Home Sickness? - Randy had 8 defeats in his career, 4 were
from his 5 fights outside of the United Kingdom. The defeats were
to Sugar Ray Robinson and Carl 'Bobo' Olson in America, Tiberio
Mitri in Italy, and Hans Stretz in Germany.
Fights in a Year - The most productive year of Randy's career
was 1947. He fought 13 fights during this year, compiling 12 wins
and a draw, with 9 knockouts. In comparison he fought only 6 times
in 1948, winning 4, losing 2, and achieving 2 knockout victories.
Undefeated Streak -Randy was undefeated in 22 fights before
losing in a rematch to Sugar Ray Robinson. His run started on
February 7th 1949 against Jackie Jones, and ended against Robinson
on September 12th 1951. A total length of two years and eight
months.
Total Rounds
- Randy boxed a total of 417 rounds throughout his career.
Consecutive Knockouts - Randy's longest run of consecutive
knockout victories is 7. This was achieved during a four month
spell between December 26th 1946 and April 15th 1947. Three of his
7 opponents lost in the 1st round, two in the 2nd, one in the 3rd,
and one in the 4th.
British No.1 - Randy never lost in his 5 fights involving the
British title.
Biggest Purse - The biggest purse of Randy's career was
$207,075, he received this purse for his second fight with Sugar
Ray Robinson. Despite being defending champion Randy received over
$40,000 less than Robinson, who received $248,491.
Biggest Attendance - The largest crowd ever to attend a fight
involving Randy, was the 61,437 that paid to see him fight Sugar
Ray Robinson at the Polo Grounds in New York, USA.
Consistency - Throughout his career Randy would never lose two
consecutive fights.
Retirements - Randy's first retirement from boxing came in
1955, after a fourth round knockout defeat against Gordon Wallace.
He returned six months later and re-asserted his position as
Britain's number one Light-Heavyweight. He retired a second time
in 1958, after a second round knockout against Yolande Pompey. He
returned briefly in March 1963 and again in January 1964, before
finally hanging up his gloves.
Too Young for Title - In 1948, Randy defeated the British
Middleweight champion Vince Hawkins, although being only 19 years
and 9 months, he was 13 months short of the 21 year old age limit
to win the title.
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