Aurel Toma

Aurel Toma
Aurel Toma
Born	July 30, 1911; Oxnard, California, U.S.
Nationality	Romanian
Other names	Fear of Champions
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight; Bantamweight; Featherweight;
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	74
Wins	47
Wins by KO	15
Losses	16
Draws	11

Aurel Toma (July 30, 1911 – August 25, 1980)

professional boxer

of Bulgarian origin who competed from 1931 to 1948.

Career

He held the European bantamweight title twice, firstly in 1936 and again from 1938 to 1939.^[2] After he won the first bantamweight title in 1936, Toma was decorated by king Carol II of Romania of whom for a while he was a personal driver and a boxing teacher of his son, Prince Michael.^[2] Toma was the only boxer to knock out Benny Lynch.^[3] He is buried at the Riverside National Cemetery, in Riverside, California.^[3] A sports hall in Babadag, Romania is named after him.^[3]

Professional boxing record

47 Wins (15 knockouts, 31 decisions, 1 disqualification), 16 Losses (7 knockouts, 9 decisions), 11 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	13-1-5	Henry Davis	KO	6 (8)	1948-04-13	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Draw	12-3-1	Tsuneshi Maruo	PTS	8 (8)	1948-03-16	Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Loss	27-6	Manny Ortega	KO	6 (10)	1948-02-27	Liberty Hall, El Paso, Texas, United States
Loss	53-26-7	Luis Castillo	KO	6 (10)	1947-12-02	Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, United States
Win	12-9-7	Joey Clemo	MD	10 (10)	1947-11-07	Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, United States
Win	11-4-4	Jackie Turner	UD	10 (10)	1947-10-21	Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, United States
Loss	43-9-3	Joey Dolan	SD	10 (10)	1947-10-14	Armory, Spokane, Washington, United States
Win	14-29-6	Joe Tambe	KO	2 (8)	1947-09-23	Ryan's Auditorium, Fresno, California, United States
Win	41-7-3	Joey Dolan	PTS	10 (10)	1947-03-11	Seattle, Washington, United States
Win	9-8-6	Joey Clemo	PTS	10 (10)	1947-02-21	Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, United States
Loss	40-7-11	Tony Olivera	PTS	10 (10)	1942-07-13	Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, California, United States
Loss	11-1	Bobby Carroll	TKO	9 (10)	1942-02-02	Sacramento, California, United States
Draw	39-4-9	Tony Olivera	PTS	10 (10)	1941-09-19	Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, United States
Win	51-10-8	Jackie Jurich	PTS	10 (10)	1941-08-25	Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, United States
Win	21-18-10	Adolph Samuels	PTS	6 (6)	1941-05-16	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States
Win	34-9-7	Bobby Siegel	PTS	6 (6)	1941-04-04	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States
Win	5-11-9	Nat Corum	PTS	6 (6)	1941-03-14	Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, United States
Loss	19-0	Bill Speary	TKO	5 (8)	1940-12-09	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss	40-19-8	Vince Dell'Orto	TKO	4 (8)	1940-11-11	St. Nicholas Arena, New York, United States	A deep cut over Toma's left eye, forced the stoppage.
Win	114-52-39	Pablo Dano	PTS	10 (10)	1940-11-07	Savannah, Georgia, United States
Win	37-20-4	Jackie Callura	PTS	10 (10)	1940-05-29	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States
Draw	30-2-8	Tony Olivera	PTS	10 (10)	1940-05-17	Hollywood, California, United States
Loss	46-11-13	Chick Delaney	PTS	10 (10)	1940-04-17	Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States	Toma was knocked down three times.
Win	15-0-2	Tommy Kiene	TKO	3 (10)	1940-03-28	Savannah, Georgia, United States
Loss	112-45-33	Pablo Dano	PTS	10 (10)	1940-01-23	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Draw	112-45-32	Pablo Dano	PTS	8 (8)	1940-01-02	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Win	33-24-6	Nicky Jerome	TKO	6 (8)	1939-12-19	Brooklyn, New York, United States	After the first three rounds were even Toma "won easily the rest of the way"--the bout being stopped as the bell ending the 6th round sounded.
Win	11-11-3	Victor Corchado	PTS	8 (8)	1939-11-25	Rockland Palace, New York, United States
Loss	41-16-7	Ernst Weiss	RTD	11 (15)	1939-08-11	Sportpalast, Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany	For EBU (European) bantamweight title.
Loss	34-25-5	Tommy Burns	PTS	10 (10)	1939-03-24	Orange Halls, Bellshill, United Kingdom
Win	30-14-7	Teddy O'Neill	KO	10 (10)	1939-01-27	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Win	94-26-3	Len Hampston	RTD	5 (10)	1938-11-14	National Sporting Club, London, United Kingdom
Win	88-13-17	Benny Lynch	KO	3 (10)	1938-10-03	National Sporting Club, London, United Kingdom
Win	45-15-8	Gino Cattaneo	DQ	8 (12)	1938-06-04	Stadionul Venus, Bucharest, Romania	Won vacant EBU (European) bantamweight title. 20,000 spectators.
Win	50-19-12	Joseph Decico	PTS	10 (10)	1938-03-31	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Win	74-25-10	Maurice Huguenin	KO	2 (10)	1938-03-16	Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France
Win	51-11-6	Gaston Maton	KO	2 (10)	1938-02-10	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Win	35-19-8	Jim Brady	PTS	10 (10)	1937-12-13	Earls Court Arena, Kensington, United Kingdom
Win	2-3-3	Johnny McManus	KO	9 (10)	1937-11-29	Harringay Arena, Harringay, United Kingdom
Draw	34-19-7	Jim Brady	PTS	10 (10)	1937-11-15	Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington, United Kingdom
Win	90-24-15	Victor Perez	RTD	6 (10)	1937-10-03	Bucharest, Romania
Win	22-10-4	Ion Sandu	PTS	12 (12)	1937-08-31	Bucharest, Romania	Won Romanian bantamweight title.
Win	36-11-3	Joey Archibald	PTS	8 (8)	1937-04-05	Madison Square Garden, New York, United States	18,000 spectators.
Win	17-20-7	Jimmy Martin	TKO	5 (8)	1937-03-16	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Win	95-38-12	Henry Hook	PTS	10 (10)	1937-02-2	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Win	10-4-1	Richard LiBrandi	TKO	6 (10)	1937-01-26	Brooklyn, New York, United States
Win	40-17-7	Georges Bataille	PTS	10 (10)	1936-11-26	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Win	16-21-8	Eugene Lorenzoni	KO	7 (10)	1936-10-27	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	43-12-9	Joseph Decico	KO	11 (12)	1936-07-26	Stadionul Venus, Bucharest, Romania	Won vacant EBU (European) bantamweight title. 20,000 spectators.
Win	66-12-7	Valentin Angelmann	PTS	10 (10)	1936-04-09	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Win	30-0-3	Roger Cotti	PTS	10 (10)	1936-03-19	Ring de Pantin, Le Mans, France
Win	65-32-6	Eugène Huat	PTS	10 (10)	1936-03-06	Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France
Win	103-15-13	Émile Pladner	PTS	10 (10)	1936-01-28	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	83-21-13	Victor Perez	PTS	10 (10)	1935-12-31	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	28-39-21	Henri Barras	PTS	10 (10)	1935-12-10	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	29-17-9	Henri Sanchez	PTS	10 (10)	1935-11-30	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Loss	0-1	Gheorghe Popescu	PTS	10 (10)	1935-10-27	Ploiești, Romania	For Romanian featherweight title.
Draw	49-50-12	Frans Machtens	PTS	10 (10)	1935-09-28	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	39-7-7	Lucian Popescu	PTS	10 (10)	1935-05-15	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	2-3-2	Ion Gurun	PTS	10 (10)	1934-12-06	Bucharest, Romania
Draw	2-2-2	Gheorghe Rapeanu	PTS	6 (6)	1934-07-21	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Loss	68-14-5	Jackie Brown	PTS	12 (12)	1934-04-16	Kings Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom
Loss	26-23-18	Maurice Filhol	PTS	10 (10)	1934-02-17	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	19-19-14	Étienne Mura	PTS	10 (10)	1934-01-23	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Win	24-10-5	Henri Sanchez	PTS	10 (10)	1934-01-06	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Loss	40-10-6	Maurice Huguenin	PTS	10 (10)	1933-12-16	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Draw	0-1-1	Ion Gurun	PTS	10 (10)	1933-06-17	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Draw	33-17-18	Joe Mediola	PTS	8 (8)	1932-12-21	Paris-Ring, Paris, France
Draw	0-1	Ion Gurun	PTS	8 (8)	1932-11-05	Coloseum, Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-2-1	Gheoghe Begheș	PTS	8 (8)	1932-10-26	Sala Constructori, Bucharest, Romania	Won Romanian flyweight title.
Win	38-28-14	Rene Chalange	PTS	10 (10)	1932-08-09	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0-1	Nicolae Stamate	RTD	8 (10)	1932-07-23	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0	Ion Gurun	PTS	6 (6)	1932-06-18	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Draw	0-1	Gheoghe Begheș	PTS	6 (6)	1931-06-13	Cinema Aurora-Calea Dudești, Bucharest, Romania

References

^ "Aurel Toma". boxrec.com. June 16, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Reconstituirea unei legende a boxului românesc » Aurel Toma, primul român care a boxat în Madison Square Garden" [The reconstruction of a Romanian boxing legend »Aurel Toma, the first Romanian to box in Madison Square Garden] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Destinul fabulos al boxerului român Aurel Toma (2) » Născut la Babadag, triumfător în Madison Square Garden şi mort în California" [The fabulous destiny of Romanian boxer Aurel Toma (2) »Born in Babadag, triumphant in Madison Square Garden and dead in California] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

External links

Boxing record for Aurel Toma from BoxRec (registration required)
Aurel Toma at Find a Grave

[1] "Aurel Toma". boxrec.com. June 16, 2012.

[gsp_article-2] "Reconstituirea unei legende a boxului românesc » Aurel Toma, primul român care a boxat în Madison Square Garden" [The reconstruction of a Romanian boxing legend »Aurel Toma, the first Romanian to box in Madison Square Garden] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

[gsp_article2-3] "Destinul fabulos al boxerului român Aurel Toma (2) » Născut la Babadag, triumfător în Madison Square Garden şi mort în California" [The fabulous destiny of Romanian boxer Aurel Toma (2) »Born in Babadag, triumphant in Madison Square Garden and dead in California] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

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