EDDIE BOOKER
Hometown San Jose, CA
Date of Birth:  November 5, 1917, Alto, TX
Date of Death: January 26, 1975, San Francisco, CA
Height:   5' 9
Weight: 146-170 lbs
Managers: Larry White; Johnny Burdick; Frank Schular
Compilers: (1) Jack Kincaid - IBRO 52
            (2) Additions and corrections Luckett V. Davis

TB KO WD WF D LD LF LK ND NC
75   32   30    0   8   5    0    0     0     0

Biography

1935
Jan 18 Hank Lewis 		San Jose, CA 			W KO   1 
Jan 22 Johnny Mateo 		San Jose, CA 			W KO   2 
Feb 27 Joe Pablo 		Oakland, CA 			W KO   1 
Mar  6 Johnny Bassanelli 	Oakland, CA 			W PTS  4 
Mar 20 Johnny Natalie 		Oakland, CA 			W PTS  4 
Apr  3 Joe Aguilar 		Oakland, CA 			W PTS  4 
May 28 Al LaBoa 		San Jose, CA 			W KO   1 
Sep  4 Johnny Foster 		Oakland, CA 			W PTS  4 
Oct 16 Al Rossi 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   1 
Nov 27 Frankie Marino 		Oakland, CA 			W KO   1 
Dec 30 Tommy O'Dell 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   2 
1936
Apr 13 Mickey Barker 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   4 
May  1 Johnny Foster 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   1 
Jun  5 Billy Azevedo 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   3 
Jul 10 Johnny Foster 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   4 
Aug  4 Jimmy Wakefield 		San Jose, CA 			D     10 
Sep  1 Horatio Velha 		San Jose, CA 			W PTS 10 
Sep 29 Jimmy Wakefield 		San Jose, CA 			W PTS 10 
Nov 24 Gail Harrington 		San Jose, CA 			W PTS 10 
      (By the end of 1936 Booker's reported record was 27-0-3)
1937
Jan  2 Remo Fernandez 		San Jose, CA 			W PTS 10 
Jan 26 Remo Fernandez 		San Jose, CA 			W PTS 10 
Mar 12 Remo Fernandez 		San Diego, CA 			W PTS  6 
May  5 Johnny Foster 		Oakland, CA 			W PTS  6 
Jul 30 Johnny Bassanelli 	San Francisco, CA 		W TKO  9 
Aug 27 Gaston LeCadre 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   9 
Oct  8 Jackie (Kid) Burke 	San Francisco, CA 		D     10 
1938
Jan 14 Mickey Duris 		San Francisco, CA               D     10 
Mar  3 Andy Callahan 		San Francisco, CA               W PTS 10 
Jun  9 Al Manfredo 		Fresno, CA                      W PTS 10 
Jun 24 George Salvadore 	San Francisco, CA               W KO   7 
Jul  1 Carlos Miranda 		San Francisco, CA               W TKO  3
Nov 18 Dem Wakerlis 		New York, NY                    W PTS  6 
Dec  9 Lew Raymond 		New York, NY                    W PTS  6 
Dec 20 Oscar Suggs 		New Haven, CT                   W KO   3  
Dec 30 Unknown Morgan 		New Haven, CT                   W KO   1 
1939
Jan  9 Oscar Suggs 		New Haven, CT                   W KO   3 
Jan 25 Holman Williams 		New York, NY                    D      6 
Feb 10 Fritzie Zivic 		New York, NY                    L PTS  8 
Mar  9 Cocoa Kid 		New Haven, CT                   L PTS 10 
Oct  3 Carlos Garcia 		San Jose, CA                    W KO   3 
Nov 13 Henry Majcher 		San Francisco, CA               W KO   7 
Nov 28 Ray Vargas 		San Francisco, CA               W KO   2 
Dec 19 Bobby Pacho 		San Francisco, CA               W PTS 10 
1940
Apr  9 Bobby Pacho 		San Jose, CA 			W PTS 10 
1941
Feb  4 Chester Parks 		San Jose, CA 			W KO   1 
Feb 12 Milo Theodorescu 	Oakland, CA 			W PTS 10 
Feb 26 Archie Moore 		San Diego, CA 			D     10 
Mar 14 Shorty Hogue 		San Diego, CA 			D     10 
Apr  4 Freddie Dixon 		San Diego, CA 			W PTS 10 
Apr 25 Leon Zorrita 		San Diego, CA 			W PTS 10 
May  2 Shorty Hogue 		San Diego, CA 			W PTS 10 
       (For California State Middleweight Title)
Jun 16 Johnny Diaz 		San Diego, CA 			W KO   8  
       (For California State Middleweight Title)
Jul  8 Jimmy McDaniels 		Los Angeles, CA 		W PTS 10 
       (Retained California State Middleweight Title)
Jul 18 Charley Harris 		San Diego, CA 			W KO   6 
Jul 26 Charley Simpson 		San Jose, CA 			W PTS 10 
Aug 11 Henry Chemel 		San Francisco, CA 		W KO   6 
Aug 19 Jimmy McDaniels 		Los Angeles, CA 		W PTS 10 
       (Retained California State Middleweight Title)
Aug 22 Shorty Hogue 		San Diego, CA 			L PTS 10 
       (Lost California State Middleweight Title)
Dec  1 Billy Connerty 		Billings, MT 			W KO   3 
1942
May  1 Johnny (Bandit) Romero 	San Diego, CA 			D     10 
Jul 14 Costello Cruz 		Oakland, CA 			W PTS 10 
Aug 14 Shorty Hogue 		San Diego, CA 			W KO   8 
       (Regained California State Middleweight Title)
Aug 24 Izzy Jannazzo 		San Francisco, CA 		W PTS 10 
Sep  4 Bobby Birch 		San Diego, CA 			W PTS 12 
       (Retained California State Middleweight Title)
Sep 18 Big Boy Hogue 		San Diego, CA 			W KO   3 
Sep 28 Lloyd Marshall 		San Francisco, CA 		W PTS 10 
Nov 27 Jimmy McDaniels 		Hollywood, CA 			W PTS 10 
Dec 11 Archie Moore 		San Diego, CA 			D     10 
1943
Jan 11 Jack Chase 		San Francisco, CA 		L PTS 15 
       (Lost California State Middleweight Title)
Aug  9 Harry (Kid) Matthews 	San Francisco, CA 		W KO   5 
Oct 18 Van (Bob) McNutt 	San Francisco, CA 		W KO   5 
Nov 19 Holman Williams 		San Francisco, CA 		L PTS 10 
1944
Jan  5 Paul Hartnek 		Oakland, CA 			W TKO  6 
Jan 21 Archie Moore 		Hollywood, CA 			W KO   8 
Feb 20 Frankie Nelson 		Oakland, CA 			W PTS 10 
Mar  6 Holman Williams 		San Francisco, CA 		W PTS 10 
Mar    (Forced to retire due to injured eye)

1989   Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame