Hogan Bassey
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Hogan "Kid" Bassey MBE (1932-06-03 – 1998-01-26) was Nigeria's first world boxing champion. He was born Okun Asuguo Bassey on the banks of the Cross River in Creek Town, Calabar, Nigeria.[1] He took the name Hogan Kid Bassey when he turned professional as a boxer. He possessed a tremendous heart in and out of the ring and that rarest of boxing skills - a true knockout punch.
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[edit] Boxing career
After 14 contests in Nigeria, Bassey went to Liverpool,[2] England in 1952 and before long had impressed everyone with his pleasant manner outside the ring and his powerful punching in the ring.
After winning the Empire featherweight championship he also won the world crown by his defeat of French Algerian Cherif Hamia in Paris, France in 1957. He lost the title to U.S. fighter David S. "Davey" Moore on March 18, 1959.
During his career he fought Billy "Spider" Kelly, Percy Lewis, Tommy Profitt, Sammy McCarthy, Ricardo Moreno, and Willie Pep.[3]
[edit] Life after boxing
In 1959 he was awarded the MBE[4] following his world title win and went on to become a respected coach in Nigeria who awarded him the country's highest honour in 1973. He died peacefully in the early hours of January 26, 1998 at his home in Apapa, Lagos.
[edit] Professional boxing record
| 59 Wins (21 knockouts, 38 decisions), 13 Losses (4 knockouts, 9 decisions), 2 Draws [1] | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 36-5-1 |  Davey Moore |
RTD | 11 | 19/08/1959 |  Los Angeles, California, United States |
World Featherweight Title. Bassey failed to emerge from his corner for round eleven. |
| Loss | 35-5-1 | Davey Moore |
RTD | 13 | 18/03/1959 | Los Angeles, California, United States |
World Featherweight Title. Bassey's manager threw in the towel after round 13. |
| Win | 20-11-1 |  Ernesto Parra |
UD | 10 | 13/12/1958 | Hollywood, California, United States |
98-89, 98-93, 98-91. Bassey was knocked down in the fifth round. |
| Win | 34-7-4 | Carmelo Costa |
UD | 10 | 31/10/1958 |  New York City, United States |
Costa was knocked down twice in the third round. |
| Win | 220-8-1 | Willie Pep |
TKO | 9 | 20/09/1958 |  Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Pep was knocked down twice in the ninth round. |
| Win | 22-5-3 |  Jules Touan |
TKO | 7 | 24/06/1958 |  Kensington, London, United Kingdom |
Touan was knocked down once in the fourth and sixth rounds and five times in the seventh before the referee stopped the fight. |
| Win | 29-3-1 | Ricardo Moreno |
KO | 3 | 01/04/1958 | Los Angeles, California, United States |
World Featherweight Title. Moreno was knocked out at 2:58 of the third round. |
| Win | 39-11-2 |  Jean Pierre Cossemyns |
PTS | 10 | 23/01/1958 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 23-3-3 |  Victor Pepeder |
PTS | 10 | 07/10/1957 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 30-1-2 | Cherif Hamia |
TKO | 10 | 24/06/1957 | Paris, France |
World Featherweight Title. Bassey was knocked down in the second round. |
| Win | 35-9-1 |  Miguel Berrios |
UD | 12 | 26/04/1957 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
World Featherweight Title eliminator. Bassey was knocked down in the tenth round. |
| Win | 9-2 |  Percy Lewis |
PTS | 15 | 01/04/1957 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom |
Commonwealth Featherweight Title. Lewis was knocked down in the first, fourth and eighth rounds and Bassey was knocked down in the tenth round. |
| Win | -- |  Joao Dos Santos |
PTS | 10 | 26/11/1956 | Leicester, East Midlands, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 62-10-5 | Jean Sneyers |
TKO | 4 | 26/11/1956 | Liege, Belgium |
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| Win | 47-17-5 |  Alby Tissong |
PTS | 8 | 06/09/1956 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 44-7-3 |  Aldo Pravisani |
PTS | 8 | 03/05/1956 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 19-18-3 | Louis Cabo |
TKO | 4 | 22/03/1956 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
Referee stopped the fight at 1:00 of the fourth round. |
| Win | 60-8-5 | Jean Sneyers |
TKO | 4 | 07/02/1956 | Harringay, London, United Kingdom |
Referee stopped the fight in the fourth round due to a severe cut. |
| Win | 48-7-1 |  [[Billy Kelly {boxer}|Billy "Spider" Kelly]] |
KO | 8 | 19/11/1955 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Commonwealth Featherweight Title. |
| Win | 30-5-1 | Joe Quinn |
KO | 1 | 08/10/1955 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 18-8-6 |  Juan Oscar Alvarez |
PTS | 10 | 25/08/1955 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 14-1-1 | Andre Pierson |
PTS | 10 | 03/06/1955 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 30-2 | Marcel Ranvial |
KO | 5 | 22/03/1955 | Kensington, London, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 4-0 | Percy Lewis |
PTS | 8 | 31/01/1955 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 8-5-1 | Aime Devisch |
PTS | 10 | 29/11/1954 | Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 19-1-3 | Harry Ramsden |
PTS | 8 | 27/10/1954 | Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 93-12-3 | Luis Romero |
PTS | 10 | 03/09/1954 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 11-6 | Jo Woussem |
PTS | 8 | 12/08/1954 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 34-16-4 | Jacques Legendre |
PTS | 10 | 02/07/1954 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 12-4-5 | Enrico Macale |
PTS | 8 | 03/06/1954 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 52-5-3 | Jean Sneyers |
PTS | 10 | 29/04/1954 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 29-5-2 | Johnny Butterworth |
PTS | 10 | 04/03/1954 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 39-5-1 | Billy Kelly |
PTS | 8 | 08/12/1953 | Harringay, London, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 27-0-1 | Sammy McCarthy |
PTS | 10 | 06/10/1953 | Kensington, London, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 14-2-3 | Juan Oscar Alvarez |
PTS | 10 | 07/09/1953 | Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 18-28-1 | Tommy Higgins |
PTS | 8 | 27/08/1953 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 53-29-6 | Denny Dawson |
KO | 4 | 09/07/1953 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 25-6-3 | Emile Chemama |
TKO | 5 | 24/03/1953 | Kensington, London, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 88-10-3 | Luis Romero |
TKO | 8 | 27/02/1953 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 14-14-2 | Johnny Haywood |
DQ | 3 | 30/01/1953 | Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 15-2-1 | Ken Lawrence |
TKO | 5 | 20/01/1953 | Kensington, London, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 24-8-1 | Jackie Briers |
PTS | 10 | 08/01/1953 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 46-16-3 | Bobby Boland |
TKO | 5 | 15/12/1952 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 14-0 | Jean Pierre Cossemyns |
PTS | 10 | 08/12/1952 | Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 34-9-1 | Tommy Proffitt |
TKO | 7 | 14/11/1952 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 34-8-1 | Tommy Proffitt |
PTS | 8 | 27/10/1952 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 58-18-4 | Eddie Carson |
PTS | 8 | 09/10/1952 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 10-19-4 | Eddie McCormick |
PTS | 8 | 22/09/1952 | Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 20-6-2 | Stan Skinless |
TKO | 7 | 11/09/1952 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 16-22-1 | Tommy Higgins |
PTS | 8 | 28/08/1952 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 27-19-2 | Jimmy Cardew |
PTS | 8 | 07/08/1952 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 10-2-1 | Johnny Barclay |
KO | 6 | 28/07/1952 | West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 9-9-2 | Ivor Davies |
KO | 2 | 23/06/1952 | West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 30-10 | Frankie Williams |
PTS | 8 | 15/05/1952 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Loss | 5-0 | John Kelly |
PTS | 8 | 26/04/1952 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 45-12-3 | Bobby Boland |
KO | 5 | 17/04/1952 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Draw | 28-6-3 | Glyn Evans |
PTS | 8 | 01/04/1952 | Hanley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 19-25-5 | Len Shaw |
PTS | 8 | 24/03/1952 | Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 13-18-1 | Tommy Higgins |
PTS | 8 | 05/03/1952 | Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 41-18-11 | Peter Fay |
PTS | 8 | 19/02/1952 | Hanley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom |
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| Win | 8-1-1 | Ray Hillyard |
TKO | 4 | 31/01/1952 | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom |
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| Win | -- |  Young Spider Neequaye |
PTS | 12 | 28/09/1951 |  Lagos, Nigeria |
West African Bantamweight Title |
| Win | 0-1 | Steve Jeffra |
PTS | 12 | 29/08/1951 | Lagos, Nigeria |
Nigerian Bantamweight Title |
| Win | -- | Adjetey Sowah |
PTS | 10 | 30/05/1951 | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Win | -- | Jack Salami |
PTS | 8 | 16/05/1951 | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Win | -- | Kid Chukudi | TKO | 3 | 04/05/1951 | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Win | 1-1 | Dick Turpin |
PTS | 6 | 29/01/1951 | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Win | -- | Joe Bennett |
TKO | 10 | 10/11/1950 | Lagos, Nigeria |
Nigerian Bantamweight Title |
| Loss | -- | Bola Lawal |
PTS | unknown | 09/09/1950? | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Win | -- | Eddie Phillips |
PTS | unknown | 08/08/1950? | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Win | -- | Steve Jeffra |
PTS | unknown | 07/07/1950? | Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Draw | -- | Ogli Tettey |
PTS | 12 | 31/05/1950 | Lagos, Nigeria |
West African Flyweight Title |
| Loss | 0-1 | Dick Turpin |
DQ | 5 | 06/06/1949 | Lagos, Nigeria |
Nigerian Flyweight Title |
| Win | -- | Dick Turpin |
PTS | 12 | 01/01/1949 | Lagos, Nigeria |
Nigerian Flyweight Title |
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