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Hogan "Kid" Bassey
(Okon Bassey Asuquo)

BORN   June 3 1932; Calabar, Nigeria
DIED January 26 1998; Lagos, Nigeria
HEIGHT 5-3
WEIGHT 119 1/4 - 130 lbs
MANAGER George Biddles
TRAINER George Biddles

Bassey was a game battler with fast hands who could throw punches in a furious flurry when confronted; However, he preferred a slower pace of fighting; During his career, he won the Featherweight Championship of the World, the Featherweight Championship of the British Commonwealth, the Bantamweight Championship of West Africa, the Bantamweight Championship of Nigeria, the Flyweight Championship of West Africa and the Flyweight Championship of Nigeria

Hogan the "Kid" defeated such men as Willie Pep, Jean Pierre Cossemyns, Jean Sneyers, Billy Kelly, Joe Quinn, Cherif Hamia, Victor Pepeder, Ricardo Moreno, Carmelo Costa, Jules Touan, Miguel Berrios, Alby Tissong, Aldo Privasani, Marcel Ranvial, Harry Ramsden, Luis Perez Romero, Bobby Boland, Tommy Proffitt, Eddie Carson and Peter Fay

1949
       Dick Turpin                Lagos, Nigeria                     W 12
          -Flyweight Championship of Nigeria
       Dick Turpin                Lagos, Nigeria                    LF  5
          -Flyweight Championship of Nigeria

1950
May 31 Ogli Tettey                Lagos, Nigeria                     D 12
          -Flyweight Championship of West Africa
       Steve Jeffra               Lagos, Nigeria                     W   
       Eddie Phillips             Lagos, Nigeria                     W   
       Bola Lawal                 Lagos, Nigeria                     L   
Nov 10 Joe Bennett                Lagos, Nigeria                    TK 10
          -Bantamweight Championship of Nigeria

1951
Jan 29 Dick Turpin                Lagos, Nigeria                     W  6
May  4 Kid Chukudi                Lagos, Nigeria                    TK  3
May 16 Jack Salami                Lagos, Nigeria                     W  8
May 30 Adjetey Sowah              Lagos, Nigeria                     W 10
Aug 29 Steve Jeffra               Lagos, Nigeria                     W 12
          -Bantamweight Championship of Nigeria
Sep 28 Young "Spider" Neequaye    Lagos, Nigeria                     W 12
          -Bantamweight Championship of West Africa

1952
Jan 31 Ray Hillyard               Liverpool, England                TK  4
Feb 19 Peter Fay                  Hanley, England                    W  8
Mar  5 Tommy Higgins              Blackpool, England                 W  8
Mar 24 Len Shaw                   Preston, England                   W  8
Apr  1 Glyn Evans                 Hanley, England                    D  8
Apr 17 Bobby Boland               Liverpool, England                KO  5
Apr 26 Johnny Kelly               Belfast, Ireland                   L  8
May 15 Frank Williams             Liverpool, England                 L  8
Jun 23 Ivor Davies                West Hartlepool, England          KO  2
Jul 28 Johnny Barclay             West Hartlepool, England          KO  6
Aug  7 Jimmy Cardew               Liverpool, England                 W  8
Aug 28 Tommy Higgins              Liverpool, England                 W  8
Sep 11 Stan Skinkiss              Liverpool, England                TK  7
Sep 22 Eddie McCormick            Manchester, England                W  8
Oct  9 Eddie Carson               Liverpool, England                 W 10
Oct 27 Tommy Proffitt             Manchester, England                W  8
Nov 14 Tommy Proffitt             Manchester, England               TK  7
Dec  8 Jean Pierre Cossemyns      Leeds, England                     L 10
Dec 15 Bobby Boland               Manchester, England               TK  5

1953
Jan  8 Jackie Briers              Liverpool, England                 W 10
Jan 20 Ken Lawrence               London, England                   TK  5
Jan 30 Johnny Haywood             Blackpool, England                LF  3
Feb 27 Luis Perez Romero          Manchester, England               TK  8
Mar 24 Emile Chemana              London, England                   LT  5
Jul  9 Denny Dawson               Liverpool, England                KO  4
Aug 27 Tommy Higgins              Liverpool, England                 W  8
Sep  7 Juan Oscar Alvarez         Newcastle, England                 L 10
Oct  6 Sammy McCarthy             London, England                    W 10
Dec  8 Billy Kelly                London, England                    L  8


1954
Mar  4 Johnny Butterworth         Liverpool, England                 W 10
Apr 29 Jean Sneyers               Liverpool, England                 W 10
Jun  3 Enrico Macale              Liverpool, England                 W  8
Jul  2 Jacques Legendre           Manchester, England                W 10
Aug 12 Jo Woussem                 Liverpool, England                 L  8
Sep  3 Luis Perez Romero          Manchester, England                W 10
          -Some sources report 9/05/54
Oct 27 Harry Ramsden              Blackpool, England                 W  8
Nov 29 Aime Devisch               Leeds, England                     W 10
          -Some sources report 11/30/54

1955
Jan 31 Percy Lewis                Nottingham, England                W  8
Mar 22 Marcel Ranival             London, England                   KO  5
Jun  3 Andre Pierson              Manchester, England                W 10
Aug 25 Juan Oscar Alvarez         Liverpool, England                 W 10
Oct  8 Joe Quinn                  Belfast, Ireland                  KO  1
Nov 19 Billy Kelly                Belfast, Ireland                  KO  8
          -Featherweight Championship of the British Commonwealth

1956
Feb  7 Jean Sneyers               London, England                   TK  4
          -Some sources report "KO 5"
Mar 22 Louis Cabo                 Liverpool, England                TK  4
May  3 Aldo Pravisani             Liverpool, England                 W  8
Sep  6 Alby Tissong               Liverpool, England                 W  8
Oct 20 Jean Sneyers               Liege, Belgium                    LT  4
          -Some sources report "LK 5"
Nov 26 Joao dos Santos            Leicester, England                 W 10

1957
Apr  1 Percy Lewis                Nottingham, England                W 15
          -Featherweight Championship of the British Commonwealth
Apr 26 Miguel Berrios             Washington, DC                     W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of the World - Elimination Bout
Jun 24 Cherif Hamia               Paris, Fr                         TK 10
          -Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct  7 Victor Pepeder             Nottingham, England                W 10
Oct 31 -Bassey relinquished the Featherweight Championship
         of the British Commonwealth

1958
Jan 23 Jean Pierre Cossemyns      Liverpool, England                 W 10
Apr  1 Ricardo "Parajito" Moreno  Los Angeles, Ca                   KO  3
          -Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun 24 Jules Touan                London, England                   TK  7
Sep 20 Willie Pep                 Boston, Ma                        TK  9
Oct 31 Carmelo Costa              New York, NY                       W 10
Dec 13 Ernesto Parra              Hollywood, Ca                      W 10

1959
Mar 18 Davey Moore                Los Angeles, Ca                   LT 13
          -Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug 19 Davey Moore                Los Angeles, Ca                   LT 11
          -Featherweight Championship of the World


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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