William Michael Petrolle (January 10, 1905 – May 14, 1983) was a world lightweight boxing title contender. Boxing ran in the Petrolle family as his brothers Pete and Frank also shared his occupation.[1] Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Petrolle as the #18 ranked lightweight of all-time.[2] Petrolle is member of the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame, the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame, the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame.[3][4]
^BoxRec Biography - Billy Petrolle BoxRec.com Retrieved on 2014-04-30
^All-Time Lightweight Rankings BoxRec.com. Retrieved on 2014-04-11.
^Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame - Billy Petrolle Archived May 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine MNBHOF.org Retrieved on 2014-04-30
^International Boxing Hall of Fame - Billy Petrolle IBHOF.com Retrieved on 2014-04-05
William Michael Petrolle (January 10, 1905 – May 14, 1983) was a world lightweight boxing title contender. Boxing ran in the Petrolle family as his brothers...
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4) Succeeded by Tony Canzoneri W15 BillyPetrolle (November 4, 1932) Preceded by Tony Canzoneri W15 BillyPetrolle (November 4, 1932) Ring Magazine Fight...
lightweight belt, defending it against the likes of BillyPetrolle and his brother Frankie Petrolle. Jadick lost his belt to Battling Shaw and Canzoneri...
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fighters. Starting in 1922 he had success managing lightweight BillyPetrolle. After Petrolle retired, he became a promoter in Chicago. By the late 1940s...
Missouri, U.S. Retained world light welterweight title 53 Win 48–2–2 (1) BillyPetrolle UD 10 Jan 24, 1934 New York Coliseum, New York City, New York, U.S....
59 Win 49–7–3 BillyPetrolle UD 10 Aug 20, 1931 23 years, 244 days Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, U.S. 58 Win 48–7–3 BillyPetrolle UD 10 May 27, 1931...
March 29, 1927, he knocked out BillyPetrolle at the Pioneer Sporting Club in New York in the first of six rounds. Petrolle went down after a right to the...
lightweight, he lost bouts with Hall of Famers BillyPetrolle and Barney Ross. Battalino lost to BillyPetrolle on March 24, 1932, in Madison Square Garden...
Canastota's world boxing champions, Carmen Basilio and Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus; the village of Canastota inaugurated the new museum, which showcases...
Gaetano Alfonso Papa, boxer Willie Pep (1922–2006), born Gugliemo Papaleo BillyPetrolle (1905–1983) Mike Rossman (born 1955) (Italian father) Lou Salica (1912–2002)...
Patterson, Anthony Pugliese, Tony Canzoneri, Al Singer, Ruby Goldstein, and BillyPetrolle. For some years it was home to the Golden Gloves tournaments. Famous...
retains his world Lightweight title with a fifteen-round decision over BillyPetrolle, at New York. December 9 – Kid Chocolate retains his world Featherweight...
boxer. Fought for the Lightweight world title in 1931, and lost to BillyPetrolle. Ernesto Bessone, Argentine stock-car race driver. Alberto Castillo...
Herman (D15 and W15) in late 1925. Kaplan next decisioned Hall of Famer BillyPetrolle over 12 rounds in a non-title bout. However, Kaplan's reign as champion...
fight in the ring, were Beau Jack, Willie Pep, Kid Kaplan, Lou Ambers, BillyPetrolle, Jack Delaney, Frankie Genaro, Sandy Saddler, Rocky Graziano, Ike Williams...
shot began to slowly diminish. Taking up boxing again in 1927, he beat Billy Wallace, and followed with victories over Babe Herman, boxing great Ruby...
24 years, 18 days Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 123 Win 53–4–4 (62) BillyPetrolle NWS 10 Jan 13, 1928 23 years, 342 days Auditorium, Minneapolis, Minnesota...
and Kid Azteca. He also faced Hall of Famers Young Corbett III and BillyPetrolle. In 1935 van Klaveren married Margarite Olivera, daughter of a banker...
Venue: Mystic Lake Casino. Prior Lake, MN Danny Needham Jock Malone BillyPetrolle Pat O'Connor Doug Demmings Gary Holmgren Dan Schommer Tony Stecher Jack...
29 years, 1 day Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. 176 Loss 78–25–18 (55) BillyPetrolle NWS 10 Jul 26, 1929 28 years, 361 days Armory, Duluth, Minnesota, U...
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