"Bad" Bennie Briscoe (February 8, 1943 – December 28, 2010) was an American professional boxer. A fan favorite for his punching power, he was known as the "quintessential

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boxer," and one of the greatest fighters of his era who due to various reasons did not become a world champion. "Bad" Bennie fought from 1962 to 1982, and retired with a career record of 66 wins (53 by KO) 24 losses and 5 draws. Briscoe was a top-rated

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contender during the 1970s, unsuccessfully challenging for the

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and WBA world titles on three occasions. Notable former champions and contenders Brisoce fought included

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, Luis Rodríguez,

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, Tony Mundine,

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, and

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regarded Briscoe much higher than most of his highly decorated opponents in many respects, particularly for his determination, intimidating posture, constant forward movement, aggressiveness, iron jaw, and ability to absorb punches no matter how solid he was hit, creating an impression of irresistible force to great many of his opponents. Briscoe's relentless walk-forward style earned him a nickname "Black Robot" while fighting abroad (for that reason, French cartoonist Der
portrayed
Briscoe as a

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with hammers instead of arms,) forcing even such aggressive fighters as Hagler and Monzon to back-up consistently. He was also sometimes referred to as "the fighting trashman," because he balanced his training early in his career with a day job as a

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in South Philadelphia.

Early life

Briscoe was born in

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, to a poor family, one of fourteen children. Usually bold Briscoe said that the reason his hair is cut very short is that "When you're one of fourteen children they can't waste too much money on haircuts," and when he used to go to the barbershop, his father would say "Take it all off."Carlos Monzon vs Bennie Briscoe II
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and

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, to

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to live with an aunt and uncle and attended

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. There, he eventually began training alongside

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, hence is his familiar bobbing-and-weaving style. Briscoe supported his family, and his mother in particular, sending home a bit of each payday. He worked a series of municipal jobs, including as a sewer inlet cleaner and rat control officer. He eventually took a job with the sanitation department, working on a trash route in South Philadelphia as he continued to train as a boxer. A union worker, he was a member of

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District Council 33.

Amateur career

Briscoe had a standout career as an amateur, compiling a record of 70–3. He won the Middle Atlantic AAU title three times, the last in 1962 at Convention Hall in Philadelphia. Though he did not make it to win the

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in Pocatello, April 7, 1961, and in Cincinnati, March 31, 1962, losing to H.C. Massey and to Wade Smith respectively. He turned pro shortly thereafter, being coached by Quinzel McCall. Despite going pro, Briscoe knew that the life of a boxer could be financially unstable and risky—and wanted to retain his union pension plan—so he continued his work on the trash route until 1973.

Professional career

Bennie was known for his toughness, strong punch and body punching. He fought future middleweight champion Monzon to a draw in

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on May 6, 1967, but dropped a 15-round decision to the champion in a 1972 title match. By the end of 1972, having 56 professional fights under his belt, Briscoe has been floored only three times in his career, twice in the same fight in the 1st round, which he ended with a knockout victory in the 2nd round. Among his first-round victories was also a one-punch-knockout, a further proof of his outstanding punching power. Briscoe was outpointed by former

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and

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in their first match, but fought Griffith to a draw in a rematch. He was outpointed by future middleweight champions

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on the downside of his career. Bennie also fought

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three times. He was outpointed twice, but Valdez scored a rare KO over Briscoe in an elimination match to determine the WBC middleweight champion on May 25, 1974 - it was the only time in 96 fights that Briscoe was ever stopped. The WBC had decided to "strip" Monzon of its version of the middleweight crown, although the rest of the world continued to recognize Monzon as champion. In March 1981, neurosurgeon Dr. Fred Sonstein sought to use CAT scans in an attempt to track the degeneration of boxers' cognitive functions after seeing the decline of Briscoe's speech abilities. Briscoe was one of the most feared middleweights of his era. In 2003, he was named in '' The Ring'''s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. His final record was 66-24-5 with 53 knockouts and one no contest. Briscoe fought with the

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on his boxing trunks in tribute to his managers, first Jimmy Iselin, whose father

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, and Arnold M. Weiss.

Professional boxing record

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, align=left, , - , Win , 38–9–1 , align=left, Juarez De Lima , TKO , 2 , 10/08/1971 , align=left,

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, align=left, , - , Win , 36–9–1 , align=left, Tom "The Bomb" Bethea , TKO , 6 , 22/03/1971 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 35–9–1 , align=left, Ned Edwards , KO , 2 , 12/01/1971 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 34–9–1 , align=left, Harold Richardson , TKO , 6 , 02/11/1970 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 33–9–1 , align=left, Eddie "Red Top" Owens , KO , 6 , 23/09/1970 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 32–9–1 , align=left, Joe "Buzz" Shaw , TKO , 7 , 16/03/1970 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 31–9–1 , align=left, Joe "Buzz" Shaw , MD , 10 , 18/11/1969 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 31–8–1 , align=left, Tito Marshall , KO , 1 , 30/09/1969 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 30–8–1 , align=left, Percy Manning , KO , 4 , 19/05/1969 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 29–8–1 , align=left, Jose "Monon" Gonzalez , TKO , 5 , 10/03/1969 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 28–8–1 , align=left, Juarez De Lima , SD , 10 , 14/02/1969 , align=left,

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, align=left, , - , Win , 27–7–1 , align=left, Charley "Bad News" Austin , SD , 10 , 18/11/1968 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 26–7–1 , align=left, Pedro Miranda , KO , 7 , 02/11/1968 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 25–7–1 , align=left,

, UD , 10 , 23/09/1968 , align=left,

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, align=left, , - , Win , 25–6–1 , align=left, Jose "Monon" Gonzalez , UD , 10 , 20/08/1968 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 24–6–1 , align=left, Gene "Honey Bear" Bryant , TKO , 8 , 07/08/1968 , align=left,

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, align=left, , - , Loss , 23–6–1 , align=left, Yoland Leveque , DQ , 4 , 25/03/1968 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 23–5–1 , align=left,

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, UD , 10 , 15/12/1967 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 23–4–1 , align=left, Jimmy Lester , TKO , 6 , 20/11/1967 , align=left,

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, align=left, , - , Win , 22–4–1 , align=left, Ike White , TKO , 3 , 30/10/1967 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 21–4–1 , align=left, Georgie "Deacon" Johnson , TKO , 4 , 09/10/1967 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 20–4–1 , align=left, Bobby "Sweet Boy" Warthen , TKO , 7 , 29/05/1967 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , style="background:#abcdef;", Draw , 19–4–1 , align=left,

, PTS , 10 , 06/05/1967 , align=left, Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 19–4 , align=left,

, UD , 10 , 20/03/1967 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 19–3 , align=left,

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, RTD , 9 , 05/12/1966 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 18–3 , align=left, C.L. Lewis , TKO , 6 , 10/10/1966 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , style="background:#DDDDDD;", NC , 17–3 , align=left, C.L. Lewis , NC , 4 , 25/07/1966 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 17–3 , align=left, Stanley "Kitten" Hayward , SD , 10 , 06/12/1965 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 17–2 , align=left, Tito Marshall , UD , 10 , 20/09/1965 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 17–1 , align=left,

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, KO , 1 , 10/05/1965 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 16–1 , align=left, Jimmy "Rent is 2 Damn High" McMillan , KO , 1 , 19/04/1965 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Loss , 15–1 , align=left, Percy Manning , PTS , 10 , 29/03/1965 , align=left, Philadelphia A.C.,

, align=left, , - , Win , 15–0 , align=left, Dave "Sugar" Wyatt , KO , 7 , 22/02/1965 , align=left, Philadelphia A.C.,

, align=left, , - , Win , 14–0 , align=left, "Sir" Walter Daniels , PTS , 8 , 30/11/1964 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 13–0 , align=left, Percy Manning , TKO , 8 , 15/06/1964 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 12–0 , align=left, Charley Scott , KO , 1 , 09/03/1964 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 11–0 , align=left, Johnny Clyde , PTS , 6 , 20/01/1964 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 10–0 , align=left, Bobby "MI" Bell , KO , 1 , 02/12/1963 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 9–0 , align=left, "King" Roosevelt Ware , TKO , 4 , 11/10/1963 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 8–0 , align=left, Joe "Will" Clark , PTS , 4 , 22/07/1963 , align=left,

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, align=left, , - , Win , 7–0 , align=left, Cash White , TKO , 2 , 25/04/1963 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 6–0 , align=left, Chuck McCreary , PTS , 6 , 25/03/1963 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 5–0 , align=left, "Average" Joe Smith , KO , 6 , 28/02/1963 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 4–0 , align=left,

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, KO , 4 , 11/02/1963 , align=left, Cambria A.C.,

, align=left, , - , Win , 3–0 , align=left, Charley Little , KO , 1 , 14/01/1963 , align=left, Cambria A.C.,

, align=left, , - , Win , 2–0 , align=left, Dave "Sugar" Wyatt , KO , 3 , 13/12/1962 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , 1–0 , align=left, Sam Samuels , PTS , 4 , 10/09/1962 , align=left, Cambria A.C.,

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Death

Bennie Briscoe died on December 28, 2010.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Briscoe, Bennie 1943 births 2010 deaths Boxers from Georgia (U.S. state) Boxers from Pennsylvania Middleweight boxers American male boxers American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees people