Billy Dynamite Douglas BORN March 21 1940; Columbus, Ohio DIED October 7 1999 WEIGHT158 1/2-183 lbs Douglas was a middleweight and light-heavyweight fighter who possessed pretty good skills; He started at the bottom and fought his way to the top; A hard-worker and fierce fighter, he met three world champions and five others who challenged for the title; Dynamite was the father of heavyweights James Buster Douglas and Billy Douglas During his career, he compiled a record of 41-16-1 with 31 knockouts and defeated such men as Willie Warren, Wilbert McClure, Angel Oquendo, Pedro Soto, Karl Zurheide, Nate Collins and Al Quinney 1967 Mar 18 Arnold Bushman Newark, NJ KO 2 May 27 Arnold Bushman Columbus, Oh KO 2 Jun 6 Conrad Williams Toledo, Oh L 6 Sep 25 Art James Detroit, Mi KO 3 Sep 30 Dawson Smith Columbus, Oh KO 4 Oct 3 Larry Tatum McKeesport, Pa LK 5 Dec 2 Larry Tatum Columbus, Oh W 8 1968 Jan 27 Hilton Whitaker Columbus, Oh W 10 May 18 Charley Lewis Columbus, Oh KO 2 Aug 16 Leon Washington New York, NY L 6 1969 Feb 15 Tommy Shaffer Zanesville, Oh W 10 Apr 21 Kenny Partlow Columbus, Oh KO 2 Jun 11 Luis Vinales Columbus, Oh TK 1 Jul 21 Pedro Miranda San Juan, Puerto Rico LK 7 Dec 19 Sammy Floyd Columbus, Oh KO 5 1970 Jan 31 Wilbert McClure Detroit, Mi KO 10 Mar 4 Willie Warren Columbus, Oh W 10 Apr 29 James Parks Cleveland, Oh W 8 Jul 12 Don Fullmer Columbus, Oh D 10 Sep 12 Tom Bethea Columbus, Oh W 10 Nov 18 Nojeen Adigun Columbus, Oh KO 4 Dec 19 Dave Wyatt Columbus, Oh KO 5 1971 Apr 27 Bunny Sterling London, England L 10 Sep 29 Michael Paul Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe KO 1 Dec 4 Jose Monon Gonzalez San Juan, Puerto Rico L 10 1972 Feb 7 Billy Lloyd Philadelphia, Pa KO 1 Mar 21 Carlos Marks Philadelphia, Pa TK 10 Apr 26 Sydney Young Hoho Cape Town, WCape, SAfrica W 10 May 15 Carlos Marks Philadelphia, Pa W 10 Sep 12 Al Quinney Philadelphia, Pa KO 7 Nov 29 Marion Connor Cleveland, Oh KO 8 1973 Jan 15 Nate Collins Philadelphia, Pa TK 8 Mar 18 Ricky Ortiz Columbus, Oh KO 2 May 21 Steven Smith Tokyo, Japan KO 3 Jun 25 Bennie Briscoe Philadelphia, Pa LT 8 -NABF Middleweight Championship Nov 15 Octavio Romero Tampa, Fl KO 10 Dec 22 Elijah Makathini Durban, Natal, SAfrica L 10 1974 Aug 19 Willie Monroe Philadelphia, Pa L 10 Nov 25 Danny Brewer Columbus, Oh KO 2 -Douglas was recognized as Super Middleweight Champion by Ohio state 1975 Feb 15 Karl Zurheide Columbus, Oh KO 3 Dec 19 Dave Lee Royster Columbus, Oh KO 6 1976 Feb 6 Pedro Soto New York, NY W 10 Mar 8 Tom Bethea New York, NY L 10 May 8 Lonnie Bennett Missoula, Mt LT 8 -NABF Light Heavyweight Championship Jul 14 Angel Oquendo Philadelphia, Pa KO 7 Aug 21 Victor Galindez Buenos Aires, Argentina L 10 1977 Jun 11 Don Rucker Columbus, Oh KO 2 Jul 16 Al Bell Columbus, Oh KO 1 Sep 17 Matthew Saad Muhammad Philadelphia, Pa LT 6 -NABF Light Heavyweight Championship Nov 1 Marvin Johnson Philadelphia, Pa LT 5 1978 Dec 6 Charles Smith Cleveland, Oh W 10 1979 Feb 7 Pablo Paul Ramos Richfield, Oh L 10 May 9 Sylvester Wilder Columbus, Oh KO 2 Jul 2 Harold Riggins Columbus, Oh KO 5 Sep 18 Bob Robinson Columbus, Oh TK 2 Nov 27 Freddie Groves Columbus, Oh TK 2 1980 Feb 18 Jerry Martin Upper Darby, Pa LT 10 Aug 21 William Kince Columbus, Oh TK 4
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