Reagan Garth "Buddy" Turman (April 12, 1933 – April 1, 2007) was an American professional heavyweight boxer. He was born in the rural community of

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Boxing career

In his two years as an amateur in Texas, Turman accrued 20 wins five losses, and one draw, and he set a record for the quickest knockout in National AAU history. Turman fought his first professional match in September 1954, (at age 21) against Bobby Babcock, which he won. Five months later, Turman became the first white man to legally fight an

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in Texas thanks to the efforts of African-American I. H. "Sporty" Harvey, who had successfully challenged boxing

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in court. Turman won the match against Harvey on February 24, 1955, and won a rematch in June 1955. In November 1955, with 11 wins and one loss, Turman fought Roy "Cut-n-Shoot" Harris for the Texas Heavyweight Championship in

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. Turman lost the fight in a controversial decision, which allowed Harris to move on to fight

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for the World Heavyweight Title. This decision severely hampered Turman's chances of winning the World Title. Two years later, with 25 wins and only 3 losses, Turman faced Oscar Pharo for a second time. In the third fight of his professional career, Turman had been beaten by a more experienced Pharo on points. In the rematch, Turman won on a KO within 59 seconds of the first round. In May 1959, at Madison Square Garden, Turman soundly defeated Bob Cleroux, who a year later would win the Canadian Heavyweight Title. The next year, Turman faced World Light-Heavyweight Champion and World Heavyweight Contender,

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, in

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. Moore won by decision. However,

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, who was in attendance, afterwards expressed to Turman his dismay at the judges' decision. Moore publicly acknowledged that Turman should be considered one of the top five heavyweights in the world. Turman subsequently spent time at Moore's training camp in

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, where Clay was also training. Turman began fighting abroad in 1961, in

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where a rematch was scheduled with Moore. However, Moore postponed the fight by three weeks after Turman had already arrived. This left Turman badly out of practice by the time of the fight, as there were no local heavyweights to spar with. Moore won by unanimous decision. Turman subsequently fought in

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, and

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. He won his last match, which he fought against Rudolf Nehring on December 15, 1967, in

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. Turman fought a total of 62 professional matches and won 45 of them including 32 KOs. He had friendships with several of the best known boxers of his time, including Henry Cooper,

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, Joe Louis,

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, and

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Outside the ring

By the late fifties, Turman enjoyed celebrity status in Texas, especially in Dallas and Tyler. However, to supplement his inadequate boxing income he had to take other jobs. After a fight in Dallas, he met Jack Ruby. They became friends and Turman began working off and on for him as a manager and bouncer at some of his Dallas night clubs. Turman was interviewed by the

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soon after Ruby killed

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in November 1963.Warren Commission Exhibit 1467
/ref> Turman shared his opinions of Ruby and what he knew of Ruby's acquaintances in the Dallas Police Department. Turman had married and had a son in Dallas in the late fifties, and Turman began to seek work in films and television to support the family. First, he made a cameo appearance on an episode of ''

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'' (1958) with

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and Aldo Ray, and a few years later he appeared as a regular guest on ''Hollywood Squares''. He was also considered for various roles that never materialized (including the lead role in a proposed biopic about his friend Jack Dempsey). Turman's marriage was brief, but he and his ex-wife remained lifelong friends. They continued to share responsibility for raising their son. While living on the west coast, Turman befriended German boxer and wrestler

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(who eventually had roles in several Hollywood films). Soon thereafter Turman began primarily fighting abroad. He spent much of the last two years of his career fighting on the same ticket as von Homberg throughout Germany. Von Homberg and Turman visited each other periodically and corresponded often in the following years. After von Homberg was diagnosed with cancer, he visited Turman for two weeks in

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before going to

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where he died. After Turman's boxing years, he held various jobs including oil lease agent in East Texas and bartender and security guard at

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. He died April 1, 2007, in Longview, Texas, of complications from Hepatitis C.

Professional boxing record

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References

* *Turman, Joe. ''Buddy: The Life of Texas Boxing Legend, Buddy Turman.'
Author's Website"Buddy Turman: Still Fighting, Still Winning"
*Colston, Chase. "Legend Who Shaped Boxing in Tyler Dies at 73." ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. 1D. Tyler, Texas. April 2, 2007
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*Obituary. ''Tyler Morning Telegraph''. Tyler, Texas. April 4, 2007
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