come out for the eighth. Greenwood weighed 143 1.2, just a half pound less than Akins who showed the..."
- 20:0220:02, 28 December 2022 diff hist 0 Fight:116060 No edit summary current
- 20:0120:01, 28 December 2022 diff hist +1,002 Fight:116060 No edit summary
26 December 2022
- 20:3720:37, 26 December 2022 diff hist +6 Massachusetts Veteran Hall of Fame (Ring 4) No edit summary current
- 20:3620:36, 26 December 2022 diff hist −22 Massachusetts Veteran Hall of Fame (Ring 4) No edit summary