REUBEN SHANK

(Cowboy)

Born: August 8, 1921, Keensburg, CO

Died: December 12, 1995

Height: 5 ft. 9 inc. (est.)

Weight: 147-160 lbs.

Managed by: Chris Dundee

Finalist AAU Nationals - Boston

First Rated: July 1942

Last Rated: May 1946

Months Rated: 9

Highest Rating: 5

TB KO WD WF D LD LF LK ND NC

53 10 22 0 5 13 0 5 0 0

According to Ring Magazine article he turned pro late in the year in

Colorado. (No activity reported)

Dec  1 Blanchard Parker          Denver, CO            W PTS  4

Dec 19 Sammy Calabrese           Denver, CO            W KO   5

Jan 10 Russ Brock                Hollywood, CA         D      4

Jan 28 Rudy Campa                Los Angeles, CA       W KO   1

Feb 21 Tommy Hunter              San Diego, CA         W PTS  4

Feb 26 Sammy Cox                 Huntington Park, CA   W KO   1

Feb 28 Louis Reese               San Diego, CA         W PTS  4

Mar  5 Maxie Moore               Huntington Park, CA   W KO   1

Mar 15 Gene Venezuela            Los Angeles, CA       W PTS  4

Mar 19 Gene Venezuela            Huntington Park, CA   W PTS  6

Apr 10 Luis Carranza             Los Angeles, CA       W PTS  4

Apr 15 Gene Venezuela            Los Angeles, CA       W PTS  4

Oct 12 Jack Chase                Denver, CO            L PTS  8

Oct 24 Jimmy Brooks              Hollywood, CA         W PTS  4

Nov  2 Frankie Valdez            Los Angeles, CA       W PTS  6

Nov  6 Jimmy Brooks              Hollywood, CA         W PTS 10

Nov 17 Cosby Linson              New Orleans, LA       W PTS 10

Dec  1 Bobby Berger              New Orleans, LA       W KO   4

Mar 13 Warren Corbett            Minneapolis, MN       W PTS  6

Apr 10 Johnny Roszina            Minneapolis, MN       W PTS  8

Apr 23 Fritzie Zivic             Minneapolis, MN       W PTS 10

Apr 30 Bobby Berger              Minneapolis, MN       W KO   5

Jun  4 Fritzie Zivic             Minneapolis, MN       L PTS 10

Jul  3 Henry Armstrong           Denver, CO            W PTS 10

Aug  3 Vinnie Vines              Newark, NJ            D     10

Aug 10 Phil Norman               Newark, NJ            W KO   5

Aug 21 Sugar Ray Robinson        New York, NY          L KO   2

Aug 31 Joe Carter                Newark, NJ            L PTS 10

Sep 14 Cosby Linson              New Orleans, LA       L PTS 10

Sep 21 Jackie Byrd               Mobile, AL            L KO   6

Sep 24 Izzy Jannazzo             Norfolk, VA           W PTS 10

Dec 10 Vinnie Vines              Norfolk, VA           W KO   9

      (Enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and served more than three

       years. He continued his pro career while in the service.)

Jan 14 Artie Levine              Norfolk, VA           W PTS 10

May  5 Norman Rubio              Norfolk, VA           D     10

Mar 26 Ossie Harris              Pittsburgh, PA        L PTS 10

May 15 Ossie Harris              Pittsburgh, PA        W PTS 10

Jul  3 Fritzie Zivic             Pittsburgh, PA        W PTS 10

Nov 12 Chuck Hunter              Cleveland, OH         L PTS 10

Dec 18 Pete DeRuzza              Bronx, NY             W PTS  8

Jan 22 Mickey Doyle              Buffalo, NY           W KO   6

Feb  4 Roy Miller                Kansas City, MO       D     10

Feb 19 Pat Saia                  Houston, TX           W PTS 10

Mar 27 Benny Droll               Denver, CO            W PTS 10

Apr  1 Roy Miller                Kansas City, KS       L PTS 10

Apr 15 Carmen DeJohn             Pittsburgh, PA        W TKO  3

May  1 Roy Miller                Denver, CO            L PTS 10

Jul  8 Ossie Harris              Millvale, PA          L PTS 10

Jul 23 Bee Bee Washington        Washington, DC        L PTS 10

Sep 17 Tony Elizondo             Houston, TX           L PTS 10

Oct  4 Jerry Fiorello            New York, NY          D     10

Jan 20 Al (Red) Priest           New York, NY          L PTS 10

Apr 11 Pete Mead                 Detroit, MI           L KO  10

Jul 14 Fred Apostoli             San Francisco, CA     L KO   8

Aug 25 Fred Apostoli             San Francisco, CA     L PTS 10

Nov 21 Mel Brown                 Minneapolis, MN       L KO   8

Reuben was close to death for more than twelve hours following

his knockout loss to Mel Brown. License to box revoked by State

of Colorado and the National Boxing Association (N.B.A.) due to

severe head injury suffered in the knockout defeat to Brown.

(Ring Mag. Feb 1948 p. 55) Minnesota News by Spike McCarthy a reference

to Shank fighting for survival after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage

following a ko by Mel Brown in the Minneapolis Auditorium, same ring in

which he gained national attention for beating Zivic in April of 1942.

(Ring Mag. Feb. 1953 p. 21) "Nat Fleischer Says" Fleisher criticizes a judge

for overturning in court a state boxing commission's denial of license to Shank.

This article makes reference to Shank having been denied a license for reasons

of safety prior to the legal judgment. It is unlikely for him to have had any

bouts in the period 1948 through 1952.