FRANK BATTAGLIA

Born:     September 13, 1910, Winnipeg, Canada.
Height:  5 feet 9 inches.
Weight: 135 - 164 lbs.

Was Canadian lightweight representative in 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam; was defeated in first series by Robert C. Smith of South Africa.
Compiled by: Bob Soderman (IBRO Journal 32)
Photo Courtesy of: Vince Colitti (IBRO)

TB   KO WD WF LD LF D LK ND NC
115   62    27    1    14   2   5   3     1    0

 

1928
Nov 26 Frankie Jackson 			Winnipeg, CAN                 L  6 (Pro Debut)
Dec 12 Frankie Jackson 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W  6

1929
Feb  1 Jack Decosimo                                                  W  6
May  1 Eric Mangeline 			Winnipeg, CAN                KO  4
Jun  4 Red Carr 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W  8
Jul  1 Al Brown 			Melville, PA                 KO  8
Jul 16 Red Carr 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W 10
Aug 12 Dave Alter 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W 10
Sep 23 Dave Alter 			Winnipeg, CAN                KO  3
Oct  5 Stan June 			St. Paul, MN                 KO  1
Oct 16 Vince Jellinek 			Winnipeg, CAN                KO  7
Oct 24 Billy Light 			St. Paul, MN               ND-L 10
Nov I8 Big Doll Marshall 		Newark, NJ                    W  6
Dec  2 Sonny Pope 			Newark, NJ                   LF  1
Dec 13 Peter Baert 			Detroit, MI                   W  6
---    June KO Stahan                                               TKO  4
---    Steve Barrett 			St. Paul, MN                  W  6
---    Sailor Landis 			St. Paul, MN                  W  6
---    Jack Story 			Detroit, MI                   W  6

1930
Jan 10 Matt Roche 			Winnipeg, CAN               TKO  6
Feb  5 Young Bulmer 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W 10
Feb 28 Kayo Stahon 			Winnipeg, CAN                KO  5
Mar  7 Joe Ruguzzoni 			Detroit, MI                   L  6
Apr  7 Doug Lewis 			Toronto, CAN                  W  6
May  1 Joe Young 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W 10
May 16 Laurie Peppin 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W 10
Jun 12 Patsy Pollock 			Winnipeg, CAN                KO  5
Jul 22 Jock Malone 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W 10
Aug  6 Laurie Peppin 			Winnipeg, CAN                 D 10
Aug 19 My Sullivan 			Winnipeg, CAN                 D 10
Sep 19 My Sullivan 			St. Paul, MN                  W 10
Dec 10 Billy Light 			St. Paul, MN                  L 10
Dec  5 Eddie Dempsey 			St. Paul, MN                 KO  2 

1931
Jan 23 Ray Tramlie 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  1
Feb  2 Angelo Puglisi 			Minnapolis, MN              TKO  4
Feb 27 Norman Brown 			St. Paul, MN                 LF  4
Apr  9 Haakon Hansen 			Milwaukee, WI                 W  6
Apr 22 Walter Dunham 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  1
Jun  4 Ray Tramlie 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  4
Jun 10 Joe Sharkey 			Winnipeg, CAN                KO  6
Jun 26 Johnny Burns 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  2
Aug  3 Pete LaCross 			Chicago, IL                  KO  2
Aug 10 Johnny Morse 			Chicago, IL                  KO  1
Sep  3 Angel Cliville 			Milwaukee, WI             KO by  1
       (First round eliminator of NBA Middleweight Tournament)
Sep 18 Billy Light 			St. Paul, MN                 KO  7
Sep 28 Joe Rugguzoni 			Detroit, MI                 TKO  3
Oct 16 Charley Long 			St. Paul, MN                 KO  3
Nov 12 Raul Rojas 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  1
Nov 19 Johnny Burns 			Chicago, IL                  KO  1
Nov 26 KO White 			Sheboygan, WI                KO  1
Dec  7 Bud Saltis 			Chicago, IL                   W 10
Dec 15 Norman Brown 			Winnipeg, CAN                KO  2

1932
Feb  8 Vince Forgione 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  8
Feb 18 Jack Moran 			Chicago, IL                   W  6
Mar  7 Sammy Slaughter 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  7 
Mar 18 Ben Jeby 			Chicago, IL                  KO  1
Apr 19 My Sullivan 			St. Paul, MN                 KO  2
Jul  4 George Brazleton 		Reno, NV                     KO  3 
Sep 13 Roy Tiger Williams 		Winnipeg, CAN                KO  3
Oct 13 Chick Devlin 			New York, NY                  D 10
Nov 11 Young Terry 			Chicago, IL                  KO  7
Dec  9 Chick Devlin 			New York, NY                  W 10

1933
Jan 13 Ben Jeby 			New York, NY             TKO by 12
       (Vacant NYSAC World Middleweight Title)
May 22 Battling Tracey 			Winnipeg, CAN                 W 10
Jun -- Pete Adare                                                    KO  2
Jul -- Shorty McKay                                                  KO  3
Sep 18 Roy Tiger Williams 		Minneapolis, MN               L 10
Oct 24 Al Schaaf 			San Jose, CA                 KO  1
Nov 10 Jimmy Evans 			San Francisco, CA            KO  3
Nov 24 Earl Wise 			San Francisco, CA            KO  5
Dec  7 Billy Edwards 			Reno, NV                     KO  2

1934
Jan  1 Sammy Slaughter 			Milwaukee, WI                WF  2
Jan 17 Walter Cobb 			Fargo, ND                    KO  3
       (Note-this is not the heavyweight Walter Cobb)
Jan 26 Sammy Slaughter 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  9
Feb  5 Johnny O'Hara 			Minneapolis, MN              KO  2
Feb 16 Kid Leonard 			Chicago, IL                   L 10
Mar  2 Paul Pirrone 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  1
Mar 16 Jackie Purvis 			Duluth, MN                   KO  3
Apr  2 Larry Udell 			St. Paul, MN                TKO  5
May 21 Tait Littman 			Milwaukee, WI                 L 10
Jul 16 Johnny Phagan 			Chicago, IL                   W 10
Aug  6 Solly Dukelsky 			Chicago, IL                   L 10
Oct 23 Bud Saltis 			St. Paul, MN                 KO  7
Nov  2 Young Stuhley 			Chicago, IL                   D 10
Nov  8 George Black 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  4
Nov 27 Karl Ogren 			Chicago, IL                  KO  6
Dec 28 Kid Leonard 			Chicago, IL                 TKO  4

1935
Feb 19 Solly Dukelsky 			St. Paul, MN                 KO  5
Mar  4 Al Diamond 			Minneapolis, MN               W 10
Mar 18 Mickey Bottone 			Philadelphia, PA              W 10
Apr 12 Al Diamond 			Chicago, IL                   W 10
May 10 Chuck Heffner 			Chicago, IL                  KO  3
May 22 Babe Risko 			Pittsburgh, PA                L 10
Jul  8 Lou Halper 			Cleveland, OH                KO  5
Jul 23 Jack Gibbons 			St. Paul, MN                  L 10
Oct  7 Kid Leonard 			Davenport, IA               TKO  2
Oct 16 Karl Lautenschlager 		Winnipeg, CAN                KO  3
Oct 21 Johnny Phagan 			Chicago, IL                   W 10
Nov 11 Paul Pirrone 			Philadelphia, PA             KO  5
Dec  9 Babe Risko 			Philadelphia, PA              L 10

1936
Jan 24 Al Quaill 			Pittsburgh, PA               KO  6
Mar 16 Jack Gibbons 			Minneapolis, MN               L 10
May  6 Ralph Chong 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  3
May 25 Frank Kapanowski 		Chicago, IL                  KO  4
Jun 22 Bud Creed 			Milwaukee, WI                KO  8
Aug 24 Harry Schuman 			Chicago, IL                  KO  4
Sep 21 Solly Krieger 			Pittsburgh, PA                L 10
Nov  9 Frankie Misko 			Chicago, IL                   W 10

1937
Jan 18 Lew Foster 			Des Moines, IA               KO  2
Jan 29 Gorilla Jones 			Milwaukee, WI                 D 10
May 11 Freddie Steele 			Seattle, WA               KO by  3
      (For National Boxing Association World Middleweight Title and
       NYSAC Middleweight Title)
Jun  5 Petit Frerrar 			Des Moines, IA               KO  5
Oct  2 Mickey Misko 			Des Moines, IA               KO  2
Nov 17 Solly Kreiger 			New York, NY                  L 10
Dec 10 George Black 			Milwaukee, WI                 L 10