- Attended Florence High School
- Florence High School
- Coached by Florence Athletic Hall of Fame member: Tresco
Johnson
- Started boxing at age 12
- At age 16 he won the Open Flyweight Championship at the Carolina Golden Gloves Tournament in
Charlotte
- Career
- After joining the US Air Force, he won the Armed Forces Flyweight Championship while serving in
Alaska
- After turning pro he was trained by Angleo Dundee and compiled a pro record of 28‐6 and an
overall record of 67‐11
- He was inducted into the Carolina's Boxing Hall of Fame in Charlotte in 2002
- Fought at Madison Square Garden in the Eastern Golden Gloves Championship
- Member of the Shagger‐s Hall of Fame