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Eddie "Babe" Risko
(Henry L. Pylkowski; "Sailor Pulaski")

BORN   July 14 1911; Syracuse, New York
DIED March 7 1957; Syracuse, New York
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 145-165 lbs
MANAGER Gabe Genovese

Risko was a capable boxer-type who had a nice career - but declined considerably at the end; He won 43 of 76 contests and scored just 12 knockouts; During his career, he won the NBA Middleweight Championship of the World and the Middleweight Championship of the World (as recognized by New York state)

Eddie defeated such men as Teddy Yarosz, Bucky Lawless, Paul Pirrone, Sammy "Kid" Slaughter, Frankie Battaglia, Harry Balsamo, Jackie Aldare, Joe Smallwood and Johnny "Bandit" Romero

1929
Dec  5 Roy LaDuca                  New York, NY                     W  6
Dec  6 Mule Brown                  Queens, NY                       D  8
Dec 12 Charlie McKain              White Plains, NY                 W  4
Dec 19 Roy LaDuca                  New York, NY                    TK  3

1930
Mar 27 Tony Dallas                 White Plains, NY                 W  6
Apr 10 Johnny Baruzzi              White Plains, NY                 D  6
May  8 Eddie Cavanaugh             White Plains, NY                LK  2
Jul 22 Freddie Bower               New York, NY                    KO  4
          -Some sources report 7/12/30

1931
Jun 19 Carl Schlieper              Brooklyn, NY                     W  6
Nov 23 Leroy Brown                 Charleston, SC                   D 10
          -Some sources report 11/26/31

1932
Feb 18 Chic Williams               Philadelphia, Pa                 W  6
Feb 26 Joe Colucci                 Brooklyn, NY                     L  8
Apr 14 Joe Smallwood               Philadelphia, Pa                 W  6
Jun 23 Vic Suquera                 White Plains, NY                TK  3
Jul  6 Leroy Brown                 Charleston, SC                  LK  6
Sep 16 Harry Walton                San Diego, Ca                    D  4
Nov  4 Tony Pena                   San Diego, CA                    W  4

1933
Jan 13 Jack O'Neill                San Diego, Ca                    W  6
Mar  3 Guy McKinney                San Diego, Ca                    W  6
Mar 10 Grant Willardson            San Diego, Ca                   LF  6
May 19 Guy McKinney                San Diego, Ca                   KO  5
Jun 15 Miles Murphy                Tacoma, Wa                      TK  6
Oct 20 Johnny "Bandit" Romero      San Diego, Ca                    W 10

1934
Jan 12 Swede Berglund              San Diego, Ca                   LK  4
Mar 16 Steve Wolanin               Utica, NY                        W  8
          -Some sources report "W 6" on 3/27/34
Apr  3 Jackie Flowers              Utica, NY                        W  6
May  7 Jackie Flowers              Syracuse, NY                     W  6
May 14 Bucky Lawless               Syracuse, NY                     W  6
          -Some sources report 5/15/34
Jun 12 Bucky Lawless               Binghamton, NY                  KO  5
          -Some sources report "W 6"
Jul 18 Eddie Saxon                 Oswego, NY                       D  6
          -Saxon used the name "Paulie Sykes"
Jul 29 Joe Desmond                 Saratoga Springs, NY             W  6
Aug  9 Lloyd Wagner                Johnson City, NY                 D  6
Sep 10 Werner Wilsch               Syracuse, NY                    TK  3
          -Some sources report "KO 2"
Sep 17 Pete Suskey                 Syracuse, NY                     W  8
          -Some sources report "W 6"
Oct 15 Freddie Sallus              Syracuse, NY                     D  8
Oct 29 Werner Wilsch               Binghamton, NY                  KO  3
Nov  5 Freddie Sallus              Syracuse, NY                    KO  8
          -Some sources report "KO 9"
Nov 26 Al Salbano                  Syracuse, NY                     W 10
Dec  5 Chester Palutis             Scranton, NY                     W  6
          -Some sources report 11/26/34
Dec 12 Pete Suskey                 Scranton, NY                     W  6

1935
Jan  1 Teddy Yarosz                Scranton, Pa                    TK  7
Jan 25 Vince Dundee                New York, NY                     L 10
Jan 31 Solly Dukelsky              Chicago, Il                      D 10
          -Some sources report 1/29/35
Feb 25 Paul Pirrone                Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Mar 11 Benny Levine                Syracuse, NY                    KO  2
Mar 18 Sammy "Kid" Slaughter       Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Mar 25 Jimmy Belmont               Cleveland, Oh                    L  8
May 22 Frank Battaglia             Pittsburgh, Pa                   W 10
Jul  8 Paul Pirrone                Cleveland, Oh                    L 10
Sep 19 Teddy Yarosz                Pittsburgh, Pa                   W 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)
Oct  4 Jackie Aldare               Syracuse, NY                     W 10
Oct 21 Chester Palutis             Scranton, Pa                     W 10
Dec  9 Frank Battaglia             Philadelphia, Pa                 W 10
Dec 20 Jock McAvoy                 New York, NY                    LK  1

1936
Feb 10 Tony Fisher                 Newark, NJ                       W 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)
Mar 24 Freddie Steele              Seattle, Wa                      L 10
Apr  9 "Indian" Mike Payan         San Diego, Ca                    W 10
May  8 Fred Apostoli               San Francisco, Ca                L 10
Jul 11 Freddie Steele              Seattle, Wa                      L 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)
Sep 21 Teddy Yarosz                Pittsburgh, Pa                   L 10
Oct 28 Harry Balsamo               New York, NY                     W 10
Nov 27 Tony Tozzo                  Buffalo, NY                      W 10
Dec 18 Joe "Butch" Lynch           Syracuse, NY                    KO  8

1937
Feb 19 Freddie Steele              New York, NY                     L 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Middleweight Championship of the World
          (as recognized by New York state)
Mar 11 Billy Conn                  Pittsburgh, Pa                   L 10
Jul 13 Al Hostak                   Seattle, Wa                     LK  7
Aug 17 George Black                Milwaukee, Wi                   LK  5
          -Some sources report "LK 6"

1938
May 10 William "Gorilla" Jones     Akron, Oh                        W 10
Jun  6 Al Quaill                   Millvale, Pa                     D 10
Jun 27 Ralph DeJohn                Syracuse, NY                    LK  7
Jul 18 Ben Brown                   Atlanta, Ga                      D 10
Sep 19 Larry Lane                  Trenton, NJ                     LK  2
          -Some sources report 9/17/38
Sep 26 Ben Brown                   Atlanta, Ga                     LK  9
Oct  5 Billy Soose                 Pittsburgh, Pa                  LK  3

1939
Feb  7 Walter Franklin             Bronx, NY                       LK  6
May 17 Lloyd Marshall              Sacramento, Ca                  LK  5


*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1929
Oct 26 Diaz Music                  Charleston, SC                   W  4
Nov  9 Young Murray                Charleston, SC                  TK  5
Nov 20 Wendell Weeks               Charleston, SC                   W  6

1930
Oct 11 Wendell Weeks               Folly Beach, SC                  W 10
Oct 17 Larry Leavitt               Folly Beach, SC                  W 10
Oct 27 Bob Allison                 Charleston, SC                   W 10
Nov  5 Bob Allison                 Charleston, SC                   W 10
Nov 11 Wendell Weeks               Charleston, SC                   W 10
Nov 14 Rufus Miles                 Charleston, SC                   W 10
Nov 27 Larry Leavitt               Charleston, SC                   W 10
Dec  5 Rufus Miles                 Charleston, SC                   D 10
Dec 19 Bud Spittle                 Charleston, SC                   D 10

1931
Jan  6 Charlie Brown               Charleston, SC                   L 10
May 20 Frank Sumter                Charleston, SC                   W 10
Oct 12 Bud Spittle                 Charleston, SC                   W 10
Oct 29 Rufus Miles                 Orangeburg, SC                   L 10

1933
Aug  4 Fay Griffiths               San Diego, Ca                   KO  3
Aug 18 Johnny Carvos San Diego, Ca KO 6
Sep 3 Harold "Dutch" Weimer Tijuana, Mexico L 4
Sep 22 Leo "Deacon" Kelly San Diego, Ca W 6
Dec 8 Nick Urez San Diego, Ca KO 3
1934 Mar 26 Frank LaSpino Syracuse, NY KO 2
Apr 20 Jackie Flowers Utica, NY W 6

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

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