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Jimmy Bivins
(James Louis Bivins)

BORN   December 6 1919; Dry Branch, Georgia (Fought out of Cleveland, Ohio)
HEIGHT 5-11 (Some sources report 5-9)
WEIGHT 154-195 lbs

MANAGERS..

Wilfred "Whizzbang" Carter, Claude Shane

Bivins was a talented battler who came to fight; At his heaviest, he was essentially a "beefed-up" light-heavyweight who tangled with the best of the big men - fighting champions and top contenders on a regular basis during his fifteen year career

Jimmy defeated such men as Joey Maxim, Bob Pastor, Tami Mauriello, Clarence Henry, Gus Lesnevich, Melio Bettina, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall, Billy Soose, Anton Christoforidis, Teddy Yarosz, Lee Savold, Pat Valentino, Lee Q. Murray, "Oakland" Billy Smith, Booker Beckwith, Buddy Scott, Jack "Buddy" Walker, Yancey Henry, Albert "Turkey" Thompson, Johnny Haynes, Willie Bean, Rusty Payne, Leonard Morrow and Coley Wallace

Herb Goldman ranked Bivins as the #8 All-Time Light-Heavyweight; He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999

1940 
Jan 15 Emory Morgan               Cleveland, Oh                    TK  1
Feb 12 Tito Taylor                Chicago, Il                       W  6
Feb 26 Joe Sutka                  Chicago, Il                       W  8
Mar 18 Joe Sutka                  Chicago, Il                       W  8
Mar 27 "Young" Tiger Flowers      Cleveland, Oh                    KO  3
          -Some sources report "Tiger Flowers Jr"
Apr  8 Nate Bolden                Chicago, Il                       W  8
Apr 15 "Marine" Johnny Dean       Cleveland, Oh                    KO  3
Apr 25 Enzo Iannozzi              Cleveland, Oh                    KO  1
May 13 Paul Frazier               Chicago, Il                      KO  1
Jun 13 Homer Jackson              Millvale, Pa                     TK  1
Jun 24 Frankie Hughes             Chicago, Il                       W  8
Jul  1 Mose Brown                 Millvale, Pa                      W  6
Jul 15 Paul Frazier               Chicago, Il                       W  8
Aug  5 Johnny Barbara             Chicago, Il                      KO  2
Sep  3 Charley Burley             Millvale, Pa                      W 10
Sep  9 Johnny Barbara             Chicago, Il                      TK  7
Sep 23 Larry Kellum               Millvale, Pa                     KO  1
Oct 22 Vince Pimpinella           Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Nov 15 Anton Christoforidis       Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Dec  2 Anton Christoforidis       Cleveland, Oh                     L 10

1941
Feb 19 Pete Tamalonis             Cleveland, Oh                    TK  1
          -Some sources report 2/09/41;
           Some sources report 3/23/41
Mar  5 Teddy Yarosz               Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Apr  2 Charles "Buddy" Knox       Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Jul  2 Curtis Sheppard            Millvale, Pa                      W 10
Jul 14 Lem Franklin               Chicago, Il                      LT  9
Sep 10 Tony Musto                 Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
          -Some sources report 9/11/41
Oct 20 Nate Bolden                Chicago, Il                       W 10
Nov 17 Melio Bettina              Cleveland, Oh                     L 10

1942
Jan 13 Billy Soose                Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Mar 11 Gus Lesnevich              Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Apr 17 Bob Pastor                 Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
Jun 22 Joey Maxim                 Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Jul 23 "Sergeant" Joe Muscato     Cleveland, Oh                    KO  5
Sep 15 Tami Mauriello             Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Oct 20 Bob Pastor                 Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Nov 27 Lee Savold                 New York, NY                      W 10

1943
Jan  7 Ezzard Charles             Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Feb 26 Anton Christoforidis       Cleveland, Oh                     W 15
          -Some sources report 2/23/43
Mar 12 Tami Mauriello             New York, NY                      W 10
Apr  6 Watson Jones               Los Angeles, Ca                   W 10
Apr 26 Pat Valentino              San Francisco, Ca                 W 10
Jun  8 Lloyd Marshall             Cleveland, Oh                    KO 13
          -Some sources report 7/08/43
Aug 24 Herbert Marshall           Washington, DC                   KO  6
Sep 15 Melio Bettina              Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Dec  1 Lee Q. Murray              Cleveland, Oh                     W 10

1944
Feb 29 Lee Q. Murray              Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Mar    -Bivins entered the United States Army
Nov    -Bivins was Honorably Discharged from the United States Army

1945
Feb  5 George Parks               Washington, DC                   TK  4
Feb 19 Jack "Buddy" Walker        Baltimore, Md                    KO  2
Feb 27 Johnny Flynn               Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Mar 16 Melio Bettina              New York, NY                      D 10
Jun 12 Buddy Scott                Washington, DC                   KO  4
Jul 26 Curtis Sheppard            Pittsburgh, Pa                    W 10
Aug 22 Archie Moore               Cleveland, Oh                    KO  6
Sep 26 Yancey Henry               Washington, DC                    W 10

1946
Jan  7 Watson Jones               San Francisco, Ca                TK  6
Jan 22 Johnny Haynes              Los Angeles, Ca                  KO  2
Jan 29 "Oakland" Billy Smith      Oakland, Ca                       W 10
          -Some sources report 1/30/46
Feb 10 Yancey Henry               Baltimore, Md                    KO 10
          -Some sources report 2/11/46
Feb 25 "Jersey" Joe Walcott       Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
Jun 20 Lee Q. Murray              Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
          -Some sources report 6/10/46
Nov 12 Ezzard Charles             Pittsburgh, Pa                    L 10
Dec  6 Colion Chaney              Akron, Oh                        KO  5

1947
Jan 16 Johnny Flynn               Washington, DC                    W 10
Feb  3 Booker Beckwith            Chicago, Il                      KO  4
Feb 17 Curtis Sheppard            Pittsburgh, Pa                    W 10
          -Some sources report "Philadelphia, Pa"
Mar 10 Ezzard Charles             Cleveland, Oh                    LK  4
Apr 21 Curtis Sheppard            Baltimore, Md                     W 10
May  9 Lee Q. Murray              Detroit, Mi                       L 10
Jun  2 Omelio Agramonte           Baltimore, Md                    TK  2
Jun  9 Lee Q. Murray              Baltimore, Md                     W 10
Jul  1 Bobby Zander               Los Angeles, Ca                   W 10
Sep  8 Archie Moore               Baltimore, Md                    LT  9
Nov 12 Sid Peaks                  Chicago, Il                       W 10

1948
Jan 13 Johnny Shkor               Buffalo, NY                       W 10
Mar  1 Johnny Haynes              Baltimore, Md                    KO  4
Mar  9 Albert "Turkey" Thompson   Los Angeles, Ca                   W 10
Apr 12 Billy "Chicken" Thompson   Philadelphia, Pa                 TK  7
Apr 20 Pat Valentino              Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Jun 28 Archie Moore               Baltimore, Md                     L 10
          -Some sources report 8/28/48
Sep 13 Ezzard Charles             Washington, DC                    L 10
Oct 11 Johnny Flynn               Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
Nov 17 Joe Louis                  Cleveland, Oh                    EX  6
Dec  7 Joey Maxim                 Cleveland, Oh                     L 10

1949
Mar 21 Rusty Payne                Pittsburgh, Pa                    W 10
Apr 11 Archie Moore               Toledo, Oh                       LK  8
Jun 20 Willie Bean                Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Jul  5 Leonard Morrow             Los Angeles, Ca                   L 10
Jul 15 Watson Jones               Las Vegas, Nv                    KO  2
Sep 21 Leonard Morrow             Oakland, Ca                       W 10
Sep 27 Clarence Henry             Los Angeles, Ca                  TK  8
Oct 26 Harold Johnson             Philadelphia, Pa                  L 10

1950
Feb  1 Willis "Red" Applegate     Miami, Fl                         W 10
Feb  6 Sid Peaks                  Newark, NJ                        L 10

1951
Jan 22 "Young" Harry Wills        Baltimore, Md                    KO  4
Feb 12 "Tiger" Ted Lowry          Baltimore, Md                     W 10
Feb 21 Archie Moore               New York, NY                     LT  9
May  4 Willie Bean                Hollywood, Ca                     W 10
May 18 Bob Mitchell               Phoenix, Az                       W 10
May 29 Willie Bean                Los Angeles, Ca                   W 10
Jun 26 Clarence Henry             Los Angeles, Ca                   L 10
Aug 15 Joe Louis                  Baltimore, Md                     L 10
Nov  5 Bob Baker                  Pittsburgh, Pa                    L 10
Nov 21 Charley "Doc" Williams     New York, NY                      W 10

1952
Mar 31 Aaron Wilson               Baltimore, Md                    TK  3
          -Some sources report "Providence, RI"
Sep 19 Coley Wallace              New York, NY                     KO  9
Oct 22 Wesbury Bascom             St. Louis, Mo                     W 10
Nov  3 Tommy Harrison             Providence, RI                    L 10
Nov 26 Ezzard Charles             Chicago, Il                       L 10

1953
Apr  6 Tommy Harrison             Miami, Fl                         L 10
Apr 24 Claude Rolfe               Tampa, Fl                         W 10
Jun  9 Chubby Wright              Huntington, WV                    W 10

1955
Aug 31 Dan Moray                  Cleveland, Oh                    TK  3
Oct 28 Mike DeJohn                Cleveland, Oh                     W  6

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis and Harry Otty, Historians,
International Boxing Research Organization

 

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