Middleweight · Television Era (1960–1989)
Bennie Briscoe
"Bad Bennie"
66
Wins
24
Losses
5
Draws
53
KOs
80%
KO %
- Born
- 1943
- Died
- 2010
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1962–1982
A feared Philadelphia puncher who was never stopped.
Titles & Honours
- Never won a world title
Career Timeline
1962–1982- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Sam Samuels · W PTS
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Gene Bryant · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Lenny Harden · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Jimmie Sykes · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962-10-09 | W | Sam Samuels | PTS | 4 | Cambria A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1962-12-13 | W | Dave Wyatt | KO | 3 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1963-01-14 | W | Charley Little | KO | 1 | Cambria A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1963-02-12 | W | Bobby Bell | KO | 1 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1963-02-28 | W | Joe Smith | KO | 6 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1963-03-25 | W | Chuck McCreary | PTS | 6 | Philadelphia Arena , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1963-04-25 | W | Cash White | TKO | 2 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1963-07-22 | W | Joe Clark | PTS | 4 | Las Vegas Convention Center , Winchester, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1963-11-02 | W | Brad Silas | KO | 4 | Cambria A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1963-11-10 | W | Roosevelt Ware | TKO | 4 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1964-01-20 | W | Johnny Clyde | PTS | 6 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1964-06-15 | W | Percy Manning | TKO | 8 | Philadelphia Convention Hall , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1964-09-03 | W | Charley Scott | KO | 1 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1964-11-30 | W | Walter Daniels | PTS | 8 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1965-02-22 | W | Dave Wyatt | KO | 7 | Philadelphia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1965-03-29 | L | Percy Manning | PTS | 10 | Philadelphia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1965-04-19 | W | Jimmy McMillan | KO | 1 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1965-06-12 | L | Stanley Hayward | SD | 10 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1965-09-20 | L | Tito Marshall | UD | 10 | Philadelphia Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1965-10-05 | W | Doug McLeod | KO | 1 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1966-05-12 | W | George Benton | RTD | 9 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1966-10-10 | W | C.L. Lewis | TKO | 6 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1967-03-20 | L | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | UD | 10 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1967-05-29 | W | Bobby Warthen | TKO | 7 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1967-06-05 | D | Carlos Monzón | PTS | 10 | Estadio Luna Park , Buenos Aires , Argentina |
| 1967-09-10 | W | Georgie Johnson | TKO | 4 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1967-10-30 | W | Ike White | TKO | 3 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1967-11-20 | W | Jimmy Lester | TKO | 6 | Philadelphia Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1967-12-15 | L | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York , U.S. |
| 1968-02-11 | W | Pedro Miranda | KO | 7 | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 1968-03-25 | L | Yoland Levèque | DQ | 4 | Palais des Sports , Paris , France |
| 1968-07-08 | W | Gene Bryant | TKO | 8 | Silver Slipper , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1968-08-20 | W | José González | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1968-09-23 | L | Vicente Rondón | UD | 10 | Hiram Bithorn Stadium , San Juan , Puerto Rico |
| 1968-11-18 | W | Charley Austin | SD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1969-01-26 | W | Vicente Rondón | TKO | 8 | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| 1969-02-14 | L | Juarez de Lima | SD | 10 | Felt Forum , New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1969-05-19 | W | Percy Manning | KO | 4 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1969-09-30 | W | Tito Marshall | KO | 1 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1969-10-03 | W | José González | TKO | 5 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1969-11-18 | L | Joe Shaw | MD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1970-02-11 | W | Harold Richardson | TKO | 6 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1970-03-16 | W | Joe Shaw | TKO | 7 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1970-09-23 | W | Eddie Owens | KO | 6 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1971-03-05 | W | Carlos Marks | KO | 5 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1971-03-22 | W | Tom Bethea | TKO | 6 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1971-10-08 | W | Juarez de Lima | TKO | 2 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1971-10-14 | W | Charley Austin | TKO | 1 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1971-11-15 | W | Rafael Gutierrez | KO | 2 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1971-12-01 | W | Ned Edwards | KO | 2 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1972-01-18 | W | Al Quinney | TKO | 2 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1972-03-21 | W | Jorge Rosales | KO | 1 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1972-04-19 | L | Luis Vinales | SD | 10 | Catholic Youth Center , Scranton, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1972-11-10 | W | Luis Vinales | TKO | 7 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1972-11-11 | L | Carlos Monzón | UD | 15 | Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1973-01-09 | L | Rodrigo Valdez | PTS | 12 | Noumea , New Caledonia |
| 1973-01-29 | W | Carlos Alberto Salinas | KO | 5 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1973-03-26 | W | Art Hernandez | TKO | 3 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1973-06-25 | W | Billy Douglas | TKO | 8 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1973-08-12 | W | Willie Warren | TKO | 7 | Boardwalk Hall , Atlantic City, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1973-10-22 | W | Ruben Arocha | KO | 3 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1974-02-25 | W | Tony Mundine | KO | 5 | Palais des Sports, Paris, France |
| 1974-05-25 | L | Rodrigo Valdez | TKO | 7 | Stade Louis II , Monte Carlo , Monaco |
| 1974-09-10 | L | Emile Griffith | MD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1975-01-14 | W | Lenny Harden | KO | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1975-06-16 | W | Stanley Hayward | UD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1975-07-04 | D | Vinnie Curto | PTS | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1975-08-18 | W | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | SD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1975-11-18 | D | Eugene Hart | PTS | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1976-02-25 | W | Jose Martin Flores | KO | 7 | Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1976-06-04 | W | Eugene Hart | KO | 1 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1976-06-26 | D | Emile Griffith | PTS | 10 | Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| 1976-08-16 | W | Emeterio Villanueva | TKO | 4 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1976-12-20 | D | Willie Warren | PTS | 10 | Salle Leyrit, Nice , France |
| 1977-01-17 | W | Karl Vinson | UD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1977-03-31 | W | Jean Mateo | KO | 10 | Pavillon de Paris , Paris, France |
| 1977-05-11 | L | Rodrigo Valdez | UD | 15 | Campione d'Italia , Italy |
| 1977-07-26 | W | Sammy Barr | TKO | 8 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1978-03-31 | W | Tony Chiaverini | TKO | 8 | Kansas City Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City, Missouri , U.S. |
| 1978-04-02 | L | Vito Antuofermo | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1978-05-24 | W | Bob Patterson | KO | 5 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1978-08-24 | L | Marvin Hagler | UD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1979-05-02 | L | David Love | UD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1979-05-23 | W | Nick Ortiz | PTS | 10 | DC Armory , Washington, D.C. , U.S. |
| 1979-08-14 | W | Joe Barrientes | TKO | 6 | Steel Pier Arena , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1979-10-20 | L | Clement Tshinza | PTS | 10 | Country Hall du Sart Tilman , Liège , Belgium |
| 1979-11-09 | W | Teddy Mann | UD | 10 | Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1980-01-24 | L | Richie Bennett | UD | 10 | Upper Darby Forum, Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1980-08-25 | W | Richie Bennett | PTS | 10 | Martin Luther King Arena , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1980-12-15 | L | Vinnie Curto | PTS | 10 | Hynes Convention Center , Boston, Massachusetts , U.S. |
| 1981-01-30 | L | Nick Ortiz | SD | 10 | Felt Forum, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 1981-12-23 | W | Rick Noggle | KO | 6 | Canton Memorial Civic Center , Canton, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1982-01-06 | L | Ralph Hollett | SD | 10 | Halifax Forum , Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada |
| 1982-03-23 | W | Norberto Sabater | TKO | 5 | Tropicana Hotel & Casino , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1982-12-15 | L | Jimmie Sykes | UD | 10 | The Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Showing 95 of 95 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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