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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Lineal Champion

Freddie Little

BORN   April 25 1936; Picayune, Mississippi
HEIGHT 5-8
WEIGHT 151-164 lbs
MANAGERS Whitey Esneault, James Stevenson

Little was a fine fighter who compiled a career record of 51-6-0 with 31 knockouts (and 1 No Contest); During his career, he won the WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World and the WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World

Freddie
defeated such men as Denny Moyer, Carmelo Bossi, Stanley "Kitten" Hayward, Billy Walker, Clarence Geigger, Gerhard Piaskowy, Joe N'Gidi, Clive Stewart, Charley Joseph, John Henry Smith, Sonny Gill, Ernest Burford, Harold Richardson and Norris Burse

1957
Apr  5 Calvin Campbell             New Orleans, La                KO  1
Apr 22 Johnny Powell               New Orleans, La                KO  4
Apr 25 James Glover                Mobile, Al                     KO  2
May 20 Earl Grey                   New Orleans, La                 W  6
Jun  3 Pedro Bradley               New Orleans, La                TK  5
Aug 31 Harold Redman               Bogalusa, La                    W  8
Dec  2 George King                 New Orleans, La                KO  1

1958
May  7 Al J. McCoy                 Houston, Tx                    TK  3
May 20 John Victor Penn            New Orleans, La                TK  4
May 29 Larry Osbey                 Bogalusa, La                   TK  1
Jun 30 Ike Stewart                 New Orleans, La                TK  4
Jul  7 Norris Burse                New Orleans, La                LK  5
Aug  4 Joe Gleason                 New Orleans, La                KO  4
Oct 10 Harold Redman               Franklinton, La                KO  2

1959
Jan 13 George Price                Houston, Tx                    KO  2
May 12 Norris Burse                Houston, Tx                    TK  7
Jun 29 Billy Tisdale               New Orleans, La                 W 10
Sep 14 Ernest Burford              Bogalusa, La                    W 10

1960
Apr  5 Gene Hamilton               Bogalusa, La                   KO  4
May 17 Mel Collins                 Bogalusa, La                   TK  6
Jun  6 Charley Cotton              New Orleans, La                 W 10
Aug 15 Clive Stewart               Sydney, NSW, Australia         KO  4
Sep 12 Billy Stanley               Sydney, NSW, Australia         KO  2
Oct 18 George Benton               New Orleans, La                 L 10

1961
Jan  1 Charley Joseph              New Orleans, La                 W 10
May  6 Larry Howard                Louisville, Ky                 KO  1

1963
Aug 16 Tommy Sims                  Bogalusa, La                   KO  7

1965
Jun  1 John Henry Smith            Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  3
Aug 16 Milo Calhoun                Las Vegas, Nv                   W 10
Sep 13 Sonny Gill                  Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  2
Oct 18 Charley Austin              Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  7

1966
Jan  3 Denny Moyer                 Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  4
Jan 31 Eddie Pace                  Las Vegas, Nv                   L 12
Apr 12 Ernest Burford              Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  8
Jun 13 Eddie Pace                  Las Vegas, Nv                   W 10
Sep 26 Johnny Gumbs                Las Vegas, Nv                   W 10

1967
Feb 16 Willard Wynn                Las Vegas, Nv                  KO  8
Mar 16 Fred McWilliams             Las Vegas, Nv                   W 10
Apr 10 Charley James               Las Vegas, Nv                   W 10
Jul 17 Harold Richardson           New Orleans, La                 W 10
Oct  3 Ki-Soo Kim                  Seoul, South Korea              L 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1968
Jan 17 Mel Collins                 Las Vegas, Nv                   W 10
Jun 19 Willard Wynn                Oakland, Ca                    KO  3
Oct 25 Sandro Mazzinghi            Rome, Italy                    NC  8
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Nov 29 "Sugar Boy" Nando           Rome, Italy                    KO  4

1969
Mar 17 Stanley "Kitten" Hayward    Las Vegas, Nv                   W 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Jul 26 Ezra Mzinyane               Soweto, Transvaal, SAfrica      W 10
Aug  9 Joe N'Gidi                  Benoni, Transvaal, SAfrica     TK  7
Sep  9 Hisao Minami                Osaka, Japan                   KO  2
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Oct 31 Carmelo Bossi               Rome, Italy                    TW  3

1970
Jan 23 Eddie Pace                  Rome, Italy                    LF  8
Mar 20 Gerhard Piaskowy            Berlin, Germany                 W 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Jul  9 Carmelo Bossi               Monza, Italy                    L 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Nov 25 Clarence Geigger            Las Vegas, Nv                   W 10

1971
Dec 23 Maurice Rice                Stateline, Nv                  KO  5

1972
Apr 13 Clarence Geigger            Stateline, Nv                   W 10
May 20 Vicente Medina              Stateline, Nv                   W 10
Jul  6 Billy Walker                Carson City, Nv                TK  7


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