Freddie 'Red' Cochrane
Freddie Cochrane | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | Red Cochrane |
Weight(s) | Welterweight |
Height | 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (171 cm) |
Reach | 67 in (170 cm) |
Nationality | American |
Born | Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA | May 6, 1915
Died | January 16, 1993 | (aged 77)
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 117 |
Wins | 72 |
Wins by KO | 26 |
Losses | 37 |
Draws | 8 |
No contests | 5 |
Freddie 'Red' Cochrane (born May 6, 1915 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States, and died January 1, 1993), was a professional boxer who held the World Welterweight Championship from 1941 until 1946.[1] Cochrane was a resident of Union, New Jersey at the time of his death.[2]
Professional boxing career[]
Cochrane turned pro in 1933 and was considered the World Welterweight champion in 1941 after beating Fritzie Zivic. Although he technically held the title for more than four years, he did not successfully defend it once due to World War II. In 1945 he fought a war with the legendary Rocky Graziano in what was proclaimed 1945 Fight of the Year by Ring Magazine. Graziano was outboxed in the first eight rounds, but knocked down Cochrane in the 9th but the bell saved Cochrane from a KO. Cochrane was dropped again in the 10th for the full count. The Paid attendance for the bout was 18,071. Two months later he rematched Graziano and again was KO'd in the 10th round. Cochrane knocked down for seven nine counts before he took the full count in the tenth. The Paid attendance for the bout was 18,071 with a gate of $100,469. With this bout, Graziano became the latest "Million Dollar Baby".
In 1946, Cochrane took on Marty Servo for the World Welterweight Title and lost via 4th-round KO. Servo would relinquish the crown in September due to "an aching nose". Sugar Ray Robinson would then win the vacant title in December.
Professional boxing record[]
All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,[3] unless otherwise stated.
Official record[]
117 fights | 68 wins | 36 losses |
By knockout | 26 | 5 |
By decision | 42 | 31 |
Draws | 8 | |
Newspaper decisions/draws | 5 |
All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted as a win, loss or draw.
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | showNotes |
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Unofficial record[]
117 fights | 72 wins | 37 losses |
By knockout | 26 | 5 |
By decision | 46 | 32 |
Draws | 8 |
Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions to the win/loss/draw column.
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | hideNotes |
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117 | Loss | 72–37–8 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (15) | Feb 1, 1946 | ![]() |
Lost NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles |
116 | Loss | 72–36–8 | ![]() |
KO | 10 (10) | Aug 24, 1945 | ![]() |
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115 | Win | 72–35–8 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jul 17, 1945 | ![]() |
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114 | Loss | 71–35–8 | ![]() |
KO | 10 (10) | Jun 29, 1945 | ![]() |
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113 | Win | 71–34–8 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Jun 13, 1945 | ![]() |
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112 | Win | 70–34–8 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jun 11, 1945 | ![]() |
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111 | Win | 69–34–8 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Jun 9, 1945 | ![]() |
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110 | Win | 68–34–8 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jun 8, 1945 | ![]() |
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109 | Win | 67–34–8 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jun 1, 1945 | ![]() |
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108 | Loss | 66–34–8 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Sep 10, 1942 | ![]() |
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107 | Loss | 66–33–8 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | May 8, 1942 | ![]() |
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106 | Win | 66–32–8 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | Dec 19, 1941 | ![]() |
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105 | Win | 65–32–8 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Oct 6, 1941 | ![]() |
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104 | Win | 64–32–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Jun 29, 1941 | ![]() |
Won NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles |
103 | Win | 63–32–8 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jun 27, 1941 | ![]() |
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102 | Win | 62–32–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 23, 1941 | ![]() |
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101 | Win | 61–32–8 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8) | Mar 20, 1941 | ![]() |
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100 | Win | 60–32–8 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8) | Mar 5, 1941 | ![]() |
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99 | Win | 59–32–8 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8) | Feb 27, 1941 | ![]() |
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98 | Win | 58–32–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 5, 1941 | ![]() |
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97 | Win | 57–32–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 13, 1941 | ![]() |
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96 | Win | 56–32–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Dec 30, 1940 | ![]() |
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95 | Win | 55–32–8 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8) | Dec 16, 1940 | ![]() |
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94 | Loss | 54–32–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 25, 1940 | ![]() |
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93 | Win | 54–31–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 21, 1940 | ![]() |
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92 | Win | 53–31–8 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Sep 16, 1940 | ![]() |
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91 | Win | 52–31–8 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (12) | Jul 8, 1940 | ![]() |
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90 | Win | 51–31–8 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | Jun 25, 1940 | ![]() |
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89 | Win | 50–31–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 23, 1940 | ![]() |
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88 | Win | 49–31–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 12, 1940 | ![]() |
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87 | Draw | 48–31–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 18, 1940 | ![]() |
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86 | Win | 48–31–7 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Mar 11, 1940 | ![]() |
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85 | Loss | 47–31–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 23, 1940 | ![]() |
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84 | Win | 47–30–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jan 18, 1940 | ![]() |
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83 | Win | 46–30–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 9, 1939 | ![]() |
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82 | Win | 45–30–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 31, 1939 | ![]() |
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81 | Win | 44–30–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 26, 1939 | ![]() |
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80 | Win | 43–30–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 8, 1939 | ![]() |
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79 | Win | 42–30–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 24, 1939 | ![]() |
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78 | Loss | 41–30–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 10, 1939 | ![]() |
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77 | Win | 41–29–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Mar 27, 1939 | ![]() |
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76 | Loss | 40–29–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 27, 1939 | ![]() |
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75 | Win | 40–28–7 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | Feb 6, 1939 | ![]() |
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74 | Win | 39–28–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Dec 26, 1938 | ![]() |
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73 | Loss | 38–28–7 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | Oct 10, 1938 | ![]() |
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72 | Loss | 38–27–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Aug 29, 1938 | ![]() |
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71 | Win | 38–26–7 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8) | Aug 23, 1938 | ![]() |
Mascia suffered a dislocated shoulder |
70 | Win | 37–26–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Aug 9, 1938 | ![]() |
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69 | Win | 36–26–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 25, 1938 | ![]() |
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68 | Loss | 35–26–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 5, 1938 | ![]() |
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67 | Win | 35–25–7 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jun 6, 1938 | ![]() |
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66 | Draw | 34–25–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 9, 1938 | ![]() |
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65 | Win | 34–25–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 8, 1938 | ![]() |
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64 | Win | 33–25–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 4, 1938 | ![]() |
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63 | Win | 32–25–6 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | Mar 3, 1938 | ![]() |
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62 | Win | 31–25–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 24, 1938 | ![]() |
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61 | Draw | 30–25–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Feb 17, 1938 | ![]() |
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60 | Win | 30–25–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 30, 1937 | ![]() |
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59 | Loss | 29–25–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 22, 1937 | ![]() |
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58 | Loss | 29–24–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 8, 1937 | ![]() |
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57 | Win | 29–23–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 25, 1937 | ![]() |
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56 | Draw | 28–23–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 4, 1937 | ![]() |
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55 | Win | 28–23–4 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Sep 21, 1937 | ![]() |
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54 | Loss | 27–23–4 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Aug 16, 1937 | ![]() |
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53 | Loss | 27–22–4 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Aug 10, 1937 | ![]() |
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52 | Win | 27–21–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Aug 3, 1937 | ![]() |
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51 | Loss | 26–21–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 2, 1937 | ![]() |
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50 | Loss | 26–20–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 28, 1937 | ![]() |
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49 | Win | 26–19–4 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Jun 15, 1937 | ![]() |
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48 | Loss | 25–19–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jun 7, 1937 | ![]() |
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47 | Loss | 25–18–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 24, 1937 | ![]() |
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46 | Loss | 25–17–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 18, 1937 | ![]() |
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45 | Loss | 25–16–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 9 | Mar 22, 1937 | ![]() |
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44 | Loss | 25–15–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 19, 1937 | ![]() |
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43 | Loss | 25–14–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 22, 1937 | ![]() |
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42 | Loss | 25–13–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 3, 1936 | ![]() |
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41 | Loss | 25–12–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 3, 1936 | ![]() |
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40 | Win | 25–11–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 19, 1936 | ![]() |
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39 | Loss | 24–11–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 29, 1936 | ![]() |
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38 | Loss | 24–10–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 1, 1936 | ![]() |
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37 | Loss | 24–9–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 21, 1936 | ![]() |
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36 | Loss | 24–8–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 29, 1936 | ![]() |
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35 | Win | 24–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 4, 1936 | ![]() |
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34 | Loss | 23–7–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 9, 1936 | ![]() |
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33 | Win | 23–6–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 24, 1936 | ![]() |
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32 | Win | 22–6–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 27, 1936 | ![]() |
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31 | Win | 21–6–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 9, 1935 | ![]() |
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30 | Loss | 20–6–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Nov 8, 1935 | ![]() |
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29 | Loss | 20–5–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 28, 1935 | ![]() |
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28 | Draw | 20–4–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 7, 1935 | ![]() |
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27 | Loss | 20–4–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 16, 1935 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 20–3–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (8) | Sep 9, 1935 | ![]() |
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25 | Loss | 19–3–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jul 10, 1935 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 19–2–3 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jun 11, 1935 | ![]() |
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23 | Win | 18–2–3 | ![]() |
NWS | 4 | May 27, 1935 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 17–2–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | May 6, 1935 | ![]() |
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21 | Win | 16–2–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Mar 25, 1935 | ![]() |
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20 | Draw | 15–2–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | May 3, 1935 | ![]() |
Date and location undetermined |
19 | Win | 15–2–2 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Feb 18, 1935 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 14–2–2 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Feb 5, 1935 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 13–2–2 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6) | Jan 22, 1935 | ![]() |
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16 | Loss | 12–2–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jan 7, 1935 | ![]() |
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15 | Loss | 12–1–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Dec 20, 1934 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 12–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Oct 8, 1934 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 11–0–2 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (?) | Sep 26, 1934 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 10–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 5 | Sep 11, 1934 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 9–0–2 | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Aug 21, 1934 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 8–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Aug 12, 1934 | ![]() |
Date approximate |
9 | Win | 7–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jul 31, 1934 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 6–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jul 17, 1934 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 5–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jul 7, 1934 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 4–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Feb 27, 1934 | ![]() |
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5 | Draw | 3–0–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Nov 10, 1933 | ![]() |
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4 | Draw | 3–0–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Sep 1, 1933 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (4) | Aug 29, 1933 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (?) | Jul 26, 1933 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | Jun 4, 1933 | ![]() |
See also[]
- List of welterweight boxing champions
References[]
- ^ "The Lineal Welterweight Champs". Cyber Boxing Zone.
- ^ "Freddie (Red) Cochrane, Boxer, 77", The New York Times, January 19, 1993. Accessed December 5, 2007.
- ^ https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/11205
External links[]
- 1915 births
- 1993 deaths
- Sportspeople from Elizabeth, New Jersey
- People from Union Township, Union County, New Jersey
- Welterweight boxers
- World welterweight boxing champions
- World boxing champions
- American male boxers
- American boxing biography stubs