Lloyd Marshall
 
BORN June 4 1914; Madison County, Georgia
DIED August 6 1997; Sacramento, California
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 155 1/2-189 lbs
AMATEUR 212-17
PRO 64-24-4 (32 KO)
Marshall took up boxing at age 17 after moving to Cleveland. He had over 200 amateur fights, losing in the 1934 national semi-finals to Fred Apostoli and in the 1935 national amateur finals to Dave Clark.

Lloyd turned pro with ex-fighter Johnny Papke in 1936 and won 12 in a row before considering retirement due to injustices in the game. He teamed up with Frank Doljack (former outfielder for the Detroit Tigers) who was then playing ball in Sacremento. When Doljack didn't have the time to handle his career properly Marshall was signed over to Jim Edwards.

After the victory against Overlin, Lloyd became tangled up with mob figures and basically had his hands tied for the rest of his career.

All told he would go onto defeat eight fighters who held World Titles. His most impressive victories came against Ezzard Charles, whom he kayoed, and against Hall of Famer Charley Burley. Besides the obvious racial barriers in boxing, Marshall was hurt by the fact that he peaked while the titles were frozen during the war, and by the fact that he had a mediocre chin.

Pro Record

Early record is incomplete

1936
Oct  9 Joe Ricciotti               San Francisco, Ca                W  6
Nov 27 Leonard Bennett             Sacramento, Ca                   W  6

1937
Jan 29 Pietro Georgi               Sacramento, Ca                   W  6
Jul  9 Pietro Georgi               San Francisco, Ca               TK  2
Aug 27 Joe Smallwood               San Francisco, Ca               KO  7
Oct 27 Al LaBoa                    Oakland, Ca                     KO  8
Nov 12 Swede Berglund              Sacramento, Ca                   D 10
Dec 17 Johnny "Bandit" Romero      San Francisco, Ca                L 10


1938
Mar  4 Angelo Puglisi              San Francisco, Ca               KO  4
Jun 16 Charlie "Killer" Coates     San Francisco, Ca                W 10
Jul 21 Johnny "Bandit" Romero      Sacramento, Ca                   W 10
Sep  1 Ken Overlin                 San Francisco, Ca                W 10
Nov 18 Ben Valentine               New York, NY                     W  6
Dec 14 Johnny Erjavec              Sacramento, Ca                  KO  5

1939
Feb 22 Ceferino Garcia             San Francisco, Ca                L 10
Mar 17 Ceferino Garcia             San Francisco, Ca               LT  5
May 17 Eddie "Babe" Risko          San Francisco, Ca               KO  5
Jun  8 Jack Hibbard                Reno, Nv                        KO  3
Jun 23 Harold Dettman              Sacramento, Ca                  KO  8
Sep 29 Teddy Yarosz                San Francisco, Ca                W 10
Dec  6 Lou Brouillard              Oakland, Ca                      W 10

1940
Mar 29 Granger "Red" Lewis         Boston, Ma                      KO  3
May  3 George Gano                 Pittsburgh, Pa                  KO  2
May 21 Tony Cisco                  Pittsburgh, Pa                   D 10
Jun 13 Tony Cisco                  Pittsburgh, Pa                   W 12
Oct 21 Teddy Yarosz                Pittsburgh, Pa                   L 10

1941
Feb  7 Willis "Shorty" Hogue       Sacramento, Ca                   L 10
Apr  3 Jimmy Casino                Sacramento, Ca                  KO  8
Apr 28 Ralph DeJohn                San Francisco, Ca               KO  6
Jun  9 Willis "Shorty" Hogue       Sacramento, Ca                   W 10
Dec 11 Billy Pryor                 Sacramento, Ca                  KO  4

1942
Feb 27 Eddie Pierce                Sacramento, Ca                   W 10
Mar 27 Johnny "Bandit" Romero      San Diego, Ca                    W 10
May  1 George "Young" Millich      Sacramento, Ca                  KO  7
          -This man was also called "Newsboy Millich"
Jun 19 George "Young" Millich      Sacramento, Ca                  KO  3
          -This man was also called "Newsboy Millich"
Jul  6 Al Gilbert                  Sacramento, Ca                  KO  5
Sep 28 Eddie Booker                San Francisco, Ca                L 10
Oct 15 Harvey Massey               Sacramento, Ca                  KO 10
Dec 13 Charley Burley              Los Angeles, Ca                  W 10

1943
Jan 12 Harvey Massey               Stockton, Ca                     W 10
Feb 12 Costello Cruz               Hollywood, Ca                   KO  2
Mar 12 Harvey Massey               Stoctkon, Ca                    KO  8
Mar 31 Ezzard Charles              Cleveland, Oh                   KO  8
Apr 22 Anton Christoforidis        Cleveland, Oh                    W 10
Jun  8 Jimmy Bivins                Cleveland, Oh                   LK 13
          -Some sources report 7/08/43
Jul 21 Curtis Sheppard             Cleveland, Oh                    W 10
Aug 20 "Wild" Bill McDowell        Akron, Oh                       KO  6
Sep  3 Holman Williams             New Orleans, La                  L 10
Nov  8 Jack Chase                  San Francisco, Ca                D 15
          -Middleweight Championship of California
Dec  3 Bobby Berger                Sacramento, Ca                  KO  4
Dec 13 Jack Chase                  San Francisco, Ca                L 15
          -Middleweight Championship of California

1944
Jan 18 Nate Bolden                 Cleveland, Oh                    W 10
Feb 16 Bob Garner                  Milwaukee, Wi                   KO  1
Mar  6 Joe Carter                  Baltimore, Md                    W 10
Apr 21 Jake LaMotta                Cleveland, Oh                    W 10
May 19 Joe Reddick                 Milwaukee, Wi                    W 10
May 26 Joe Kahut                   Portland, Or                     W 10
Jun  7 Holman Williams             Oakland, Ca                      W 10
Jul 11 Holman Williams             Washington, DC                   L 10
Jul 27 Joey Maxim                  Cleveland, Oh                    W 10
Sep 30 Jack Chase                  Hollywood, Ca                    W 10
Oct 18 Joe Carter                  Cleveland, Oh                    W 10

1945
Mar 19 Teddy Randolph              Baltimore, Md                    W 10
Apr 16 Willie Barrow               Buffalo, NY                      W  8
May 21 Archie Moore                Baltimore, Md                    L 10
Jun 26 Archie Moore                Cleveland, Oh                   LK 10
Sep 24 Hilton "Fitzie" Fitzpatrick San Francisco, Ca               KO  5
Nov 12 Nate Bolden                 San Francisco, Ca                W 12
Dec 17 Bobby Zander                San Francisco, Ca               KO  5

1946
Mar 20 "Oakland" Billy Smith       Oakland, Ca                     LK  9
Jul 29 Ezzard Charles              Cincinnati, Oh                  LK  6
Dec 17 George "Wildcat" Henry      Sacramento, Ca                   W 10

1947
Jun  3 Freddie Mills               London, Eng                     KO  5
Sep 29 Ezzard Charles              Cincinnati, Oh                  LK  2

1948
May 18 George "Young" Millich      Sacramento, Ca                   W 10
          -This man was also called "Newsboy Millich"
Jun 15 Ernie Rios                  Sacramento, Ca                  KO  3

1949
Feb  8 Roy Taylor                  Sacramento, Ca                   L 10
Jul    Grant Butcher                                                L 10
Aug  5 Bob Dunlap                  San Francisco, Ca                W 10
Sep 20 John L. Sullivan            Portland, Or                    KO  6
Oct 24 Watson Jones                Tucson, Az                      KO  3
Nov  8 "Irish" Bob Murphy          Los Angeles, Ca                 LK  4

1950
Feb 16 Frankie Daniels             Sacramento, Ca                  KO  8
Feb 28 Babe "Hardrock" Gordon      San Jose, Ca                    KO  6
May 14 Connie Rux                  Berlin, Ger                     LK  2
Jul  2 Dieter Hucks                Berlin, Ger                     KO  7
Sep  6 Willie Hoepner              Hamburg, Ger                     L  8
Oct  8 Herbert Sachs               Berlin, Ger                      W  8
Oct 15 Hans Sterlecki              Dortmund, Ger                    D  8
Nov 14 Don Cockell                 London, Eng                     LF  7
Dec  4 Tommy Farr                  Carmarthen, Wales                W 10

1951
Feb 27 Don Cockell                 London, Eng                     LK  1
May  8 Carl "Bobo" Olson           Honolulu, Oahu, Hi              LK  5
Jul 27 Harry "Kid" Matthews        Seattle, Wa                     LK  1

Record courtesy of Matt Tegen and Harry Otty, Historians, International Boxing Research Organization
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