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Willie Pastrano
(Wilfred Raleigh Pastrano)

BORN   November 27 1935; New Orleans, Louisiana
DIED December 6 1997
HEIGHT 5-11 3/4 (Some sources report 6-0)
WEIGHT 122 1/2 - 192 lbs
MANAGER Whitey Esneault
TRAINERS Angelo Dundee, Whitey Esneault

Pastrano was a jabbing specialist who constantly moved in such a way as to stifle his opponents' attacks; He was a stylist and not a power hitter - but was so capable that he won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World and was, at one time, rated as the #5 heavyweight in the world

Willie defeated such men as Harold Johnson, Joey Maxim, Bobby Dykes, Rex Layne, Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta, Brian London, Franco Cavicchi, Wayne Thornton, Terry Downes, Paddy Young, Pat McMurtry, Tom McNeeley, Alonzo Johnson, Joe Bygraves, Johnny Arthur, Mike Holt and Jimmy Martinez

Pastrano was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001

1951
Sep 10 Domingo Rivera              New Orleans, La                   W  4
Sep 17 Frank Speed                 New Orleans, La                   W  4
Oct 1  Jimmy Connino               New Orleans, La                   W  4
Oct 22 Domingo Rivera              New Orleans, La                   W  4

1952
Apr  1 Alvin Boudreaux             New Orleans, La                   W  4
Apr 21 Alvin Pellegrini            New Orleans, La                   D  4
Jul  1 Buzz Brown                  Miami Beach, Fl                  KO  2
Jul  8 John Chaney                 Miami Beach, Fl                   W  6
Jul 22 Al "Kid" McCoy              Miami Beach, Fl                  KO  2
Jul 28 Jim Carter                  Pensacola, Fl                    KO  4
Aug  5 Johnny "Sonny" Luciano      Miami Beach, Fl                   W  8
Aug 19 Johnny "Sonny" Luciano      Miami Beach, Fl                   W  8
Sep  8 Johnny Capitano             New Orleans, La                   W  6
Oct  6 Alvin Pellegrini            New Orleans, La                   L  6
Oct 14 Lonnie Rylant               New Orleans, La                  KO  3
Nov 17 Alvin Pellegrini            New Orleans, La                   W  6
Nov 24 Alvin Boudreaux             New Orleans, La                  KO  2
Dec 15 Alvin Pellegrini            New Orleans, La                   D  8

1953
Jan 26 Alfredo LaGrutta            New Orleans, La                   W  8
Feb 24 Emerson Butcher             New Orleans, La                   W  8
Mar  3 Al "Chick" Boucher          Miami Beach, Fl                  TK  3
Mar 16 Roger Trevino               New Orleans, La                   W  8
Apr  6 Chato Hernandez             New Orleans, La                   W  8
May 25 Johnny Cesario              New Orleans, La                   L  8
Jul 14 Del Flanagan                Miami Beach, Fl                   L  8
Sep 22 Elmer Beltz                 Miami Beach, Fl                   D 10
Oct  5 Elmer Beltz                 New Orleans, La                   W  8
Nov 30 Italo Scortichini           New Orleans, La                   L 10

1954
Mar 29 Jimmy Martinez              New Orleans, La                   W 10
Apr 12 Jacques Royer-Crecy         New Orleans, La                   W 10
Jun 18 Tommy Hatcher               Mobile, Al                       KO  1
Aug  9 Tommy Bazzano               New Orleans, La                  KO  8
Aug 24 Jimmy Martinez              Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10
Sep 14 Jackie LaBua                Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10
Nov 23 Bobby Dykes                 Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10

1955
Mar  1 Tony Johnson                Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10
Mar 23 Al Andrews                  Chicago, Il                       W 10
Apr 22 Willie Troy                 Chicago, Il                       D 10
Jun 28 Joey Maxim                  New Orleans, La                   W 10
Jul 27 Chuck Spieser               Chicago, Il                       W 10
Oct  3 Paddy Young                 New Orleans, La                   W 10
Nov 18 Joey Rowan                  New York, NY                      W 10
Dec 19 Rex Layne                   New Orleans, La                   W 10

1956
Jan 27 Chuck Spieser               Miami Beach, Fl                   D 10
Apr  4 Johnny Arthur               New Orleans, La                   W 10
May 30 Chuck Spieser               New Orleans, La                   W 10
Aug 24 Pat McMurtry                Tacoma, Wa                        W 10
Dec 26 Charlie Norkus              Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10

1957
Feb 20 John Holman                 Louisville, Ky                    W 10
May 14 Neal Welch                  Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10
Jun 11 Roy Harris                  Houston, Tx                       L 10
Sep 10 George Peyton               Miami Beach, Fl                  TK  8
Oct 22 Dick Richardson             London, England                   W 10
Nov 27 Willi Besmanoff             Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10

1958
Feb 25 Brian London                London, England                   W 10
Apr 21 Joe Bygraves                Leicester, England                W 10
Jun 15 Franco Cavicchi             Bologna, Italy                    W 10
Aug 25 Tommy Thompson              Columbus, Ga                     KO  4
Sep 30 Brian London                London, England                  LT  5

1959
Feb 24 Joe Erskine                 London, England                   L 10
Jul 24 Alonzo Johnson              Louisville, Ky                    L 10
Aug 30 Tom Davis                   Knoxville, Tn                    TK  4
          -Some sources report "TK 3"
Dec  7 Charley Pavlis              Tampa, Fl                         W 10

1960
Jan 20 Jerry Luedee                Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10
Apr  9 George Kartalian            Augusta, Ga                      TK  6
May  6 Alonzo Johnson              Louisville, Ky                    W 10
Jun  1 Sonny Ray                   Chicago, Il                       W 10
Sep 16 Charles "Chic" Calderwood   Glasgow, Scotland                 L 10
Dec 27 Jesse Bowdry                Miami Beach, Fl                   L 10

1961
Aug  6 Lennart Risberg             Stockholm, Sweden                 D 12

1962
May  1 Tom McNeeley                Boston, Ma                        W 10
May 28 Archie Moore                Los Angeles, Ca                   D 10
Jun 25 Billy Ryan                  New Orleans, La                   W 10
Sep  8 Rodolfo Diaz                Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10

1963
Feb  9 Wayne Thornton              New York, NY                      L 10
Mar 23 Wayne Thornton              New York, NY                      D 10
May  4 Wayne Thornton              Las Vegas, Nv                     W 10
Jun  1 Harold Johnson              Las Vegas, Nv                     W 15
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug 31 Ollie Wilson                Jacksonville, Fl                  W 10
Sep 20 Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta     Miami Beach, Fl                   L 10
Nov 30 Mike Holt                   Johannesburg, Trans, SAfrica      W 10

1964
Apr 10 Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta     New Orleans, La                  TK  6
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Nov 30 Terry Downes                Manchester, England              TK 11
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

1965
Mar 30 Jose Torres                 New York, NY                     LT  9
          -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***

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

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