What is Pete Rademacher's record?

Pete Rademacher's professional record is 15-7-1 with 8 knockouts.

Heavyweight · United States

Pete Rademacher

15-7-1 8 KO · 1957–1962

Photo: Associated Press, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Pete Rademacher was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Nov 20, 1928. Record 15-7-1 with 8 knockouts over 1957–1962. Pete Rademacher last fought Bobo Olson on Apr 3, 1962 and won by UD over 10 rounds.

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BornNov 20, 1928

DiedJun 4, 2020

Country🇺🇸 United States

StanceOrthodox

Height187 cm

Reach196 cm

DebutAug 22, 1957

Career1957–1962

Rounds boxed155

KO share53%

Born inTieton, Washington, U.S.

Boxerbook rating1721 ± 314 · inactive since Apr 1962Why here ›

Confirmed bouts6 of 23

Career record

Record

15-7-1, 8 KOs · 1957–1962

Last result

Bobo Olson 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸

1962-04-03 ›
✓✓ two sources

The record

23 bouts, 1957–1962, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.

Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 23, Wikipedia (es) · 1

Bobo Olson 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 14-7-1 · Olson 87-12-0

1962-04-03 ›
✓✓ two sources

Karl Mildenberger 🇩🇪

PTS 10/10 · Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, 🇩🇪

Rademacher 14-6-1 · Mildenberger 28-1-0

1962-01-20 ›
✓✓ two sources

Buddy Turman 🇺🇸

TKO 9/10 · Fair Park Coliseum, Dallas, Texas, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 13-6-1 · Turman —

1961-11-30 ›
✓ one source

Archie Moore 🇺🇸

TKO 6/10 · Coliseum, Baltimore, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 13-5-1 · Moore 182-22-9

1961-10-23 ›
✓✓ two sources

George Logan

KO 2/10 · Boise, Idaho, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 13-4-1 · Logan —

1961-08-17 ›
✓ one source

Doug Jones 🇺🇸

KO 5/10 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 13-3-1 · Jones —

1961-04-29 ›
✓ one source

Dan Vanderford

KO 1/10 · Armory, Gastonia, North Carolina, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 12-3-1 · Vanderford —

1961-04-14 ›
✓ one source

Harvey Taylor

KO 1/10 · Yakima, Washington, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 11-3-1 · Taylor —

1961-02-22 ›
✓ one source

Donnie Fleeman

UD 10/10 · Seattle Civic Ice Arena, Seattle, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 10-3-1 · Fleeman —

1961-01-23 ›
✓ one source

Willi Besmanoff 🇩🇪

UD 10/10 · Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 9-3-1 · Besmanoff —

1960-12-13 ›
✓ one source

Kirk Barrow

SD 10/10 · Spokane Coliseum, Spokane, Washington, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 8-3-1 · Barrow —

1960-12-08 ›
✓ one source

George Chuvalo 🇨🇦

UD 10/10 · Maple Leaf Stadium, Toronto, 🇨🇦

Rademacher 7-3-1 · Chuvalo 17-3-1

1960-07-19 ›
✓✓ two sources

LaMar Clark 🇺🇸

TKO 10/10 · Derks Field, Salt Lake City, Utah, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 6-3-1 · Clark 42-1-0

1960-06-29 ›
✓✓ two sources

Brian London 🇬🇧

KO 7/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧

Rademacher 6-2-1 · London —

1960-04-26 ›
✓ one source

Ulli Ritter

PTS 10/10 · Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪

Rademacher 6-2-0 · Ritter —

1960-04-08 ›
✓ one source

Ulrich Nitzschke 🇩🇩

KO 7/10 · Festhalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, 🇩🇪

Rademacher 5-2-0 · Nitzschke —

1960-02-06 ›
✓ one source

Johnny York

PTS 8/8 · Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 4-2-0 · York —

1959-12-09 ›
✓ one source

Buddy Keener

KO 1/10 · City Auditorium, Columbus, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 3-2-0 · Keener —

1959-11-12 ›
✓ one source

Calvin Butler

UD 10/10 · Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 2-2-0 · Butler —

1959-09-29 ›
✓ one source

Ralph Schneider

TKO 3/10 · Greenville Memorial Auditorium, Greenville, South Carolina, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 1-2-0 · Schneider —

1959-09-17 ›
✓ one source

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Tommy Thompson

RTD 5/10 · Municipal Auditorium, Columbus, Georgia, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 0-2-0 · Thompson —

1959-08-23 ›
✓ one source

Zora Folley 🇺🇸

KO 4/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 0-1-0 · Folley —

1958-07-25 ›
✓ one source

Floyd Patterson 🇺🇸

For NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight titles

KO 6/15 · Sick's Stadium, Seattle, Washington, 🇺🇸

Rademacher 0-0-0 · Patterson 32-1-0

1957-08-22 ›
✓✓ two sources

Amateur career

🥇 Olympics 1956 heavyweight

Amateur record 72–7 (Wikipedia)

1956 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight

FinalWLev Mukhin URSKO R1

Semi-finalWDaniel Bekker 🇿🇦KO R3

Quarter-finalWJosef Němec 🇨🇿KO R2

3 amateur bouts at major tournaments, from the tournament articles on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Not part of the professional record.

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

No world title reigns recorded.

Facts

What is Pete Rademacher's record?: Pete Rademacher's professional record is 15-7-1 with 8 knockouts.
Who did Pete Rademacher fight last?: Pete Rademacher last fought Bobo Olson on Apr 3, 1962 and won by UD over 10 rounds.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 4669 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/4669. 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.

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