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Bobo Olson 97-16-2 46 KO · 1944–1966
Bobo Olson is a middleweight boxer from United States, born Jul 11, 1928. Record 97-16-2 with 46 knockouts over 1944–1966. World titles: WBA middleweight (1953–1955). Bobo Olson last fought Don Fullmer on Nov 28, 1966 and lost by MD over 10 rounds.
Also: Μπόμπο Όλσον · Бобо Олсон · بوبو أولسون +7 more بوبو اولسون · カール・ボボ・オルソン · Carl "Bobo" Olson · Carl Elmer Olson · Carl Olson · The Hawaiian Swede · Олсон, Бобо
Born Jul 11, 1928
Died Jan 16, 2002
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 179 cm
Nickname The Hawaiian Swede · The Kalihi Kid
Debut Aug 19, 1944
Career 1944–1966
Rounds boxed 869
KO share 47%
Born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.
Titles WBA middleweight 1953
Boxerbook rating 1727 ± 301 · inactive since Nov 1966Why here › Confirmed bouts 17 of 115
Last result L
MD 10/10 · Oakland Arena, Oakland, 🇺🇸
The record 115 bouts, 1944–1966, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
L
MD 10/10 · Oakland Arena, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Olson 97-15-2 · Fullmer 39-13-3
W
SD 10/10 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 96-15-2 · Papa —
W
Fred Roots
TKO 3/10 · Centennial Coliseum, Reno, 🇺🇸
Olson 95-15-2 · Roots —
W
Andy Kendall
UD 10/10 · Centennial Coliseum, Reno, 🇺🇸
Olson 94-15-2 · Kendall —
L
KO 1/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 94-14-2 · Torres 33-1-1
W
Wayne Thornton
UD 10/10 · Kezar Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 93-14-2 · Thornton —
L
Johnny Persol
MD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 93-13-2 · Persol —
W
Wayne Thornton
MD 10/10 · Kezar Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 92-13-2 · Thornton —
D
Hank Casey
SD 10/10 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Olson 92-13-1 · Casey —
W
Jose Menno
UD 10/10 · Kezar Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 91-13-1 · Menno —
W
Jesse Bowdry
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Olson 90-13-1 · Bowdry —
W
Sonny Ray
TKO 7/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Olson 89-13-1 · Ray —
W
Tiger Al Williams
TKO 5/10 · Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene, 🇺🇸
Olson 88-13-1 · Williams —
D
PTS 10/10 · PalaEur, Roma, 🇮🇹
Olson 88-13-0 · Rinaldi —
W
KO 6/10 · Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, 🇸🇪
Olson 87-13-0 · Risberg —
L
UD 10/10 · Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Olson 87-12-0 · Rademacher 14-7-1
W
Artie Dixon
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Olson 86-12-0 · Dixon —
W
Tiger Al Williams
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Olson 85-12-0 · Williams —
W
TKO 8/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, 🇺🇸
Olson 84-12-0 · Smith —
W
Sixto Rodriguez
UD 10/10 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 83-12-0 · Rodriguez —
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Sixto Rodriguez
UD 10/10 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 83-11-0 · Rodriguez —
W
Roque Maravilla
UD 10/10 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Olson 82-11-0 · Maravilla —
W
Floyd Buchanan
TKO 3/10 · Memorial Arena, Victoria, 🇨🇦
Olson 81-11-0 · Buchanan —
W
Bobby Daniels
UD 10/10 · Coliseum, Spokane, 🇺🇸
Olson 80-11-0 · Daniels —
L
KO 6/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Olson 80-10-0 · Jones —
W
PTS 10/10 · Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, 🇿🇦
Olson 79-10-0 · Holt —
W
Al Sparks
TKO 5/10 · Exhibition Gardens, Vancouver, 🇨🇦
Olson 78-10-0 · Sparks —
W
Roque Maravilla
TKO 7/10 · Auditorium, Portland, 🇺🇸
Olson 77-10-0 · Maravilla —
W
George Kartalian
TKO 5/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Fresno, 🇺🇸
Olson 76-10-0 · Kartalian —
W
Rory Calhoun
UD 10/10 · Cow Palace, Daly City, 🇺🇸
Olson 75-10-0 · Calhoun —
W
Tommy Villa
TKO 5/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Fresno, 🇺🇸
Olson 74-10-0 · Villa —
W
Paddy Young
TKO 6/10 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Olson 73-10-0 · Young —
W
Don Grant
TKO 7/10 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Olson 72-10-0 · Grant —
L
Pat McMurtry
KO 2/10 · Meadows Race Track, Portland, 🇺🇸
Olson 72-9-0 · McMurtry —
W
SD 10/10 · Portland Auditorium, Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸
Olson 71-9-0 · Maxim 82-25-4
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles KO 4/15 · Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Olson 71-8-0 · Robinson 144-5-2
L
Lost NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles KO 2/15 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Olson 71-7-0 · Robinson 143-5-2
W
UD 10/10 · Cow Palace, Daly City, 🇺🇸
Olson 70-7-0 · Giambra —
W
Jimmy Martinez
UD 10/10 · Multnomah Stadium, Portland, 🇺🇸
Olson 69-7-0 · Martinez —
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring light heavyweight titles KO 3/15 · Polo Grounds, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 69-6-0 · Moore 148-19-8
W
UD 10/10 · Cow Palace, Daly City, California, 🇺🇸
Olson 68-6-0 · Maxim 81-21-4
W
Willie Vaughn
UD 10/10 · Legion Stadium, Hollywood, 🇺🇸
Olson 67-6-0 · Vaughn —
W
UD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Olson 66-6-0 · Jones 33-13-3
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles TKO 11/15 · Cow Palace, Daly City, 🇺🇸
Olson 65-6-0 · Langlois —
W
Garth Panter
TKO 8/10 · Auditorium, Richmond, 🇺🇸
Olson 64-6-0 · Panter —
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Cow Palace, Daly City, 🇺🇸
Olson 63-6-0 · Castellani 62-7-6
W
Pedro Gonzales
KO 4/10 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Olson 62-6-0 · Gonzales —
W
Jesse Turner
TKO 8/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 61-6-0 · Turner —
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles MD 15/15 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Olson 60-6-0 · Gavilán 98-13-4
W
Joe Rindone
KO 5/10 · Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 59-6-0 · Rindone —
W
Won vacant NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 58-6-0 · Turpin 49-3-1
W
Paddy Young
Won American Middleweight Title UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 57-6-0 · Young —
W
Garth Panter
UD 10/10 · Butte, Montana, 🇺🇸
Olson 56-6-0 · Panter —
W
Norman Hayes
UD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸
Olson 55-6-0 · Hayes —
W
Norman Hayes
UD 10/10 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 54-6-0 · Hayes —
W
KO 2/10 · Winterland Arena, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 53-6-0 · Sala —
W
TKO 6/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 52-6-0 · Hairston —
W
SD 10/10 · Cow Palace, Daly City, 🇺🇸
Olson 51-6-0 · Villemain —
W
Jimmy Beau
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 50-6-0 · Beau —
W
TKO 5/10 · Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Olson 49-6-0 · Cartier —
W
Woody Harper
TKO 7/10 · Auditorium, Richmond, 🇺🇸
Olson 48-6-0 · Harper —
L
For NYAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles UD 15/15 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 48-5-0 · Robinson 135-3-2
W
UD 10/10 · Legion Stadium, Hollywood, 🇺🇸
Olson 47-5-0 · Harrison —
W
Woody Harper
UD 10/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, 🇺🇸
Olson 46-5-0 · Harper —
L
UD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Olson 46-4-0 · Sands 81-9-1
W
Bobby Jones
MD 10/10 · Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 45-4-0 · Jones —
W
Charley Cato
TKO 3/10 · Auditorium, Richmond, 🇺🇸
Olson 44-4-0 · Cato —
W
Chuck Hunter
UD 10/10 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 43-4-0 · Hunter —
W
KO 5/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 42-4-0 · Marshall 71-23-4
W
Art Soto
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 41-4-0 · Soto —
L
For Pennsylvania State middleweight title KO 12/15 · Convention Hall, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Olson 41-3-0 · Robinson 118-2-2
W
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 40-3-0 · Brimm —
W
Otis Graham
UD 10/10 · Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu
Olson 39-3-0 · Graham —
W
Roy Miller
RTD 5/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 38-3-0 · Miller —
L
PTS 12/12 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Olson 38-2-0 · Sands 70-9-1
W
Don Lee
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 37-2-0 · Lee —
W
Earl Turner
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 36-2-0 · Turner —
W
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 35-2-0 · Duke —
W
Art Hardy
KO 3/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 34-2-0 · Hardy —
W
Milo Savage
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 33-2-0 · Savage —
W
Tommy Yarosz
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 32-2-0 · Yarosz —
W
TKO 6/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 31-2-0 · Raadik —
W
Paul Perkins
TKO 2/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 30-2-0 · Perkins —
W
Johnny Boski
KO 1/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 29-2-0 · Boski —
W
Kenny Watkins
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 28-2-0 · Watkins —
W
Boy Brooks
TKO 3/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 27-2-0 · Brooks —
W
Charley Cato
UD 8/8 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 26-2-0 · Cato —
W
Bobby Castro
MD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 25-2-0 · Castro —
W
Flashy Sebastian
KO 7/10 · Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, 🇵🇭
Olson 24-2-0 · Sebastian —
W
Boy Brooks
Won USA Hawaii middleweight title PTS 12/12 · Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, 🇵🇭
Olson 23-2-0 · Brooks —
W
Nai Som Pong
TKO 3/10 · Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, 🇵🇭
Olson 22-2-0 · Pong —
L
Boy Brooks
Lost USA Hawaii middleweight title PTS 10/10 · Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu
Olson 22-1-0 · Brooks —
W
George Duke
Won USA Hawaii middleweight title UD 10/10 · Honolulu Stadium, Honolulu
Olson 21-1-0 · Duke —
L
George Duke
Lost USA Hawaii middleweight title UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 21-0-0 · Duke —
W
Paule Lewis
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 20-0-0 · Lewis —
W
Leroy Wade
Retained USA Hawaii middleweight title TKO 4/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 19-0-0 · Wade —
W
Candy McDaniels
Retained USA Hawaii middleweight title UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 18-0-0 · McDaniels —
W
Gil Mojica
PTS 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 17-0-0 · Mojica —
W
Wayne Powell
TKO 4/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 16-0-0 · Powell —
W
Wayne Powell
Won vacant USA Hawaii middleweight title TKO 4/10 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 15-0-0 · Powell —
W
Jackie Ryan
TKO 5/8 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 14-0-0 · Ryan —
W
Johnny Boskie
KO 3/5 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 13-0-0 · Boskie —
W
Johnny Boskie
KO 4/6 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 12-0-0 · Boskie —
W
Ernie Horne
TKO 2/5 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 11-0-0 · Horne —
W
Delaware Bradby
TKO 3/6 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 10-0-0 · Bradby —
W
Chuck Ross
PTS 6/6 · Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 9-0-0 · Ross —
W
Pedro Jimenez
KO 4/6 · Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 8-0-0 · Jimenez —
W
Vepe Watson
KO 1/4 · Coliseum Bowl, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 7-0-0 · Watson —
W
Obie Wooten
TKO 1/4 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 6-0-0 · Wooten —
W
LaVelle Perkins
PTS 4/4 · Sacramento, California, 🇺🇸
Olson 5-0-0 · Perkins —
W
Bobby Jones
TKO 2/4 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 4-0-0 · Jones —
W
Art Robinson
TKO 4/4 · San Francisco Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Olson 3-0-0 · Robinson —
W
Young Pancho
PTS 4/4 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 2-0-0 · Pancho —
W
Ben Ramos
TKO 4/4 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 1-0-0 · Ramos —
W
Bob Correa
KO 2/4 · Civic Auditorium, Honolulu
Olson 0-0-0 · Correa —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Bobo Olson's professional record? Bobo Olson's professional record is 97-16-2 with 46 knockouts.
Who did Bobo Olson fight last? Bobo Olson last fought Don Fullmer on Nov 28, 1966 and lost by MD over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has Bobo Olson held? Bobo Olson has held 1 world title reign: WBA middleweight (1953–1955). Sources Boxerbook ID 9178 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/9178 . 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.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons