Georgie Abrams boxer

Georgie Abrams boxer
bouts
61
won
48
lost
10
draw
3
Status
inactive
Division
middleweight
Debut
1937-05-10
Height
5′ 9″/175cm
Reach
-
Age
75
Born
1918-11-11
Death
1994-06-30
Nationality
USA

Georgie Abrams (November 11, 1918 – June 30, 1994) was an American boxer who came very close to winning the World Middleweight Championship in November 1941 against Tony Zale and was a top contender for the title in the early 1940s. In his unique boxing career, he fought eight former or future world champions. He was managed by Bo Bregman, and Chris Dundee. Abrams was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005.Georgie Abrams was born the son of a shoemaker in Roanoke, Virginia on November 11, 1918. He was given the middle name "Freedom" for being born on Armistice Day. His family eventually moved to Washington, D.C., where he was raised and began his ring career. A gifted athlete and top student in high school, he had to forgo completing college due to the economic pressures of the Great Depression, even though he was offered partial athletic scholarships by two colleges, Notre Dame and Catholic University, in swimming and boxing. He briefly attended Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana, having to leave for financial reasons.An outstanding amateur boxer, with a record of 62-3, he won the Washington, D.C. AAU Welterweight Title. Later, he took a Golden Gloves championship in Chicago in 1937 at 147 pounds.Turning professional in 1937, Abrams won his first 17 fights. He earned a shot at middleweight champion Tony Zale by defeating such contenders as Billy Soose, Teddy Yarosz, and Lou Brouillard.On June 6, 1936, Abrams defeated Teddy Yarosz in a ten-round split decision at the Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. In a July 5, 1938 rating of American middleweights, Yarosz was placed at tenth by the Cincinnati Enquirer. Yarosz had previously taken the NYSAC World Middleweight Championship in September 1934 against Vince Dundee in Pittsburgh.On April 11, 1938, he defeated Jimmy Jones in an eight-round points decision at Turner's Arena in Washington, D.C. Abrams had previously lost to Jones on March 21 in a fifth-round knockout that ended when Jones landed a wild right to his jaw.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1948-04-21 Anton Raadik WWLWWW International Amphitheatre, Chicago LOST
Technical knockout
1947-11-17 Fred Apostoli LWWWWW Civic Auditorium, San Francisco LOST
Majority decision
1947-07-11 Steve Belloise WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Technical knockout
1947-05-16 Sugar Ray Robinson WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Split-decision
1947-04-11 Anton Raadik WWWLWW Chicago Stadium, Chicago WIN
Unanimous decision
1946-12-06 Marcel Cerdan WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Unanimous decision
1946-08-23 Steve Belloise WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Majority decision
1946-06-24 Jimmy Mandell LWWLDL Griffith Stadium, Washington DRAW
Points
1946-06-13 Johnny Lawer LLLLLL Mooers Field, Richmond WIN
Points
1946-05-20 Johnny Lawer LLLLLL Forbes Field, Pittsburgh WIN
Points
1942-05-25 Steve Mamakos WLLWLL Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Points
1941-11-28 Tony Zale WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Unanimous decision
1941-10-13 Gene Molnar WLLWLD Beach Arena, Miami Beach WIN
Points
1941-07-30 Billy Soose WWWWWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
1941-06-19 Joey Spangler WWWDLL City Stadium, Richmond WIN
Points
1941-03-07 Coley Welch WWWLWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Points
1941-02-11 Jimmy O'Boyne WLLWWW Broadway Arena, Brooklyn WIN
KO
1941-01-20 Jimmy Leto WWLLWW Carlin's Park, Baltimore WIN
Points
1940-12-12 Izzy Jannazzo WLWWWW Coliseum, Baltimore WIN
Split-decision
1940-11-28 Henry Chmielewski LWWWLL Riverside Stadium, Washington WIN
Technical knockout
1940-11-19 Augie Arellano LLLLLL New York Coliseum, Bronx WIN
Unanimous decision
1940-10-21 Jack Munley LWWWDW Town Hall, Scranton WIN
Unanimous decision
1940-09-09 Henry Chmielewski WLWLWW Auditorium, Milwaukee LOST
Points
1940-08-12 Cocoa Kid WWWWWW Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Split-decision
1940-07-29 Charley Burley WLWWWW Hickey Park, Millvale DRAW
Points
1940-05-21 Augie Arellano WLDDWL Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, Queens WIN
Points
1940-04-05 Joe Sutka WWLDLL Olympia Stadium, Detroit WIN
Points
1940-03-26 Ernie Vigh WWWWLW New York Coliseum, Bronx WIN
Points
1940-02-12 Billy Soose WWWWWW Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh WIN
Unanimous decision
1939-12-18 Joe Duca LWWLLL Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Technical knockout
1939-11-17 Fred Henneberry LWWWLW Madison Square Garden, New York DRAW
Points
1939-10-28 Vince Pimpinella LLLDLW Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn WIN
Points
1939-09-25 Billy Soose WWLLWW Forbes Field, Pittsburgh WIN
Unanimous decision
1939-07-25 Vic Dellicurti DWLWWW Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, Queens WIN
Points
1939-06-27 Vic Dellicurti WDWLWW Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, Queens LOST
Points
1939-06-20 Lou Brouillard WLWDLW Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Points
1939-04-28 Harry Balsamo LLWWWW Hippodrome, New York WIN
Points
1939-04-06 Babe Orgovan LWLLLW Hippodrome, New York WIN
Points
1938-08-15 Steve Mamakos WWWWWW Griffith Stadium, Washington LOST
Unanimous decision
1938-06-29 Phil Furr LWWWWD Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Unanimous decision
1938-06-06 Teddy Yarosz LLWLWW Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Split-decision
1938-05-02 Jimmy O'Boyne LLWLD Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Points
1938-04-11 Jimmy Jones DWWLLW Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Points
1938-03-21 Jimmy Jones WDWWLL Turner's Arena, Washington LOST
KO
1938-02-28 Tony Cisco DWLLLW Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Split-decision
1938-02-07 Ben Wojack LWWWLD Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Unanimous decision
1938-01-10 Leo Finnegan LLLWDD Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Points
1937-12-27 Steve Mamakos WWWWW Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Unanimous decision
1937-11-29 Johnny Barrie W Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
KO
1937-11-15 Sargis Prevost LWWLWW Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Unanimous decision
1937-11-08 Charley Marshall LWLLLL Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
Unanimous decision
1937-10-18 Joey Spangler WLWDDD Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Points
1937-10-11 Charley Ubele LWWWWL Arena, Philadelphia WIN
Points
1937-09-13 Eddie Miles debut Arena Stadium, Philadelphia WIN
Technical knockout
1937-09-01 Hunter Crostic WLLWLL Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Points
1937-08-02 Charley Rondo LLLLLL Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
KO
1937-07-06 Joe Chaney LLWDWW Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Unanimous decision
1937-06-28 Tony Livingston WWWLWL Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
KO
1937-06-23 Bobby Wilson LLLLWW Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
Points
1937-06-02 Sam Baccala LLLWLW Griffith Stadium, Washington WIN
KO
1937-05-10 Eddie Stillson debut Turner's Arena, Washington WIN
KO