HENRY HANK
Joseph Harrison
Jusuf Salaam Converted to Islam in 1971
NICKNAME: Hammering Henry
BORN: Feb 9, 1935; Greenville, MISS.
Died: July 2, 2004, Detroit, MI.
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 147-182 lbs
MANAGERS: Jim Bowlin (1953-1961), Harry Baxter (1961-1966), Andy
(Pop) Brown (1966-1972)
First Rated: December 1959 (Middleweight)
Last Rated: June 1969 (Light Heavyweight)
Months Rated: 59
Best Rating: 4 (Middleweight)
NBA Rating: 3 (Middleweight), period ending September 15, 1960
Featured: Boxing Illustrated, October 1960
The Ring, September 1965


TB  KO WD  WF  D  LD  LF  LK  ND  NC
97    40    24     0    4   30    0     1      0     0

 

BIOGRAPHY

1953
Feb 26 Del Monroe 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  1 
Mar 12 Earl Batie 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  1 
Apr  2 Bob Wilson 			Detroit, Mi                TKO  3
Sep 29 Jed Black 			Grand Rapids, Mi             L  6 
Oct 20 Howard Calloway 			Lansing, Mi                 TKO 3 
Dec 8 Howard Calloway 			Kalamazoo, Mi                W  4 
Dec 31 Tommy Darrough 			Detroit, Mi                  W  6 
1954
Jan 11 Rudy Gwin 			Detroit, Mi                  D  4
Jan 25 Bob Jackson 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  3
Mar 18 Larue Harvey 			Lansing, Mi                  W  6 
Apr 26 Larue Harvey 			Detroit, Mi                  L  4
May 27 Ernest Mosley 			Muskegon, Mi                KO  3
Jul 13 Henry Bronko 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  5
Jul 20 Larue Harvey 			Detroit, Mi                  W  6
Aug  3 Gene Poirer 			Detroit, Mi                TKO  1
Aug 19 Larry Bolez 			Saginaw, Mi                TKO  6 
Oct  7 Jesse Gray 			Saginaw, Mi                TKO  4 
Oct 26 Virgil Akins 			Detroit, Mi                  L  8 
1955
Feb 15 Chuck Coleman 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  2 
Mar  5 Leffie Walker 			Saginaw, Mi                  L  6 
Mar  8 Lloyd Triplett 			Chicago, Il                  L  6 
May 31 Gordon Wallace 			Detroit, Mi                  L  6 
Jul 28 Bob Stecher 			Warren, Oh                 TKO  3 
1956
Mar 28 Rudy Gwin 			Cleveland, Oh              TKO  4
Apr 28 Leffie Walker 			Detroit, Mi                  W  8
Jul 31 Chuck Craig 			Windsor, Ont, Can           KO  2 
Sep 28 Charlie Cotton 			Toledo, Oh                   L 10
1957
Jun 15 Leffie Walker 			Bay City, Mi                 W  8
1958
Feb 22 Charlie Cotton 			Detroit, Mi                  W  8
Mar 22 George Boddie 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  3 
Apr 26 Sherman Williams 		Windsor, Ont, Can          TKO  1 
May 28 Rudy Ellis 			Chicago, Il                 KO  4 
Jul 12 Joe Fusco 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  3
Aug 23 Charlie Cotton 			Detroit, Mi                TKO  9 
Sep  8 Leffie Walker 			Pontiac, Mi                 KO  6 
Sep 17 Charlie Glover 			Louisville, Ky              KO  1 
Nov  5 Sherman Williams 		Louisville, Ky              KO  8
Nov 25 Ernie Burford 			Detroit, Mi                  L 10 
Dec 15 Ernie Burford 			Toledo, Oh                   W 10 
1959
Feb  3 George Boddie 			Toledo, Oh                  KO  3
Mar  3 Jimmy Beecham 			Toledo, Oh                   W 10 
Mar 23 Charley Joseph 			New Orleans, La              L 10 
Apr 13 Charley Joseph 			New Orleans, La            TKO  6 
Jun 15 Willie Vaughn 			New Orleans, La             KO 10 
Jul 13 Neal Rivers 			New Orleans, La            TKO 10 
Aug 10 Holly Mims 			New Orleans, La              L 10
Sep 7 Neal Rivers 			New Orleans, La             KO  4 
Oct 12 Holly Mims 			New Orleans, La              W 12 
Oct 26 George Benton 			New Orleans, La              W 10 
Dec  7 Jesse Bowdry 			New Orleans, La             KO 10
1960
Jan 27 Jesse Bowdry 			Chicago, Il                TKO  6 
Feb 17 Sixto Rodriguez 			Chicago, Il                TKO  6 
Apr 25 Rory Calhoun 			San Francisco, Ca          TKO  2 
May 16 Hank Casey 			New Orleans, La              L 10 
Jun 30 Victor Zalazar 			Detroit, Mi                 KO  4 
Jul 11 Hank Casey 			New Orleans, La              W 10
Aug  3 Rudy Ellis 			Chicago, Il                 KO  1 
Sep 14 Jesse Smith 			Chicago, Il                  D 10
Sep 29 Hank Casey 			San Francisco, Ca 	    L 10 
Oct 21 Randy Sandy 			Detroit, Mi                  W 10 
Nov 19 Gene Armstrong 			New York, NY                 L 10 
1961
Mar 29 Clarence Alford 			New Orleans, La            TKO  7 
Jul 10 Joey Giardello 			Detroit, Mi                  W 10 
Aug 21 Franz Szuzina 			Detroit, Mi                  W 10 
Oct 23 Jerry Luedee 			New Haven, Ct              TKO  7 
Dec 15 Chic Calderwood 			Detroit, Mi                  W 10 
1962
Jan 10 Allan Harmon 			Miami Beach, Fl              D 10
Jan 30 Joey Giardello 			Philadelphia, Pa             L 10 
Mar  6 Allan Harmon 			Detroit, Mi                TKO  7 
Mar 31 Dick Tiger 			New York, NY                 L 10 
Jun 14 John McCormack 			Glasgow, Scotland            L  8 
Sep  1 Jimmy Ellis 			Louisville, Ky               W 10 
Nov 24 Mauro Mina 			New York, NY                 L 10 
1963
Feb 11 Sixto Rodriguez 			Oakland, Ca                  W 10
Mar 25 Dick Young 			Oakland, Ca                 KO  1
Jul 20 Ed Zaremba 			Jackson, Mi                  W 12
       (Michigan Light Heavyweight Title)
Oct 29 Eddie Cotton 			Flint, Mi                    L 15 
       (Michigan version of the Light Heavyweight Championship)
Dec  6 Harold Johnson 			Philadelphia, Pa             L 10
1964
Aug 21 Johnny Persol 			New York, NY                 D 10
Dec 11 Bob Foster 			Norfolk, Va              TKO by 9 
1965
Apr  5 Roger Rouse 			Oakland, Ca                  W 10 
Jul 26 Bob Foster 			New Orleans, La              L 12
1966
Sep 13 Marion Connors 			Canton, Oh                   L 10
Dec 12 Herschel Jacobs 			New Orleans, La              L 10
1967
Apr 15 Roger Rouse 			Missoula, Mt                 L 10
Sep 27 Leslie Borden 			Billings, Mt                KO  4
Oct 16 Eddie Jones 			Las Vegas, Nv                L 10
1968
Apr 16 Mark Tessman 			Houston, Tx                  L 10
Sep 11 Manny Quinney 			Indianapolis, In           TKO  7
Oct 24 Willie McMillan 			Indianapolis, In             W 10
Dec  4 Mark Tessman 			Indianapolis, In           TKO  6
1969
Jun 17 Mark Tessman 			Houston, Tx                  L 10
Aug  8 Terry Lee 			Oakland, Ca                  W 10
Dec 16 Hal Carroll 			Syracuse, NY                 L 10
1970
Mar 11 Charlie "Devil" Green 		New York, NY                 L 10
1971
(Inactive)
1972
Feb 10 Humphrey McBride 		Ardmore, OK                  L 10
Aug  7 Andy Kendall 			Milwaukee                    L 10

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