Duane
BOBICK
"The White Hope"
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Lugar de Nacimiento: Bowlus
(Minnesota), Estados Unidos.
Fecha de Nacimiento: 24 agosto 1950.
Récord
Amateur: 103 fights; 93+ (60 KO), 10-
Heavyweight Panamerican Games Champion (Cali 1971)
Récord Profesional: 52 fights;
48+ (42 KO), 4-
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One of 11 sons of a 6-foot, 210-pound plasterer of Polish-German extraction, Duane Bobick was an excellent football, basketball and baseball player, earning all-conference high school honors, and then took up the sport of boxing when he joined the US Navy after graduation. While in the Navy, he won almost every boxing award imaginable: the All-Navy title, the Interservice crown, state and National AAU titles, regional and National Golden Gloves, World Military heavyweight titles, North American Championships, and the Pan-American boxing crown.
After losing to Ron Lyle in 1970, Bobick built up a string of 60 straight victories. His victims included a young Teofilo Stevenson, who unanimously lost to Duane at the Pan-Am Games, and Larry Holmes, who was disqualified for holding after being battered for 3 rounds at the 1972 Olympic Boxoffs.
Duane entered the Games as a clear favorite and proved his ambitions for the Olympic gold by beating Yury Nesterov of the Soviet Union in the preliminary round of the competition. Next up was a familiar foe – Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba. This time around Teofilo stopped Bobick in the third round. “Stevenson was in a lot better condition,” said Bobick after the fight. “He was a better fighter. Last time I faced him, all he had was a jab.”
In February of 1973 Duane Bobick signed a contract with Bill Daniels, who also handled the career of Ron Lyle, Duane’s old opponent, and turned professional.
Palmarés Amateur de Duane Bobick:
Fecha | Lugar | Oponente | Resultado | Categoría | Evento |
1968
21 marzo 1968 | Salt Lake City, USA | Frank BELLOMY (USA) | W-3 |
+81 kg |
Torneo Guantes Dorados Nacional |
21 marzo 1968 | Salt Lake City, USA | Tony LAND (USA) | W-3 |
+81 kg |
Torneo Guantes Dorados Nacional |
22 marzo 1968 | Salt Lake City, USA | Charles DURHAM (USA) | L RSC-1 (1:21) |
+81 kg |
Torneo Guantes Dorados Nacional |
1969
1969 | USA | Mike WEAVER (USA) | W-3 |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar |
1970
24 enero 1970 | USA | Louie HALL (USA) | W-3 |
+81 kg |
Amateur Show |
17 marzo 1970 | Las Vegas, USA | Larry PODESTA (USA) | L-3 |
+81 kg |
Torneo Guantes Dorados Nacional |
abril 1970 | Fort Dix, USA | Joe THOMAS (USA) | KO-2 (2:50) |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar |
abril 1970 | Fort Dix, USA | Percy PRICE (USA) | L-3 (2-3) - Plata |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar |
30 abril 1970 | Trenton, USA | John HUNTER (USA) | W-3 div |
+81 kg |
Campeonato AAU de los Estados Unidos |
mayo 1970 | Trenton, USA | Ron LYLE (USA) | L KO-2 |
+81 kg |
Campeonato AAU de los Estados Unidos |
agosto 1970 | Abidjan, CMR | () | W - Oro |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar del CISM |
1971
20 abril 1971 | Vallejo, USA | Kenneth HASSAN (USA) | KO-1 (1:37) |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar |
22 abril 1971 | Vallejo, USA | Louis SLAUGHTER (USA) | W-3 unan - Oro |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar |
28 abril 1971 | Nueva Orleans, USA | Jim ANDERSON (USA) | KO-2 |
+81 kg |
Campeonato AAU de los EEUU |
28 abril 1971 | Nueva Orleans, USA | Michael ANDERSON (USA) | KO-2 |
+81 kg |
Campeonato AAU de los EEUU |
29 abril 1971 | Nueva Orleans, USA | Jerry NELSON (USA) | KO-1 |
+81 kg |
Campeonato AAU de los EEUU |
30 abril 1971 | Nueva Orleans, USA | Fred HOUPE (USA) | KO-2 |
+81 kg |
Campeonato AAU de los EEUU |
1 mayo 1971 | Nueva Orleans, USA | Ron DRAPER (USA) | W-3 - Oro |
+81 kg |
Campeonato AAU de los EEUU |
1 junio 1971 | Troy, USA | Jack MEDA (CAN) | KO-2 - Oro |
+81 kg |
Campeonato de Norteamérica |
19 junio 1971 | Fort Bragg, USA | Nick WELLS (USA) | W-3 div |
+81 kg |
Eliminatoria Pre-Panamericana de los EEUU |
3 agosto 1971 | Cali, COL | Wesley ZULUETA (COL) | KO-1 |
+81 kg |
VI Juegos Panamericanos |
7 agosto 1971 | Cali, COL | Teofilo STEVENSON (CUB) | W-3 (5-0) | +81 kg | VI Juegos Panamericanos |
9 agosto 1971 | Cali, COL | Joaquín ROCHA (MEX) | RSC-2 - Oro | +81 kg | VI Juegos Panamericanos |
26 agosto 1971 | Minneapolis, USA | Fred HOUPE (USA) | W-3 unan |
+81 kg |
amateur show |
4 septiembre 1971 | Lake Geneva, USA | Ion ALEXE (RUM) | W-3 | +81 kg | USA vs Rumanía |
octubre 1971 | Rotterdam, HOL | (IRN) | KO |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar del CISM |
octubre 1971 | Rotterdam, HOL | (AUT) | KO |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar del CISM |
octubre 1971 | Rotterdam, HOL | SCHMIDT (RFA) | KO-1 - Oro |
+81 kg |
Campeonato Militar del CISM |
1972
3 febrero 1972 | Londres, ING | Dave MCCANN (GBR) | W-3 |
+81 kg |
Gran Bretaña vs USA |
8 febrero 1972 | Moscú, URS | Vladimir CHERNYSHEV (URS) | RSCI-2 |
+81 kg |
Unión Soviética vs USA |
11 febrero 1972 | Zhdanov, URS | Valeri INYATKIN (URS) | W-3 |
+81 kg |
Unión Soviética vs USA |
15 febrero 1972 | Erevan, URS | Kamo SAROYAN (URS) | RSC-3 |
+81 kg |
Unión Soviética vs USA |
28 febrero 1972 | Minneapolis, USA | Bob CULBERTSON (USA) | W-3 |
+81 kg |
Guantes Dorados del Alto Medio-Oeste |
20 marzo 1972 | Minneapolis, USA | Nick WELLS (USA) | RSC-3 |
+81 kg |
Guantes Dorados Nacional |
20 marzo 1972 | Minneapolis, USA | Steve WILLIAMS (USA) | RSC-2 (1:30) - Oro |
+81 kg |
Guantes Dorados Nacional |
19 julio 1972 | Fort Worth, USA | Clifford STEPHENS (USA) | KO-1 (1:01) |
+81 kg |
Eliminatoria Preolímpica de los EEUU |
21 julio 1972 | Fort Worth, USA | Leroy JONES (USA) | KO-1 (1:09) |
+81 kg |
Eliminatoria Preolímpica de los EEUU |
22 julio 1972 | Fort Worth, USA | Nick WELLS (USA) | RSCI-2 |
+81 kg |
Eliminatoria Preolímpica de los EEUU |
5 agosto 1972 | West Point, USA | Larry HOLMES (USA) | W DQ-3 |
+81 kg |
Box-Offs Olímpicos |
3 septiembre 1972 | Munich, RFA | Yuri NESTEROV (URS) | W-3 (5-0) |
+81 kg |
XX Juegos Olímpicos |
5 septiembre 1972 | Munich, RFA | Teófilo STEVENSON (CUB) | L RSC-3 |
+81 kg |
XX Juegos Olímpicos |
Nota: Éste palmarés está incompleto y puede ser inexacto.
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(Ultima actualización: Sep-18-2007)
Special thanks to Vladimir Branicki.