Light heavyweight · United States
Billy Conn 64-11-1 15 KO · 1934–1948
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Billy Conn was a light heavyweight boxer from United States, born Oct 8, 1917. Record 64-11-1 with 15 knockouts over 1934–1948. World titles: WBA light heavyweight (1939–1940). Billy Conn last fought Jackie Lyons on Nov 25, 1948 and won by KO in round 9 of 10.
Also: Билли Конн · بيلى كون · بيلي كون +4 more ビリー・コン · Billi Konn · William David Conn · Конн, Билли
Born Oct 8, 1917
Died May 29, 1993
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 187 cm
Reach 184 cm
Nickname The Pittsburgh Kid
Debut Jul 20, 1934
Career 1934–1948
Rounds boxed 643
KO share 23%
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Titles WBA light heavyweight · 1939–1940
Boxerbook rating 1877 ± 340 · inactive since Nov 1948Why here › Confirmed bouts 19 of 76
Career record Record
64-11-1, 15 KOs · 1934–1948
Last result W
Jackie Lyons
KO 9/10 · Sportatorium, Dallas, 🇺🇸
The record 76 bouts, 1934–1948, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 76, Wikipedia (ru) · 2
W
Jackie Lyons
KO 9/10 · Sportatorium, Dallas, 🇺🇸
Conn 63-11-1 · Lyons —
W
TKO 9/10 · Macon, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Conn 62-11-1 · O'Dowd 93-16-7
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 8/15 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 62-10-1 · Louis 54-1-0
W
UD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 61-10-1 · Zale 51-15-2
W
Jay D Turner
UD 10/10 · Municipal Auditorium, Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Conn 60-10-1 · Turner —
W
Henry Cooper
UD 12/12 · Polo Grounds, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 59-10-1 · Cooper —
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 13/15 · Polo Grounds, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 59-9-1 · Louis 49-1-0
W
Buddy Knox
TKO 8/10 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 58-9-1 · Knox —
W
TKO 8/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Conn 57-9-1 · Bärlund —
W
Danny Hassett
KO 5/15 · Uline Arena, Washington, 🇺🇸
Conn 56-9-1 · Hassett —
W
Ira Hughes
TKO 4/10 · Clarksburg, West Virginia, 🇺🇸
Conn 55-9-1 · Hughes —
W
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 54-9-1 · Savold 60-29-2
W
Al McCoy
UD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸
Conn 53-9-1 · McCoy —
W
KO 13/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 52-9-1 · Pastor —
W
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring light heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Conn 51-9-1 · Lesnevich 46-5-5
W
Henry Cooper
UD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 50-9-1 · Cooper —
W
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring light heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 49-9-1 · Lesnevich 45-4-5
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring light heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 48-9-1 · Bettina —
W
Gus Dorazio
TKO 8/10 · Shibe Park, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Conn 47-9-1 · Dorazio —
W
Won NYSAC, vacant NBA and The Ring light heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 46-9-1 · Bettina —
Show all 76 bouts W
UD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 45-9-1 · Krieger 75-17-6
W
UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 44-9-1 · Apostoli 34-4-0
W
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Conn 43-9-1 · Apostoli 34-3-0
W
UD 12/12 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 42-9-1 · Krieger 71-16-5
W
Honeyboy Jones
PTS 10/10 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 41-9-1 · Jones —
W
Ray Actis
TKO 8/10 · Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Conn 40-9-1 · Actis —
L
UD 12/12 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 40-8-1 · Yarosz 93-9-2
W
MD 10/10 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 39-8-1 · Seelig —
W
PTS 10/10 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 38-8-1 · Ceccarelli —
W
Honeyboy Jones
PTS 12/12 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 37-8-1 · Jones —
L
UD 12/12 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 37-7-1 · Krieger 61-14-5
W
UD 10/10 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 36-7-1 · Corbett III 116-10-20
W
SD 15/15 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 35-7-1 · Yarosz 90-5-2
L
PTS 10/10 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Conn 35-6-1 · Corbett III 115-10-20
W
Ralph Chong
RTD 5/10 · Idora Park, Youngstown, 🇺🇸
Conn 34-6-1 · Chong —
W
SD 12/12 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 33-6-1 · Yarosz 90-4-2
W
Oscar Rankins
SD 10/10 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 32-6-1 · Rankins —
W
UD 10/10 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 31-6-1 · Dundee 121-19-14
W
UD 10/10 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 30-6-1 · Risko 64-17-10
W
SD 10/10 · Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 29-6-1 · Zivic 48-16-4
W
Jimmy Brown
TKO 9/10 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 28-6-1 · Brown —
W
Ralph Chong
UD 8/8 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 27-6-1 · Chong —
W
Charley Weise
UD 10/10 · Islam Grotto, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 26-6-1 · Weise —
W
Roscoe Manning
TKO 5/10 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 25-6-1 · Manning —
W
Honeyboy Jones
SD 10/10 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 24-6-1 · Jones —
W
Teddy Movan
UD 8/8 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 23-6-1 · Movan —
W
Teddy Movan
UD 8/8 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 22-6-1 · Movan —
W
General Burrows
UD 8/8 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 21-6-1 · Burrows —
W
Honeyboy Jones
PTS 10/10 · Greenlee Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 20-6-1 · Jones —
W
Honeyboy Jones
UD 8/8 · Greenlee Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 19-6-1 · Jones —
W
Dick Ambrose
SD 6/6 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 18-6-1 · Ambrose —
W
General Burrows
PTS 6/6 · Moose Lodge, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 17-6-1 · Burrows —
W
Steve Nickleash
UD 6/6 · Moose Lodge, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 16-6-1 · Nickleash —
W
Steve Nickleash
UD 6/6 · Northside Arena, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 15-6-1 · Nickleash —
W
Louis Cook
UD 8/8 · Northside Arena, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 14-6-1 · Cook —
W
Louis Cook
UD 6/6 · Northside Arena, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 13-6-1 · Cook —
W
Johnny Yurcini
TKO 4/6 · Northside Arena, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 12-6-1 · Yurcini —
W
Steve Walters
PTS 6/6 · Northside Arena, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 11-6-1 · Walters —
D
Teddy Movan
PTS 6/6 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 11-6-0 · Movan —
W
Johnny Yurcini
PTS 6/6 · Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Conn 10-6-0 · Yurcini —
W
Johnny Yurcini
PTS 6/6 · Washington, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Conn 9-6-0 · Yurcini —
W
George Liggins
UD 4/4 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 8-6-0 · Liggins —
L
Teddy Movan
SD 4/4 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 8-5-0 · Movan —
W
Ray Eberle
UD 5/5 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 7-5-0 · Eberle —
L
Teddy Movan
PTS 4/4 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 7-4-0 · Movan —
L
Ralph Gizzy
PTS 6/6 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 7-3-0 · Gizzy —
W
Ray Eberle
SD 6/6 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Conn 6-3-0 · Eberle —
L
Ralph Gizzy
UD 4/4 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 6-2-0 · Gizzy —
W
George Schlie
KO 2/6 · Moose Lodge, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 5-2-0 · Schlie —
W
Stanley Nagy
PTS 4/4 · Wheeling, West Virginia, 🇺🇸
Conn 4-2-0 · Nagy —
L
Ray Eberle
PTS 6/6 · Moose Lodge, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 4-1-0 · Eberle —
W
Johnny Birek
SD 6/6 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 3-1-0 · Birek —
L
Pete Leone
RTD 3/6 · Wheeling, West Virginia, 🇺🇸
Conn 3-0-0 · Leone —
W
Paddy Gray
PTS 4/4 · Northside Arena, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Conn 2-0-0 · Gray —
W
Bob Dorman
PTS 6/6 · Parkersburg, West Virginia, 🇺🇸
Conn 1-0-0 · Dorman —
W
Johnny Lewis
KO 3/6 · Valley Bell Park, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Conn 0-0-0 · Lewis —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is Billy Conn's record? Billy Conn's professional record is 64-11-1 with 15 knockouts.
Who did Billy Conn fight last? Billy Conn last fought Jackie Lyons on Nov 25, 1948 and won by KO in round 9 of 10.
Which world titles has Billy Conn held? Billy Conn has held 1 world title reign: WBA light heavyweight (1939–1940). Sources Boxerbook ID 16770 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/16770 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
