Bob Satterfield

For the cartoonist, see Bob Satterfield (cartoonist).

Bob "Bombardier" Satterfield (November 9, 1923 in St. Louis, MO – June 1, 1977), was a heavyweight boxer who fought from 1945-1957. Satterfield, who never fought for the title, retired with a record of 50 wins (35 KOs), 25 losses and 4 draws. He is in Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time at number 58. Satterfield later died from cancer at the age of 53.

Amateur career

Satterfield was the Chicago City Golden Gloves 147-pound champion in 1941.

Professional career

Satterfield, known for his punching power and aggressive style, was a fan favorite. His poor stamina and weak chin often cost him fights, however. In his bout against heavyweight contender Rex Layne on March 9, 1951, Satterfield hurt Layne, and knocked him down for an eight count in the first round. Layne slowly retook control of the fight, and ultimately knocked out Satterfield in the eighth round.

Satterfield was knocked out in 7 rounds by future middleweight champion Jake LaMotta on September 12, 1946. He was also knocked out in 2 rounds by former heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles on January 13, 1954. Satterfield did score a knockout over heavyweight contender Cleveland Williams and also beat the dangerous giant Cuban Nino Valdes, but lost by KO to light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, and dropped 2 out of 3 to future light heavyweight champion Harold Johnson.

In the media

The 2007 motion picture Resurrecting the Champ is based on an L.A. Times Magazine article about a reporter named Erik Kernan Jr. who finds a homeless man claiming to be Bob Satterfield and writes an article about him in the Denver Times Magazine. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett and Alan Alda and was directed by Rod Lurie.

Trivia

• Satterfield served in the United States Army from 1942-45.
• It has been reported that he was friends with musician Miles Davis and introduced Muhammad Ali to his first wife.

Professional boxing record

50 Wins (35 knockouts, 15 decisions), 25 Losses (13 knockouts, 12 decisions), 4 Draws [1]
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win	34-11-6	Howard "Honeyboy" King	SD	10	21/11/1957	Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, California	94-97, 97-95, 98-95.
Win	13-3	Garvin Sawyer	SD	10	21/10/1957	Enright Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	46-44, 46-44, 44-45.
Loss	23-11-2	Bert Whitehurst	UD	10	01/10/1957	Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio
Loss	20-16-3	Julio Mederos	PTS	10	03/06/1957	New Frontier Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	28-12-2	Frankie Daniels	MD	10	16/05/1957	Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California	97-97, 97-94, 98-95.
Win	8-6-1	Ben Wise	KO	1	15/04/1957	Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, California	Wise knocked out at 1:22 of the first round.
Loss	51-8	Harold "Hercules" Johnson	UD	10	12/03/1957	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida	93-96, 91-97, 93-98.
Win	19-15-3	Julio Mederos	UD	10	04/02/1957	Milwaukee Arena, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	99-92, 99-94, 98-93.
Win	29-11-5	Chicago Dale Hall	KO	5	08/01/1957	Keller Auditorium, Portland, Oregon	Hall knocked out at 2:57 of the fifth round.
Win	12-1-1	Warnell Lester	KO	10	27/11/1956	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Win	25-3	Claude Chapman	KO	7	12/11/1956	Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island
Loss	18-2-2	Hal Carter	TKO	5	01/08/1956	Syracuse War Memorial Arena, Syracuse, New York
Win	30-4-2	Johnny Summerlin	UD	10	20/06/1956	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	10-0	Jim Persey	PTS	10	10/04/1956	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Loss	17-1-2	Hal Carter	UD	10	20/03/1956	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida	94-97, 93-98, 92-99.
Draw	17-1-1	Hal Carter	PTS	10	28/02/1956	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida	96-97, 96-96, 97-95.
Loss	24-11-1	John Holman	TKO	8	11/01/1956	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	30-6	Paul Andrews	KO	9	06/12/1955	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York
Win	32-9-3	Nino Valdes	UD	10	17/08/1955	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	98-92, 97-93, 97-88.
Draw	24-6	Joey Rowan	PTS	10	19/07/1955	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Loss	25-9	Archie McBride	SD	10	11/05/1955	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	94-95, 94-96, 95-90.
Loss	26-7-2	Joe Lindsay	UD	10	19/04/1955	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Win	20-6-2	Marty Marshall	PTS	10	22/03/1955	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Loss	19-5-2	Marty Marshall	KO	2	30/11/1954	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois	Satterfield knocked out at 2:09 of the second round.
Win	19-9-1	John Holman	KO	1	10/11/1954	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	Holman knocked out at 1:16 of the first round.
Win	23-8-1	Frankie Daniels	TKO	7	30/08/1954	St. Nicholas Arena, New York City	Referee stopped the bout at 2:44 of the seventh round.
Win	18-8-1	John Holman	KO	10	20/07/1954	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Win	31-1	Cleveland Williams	KO	3	22/06/1954	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Loss	50-18-2	Charley Doc Williams	SD	10	01/06/1954	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Win	10-1-2	Julio Mederos	KO	2	11/05/1954	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Loss	82-10-1	Ezzard Charles	KO	2	13/01/1954	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	61-12-4	Ray Augustus	KO	8	15/12/1953	Rainbo Arena, Chicago, Illinois
Win	30-2-1	Bob "The Grinder" Baker	KO	1	01/07/1953	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	Baker knocked out at 2:32 of the first round.
Win	9-4	Gene Brown	KO	2	03/06/1953	St. Louis Arena, Saint Louis, Missouri
Win	4-14-1	Murray Barnett	KO	3	15/05/1953	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	36-5	Harold "Hercules" Johnson	KO	2	06/10/1952	Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Satterfield knocked out at 1:58 of the second round.
Win	35-4	Harold "Hercules" Johnson	SD	10	06/08/1952	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	51-49, 48-52, 54-46.
Loss	30-2-1	Clarence Henry	TKO	1	30/01/1952	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	Referee stopped the bout at 1:41 of the first round.
Loss	11-0	Wes Bascom	SD	10	15/11/1951	St. Louis Arena, Saint Louis, Missouri
Loss	29-1-2	Rex Layne	TKO	8	09/03/1951	Madison Square Garden, New York City	Referee stopped the bout at 2:56 of the eighth round.
Win	27-4-1	Elkins Brothers	TKO	2	19/01/1951	St. Nicholas Arena, New York City
Win	57-9-2	Vern Mitchell	UD	10	13/12/1950	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	63-27-3	Lee Oma	UD	10	25/09/1950	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York	4-5, 2-7, 4-6.
Win	62-26-3	Lee Oma	KO	6	17/05/1950	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	75-8-2	Tommy Gomez	UD	10	22/03/1950	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	38-5-1	Nick Barone	UD	10	22/02/1950	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	29-7-1	Sylvester Perkins	TKO	2	18/11/1949	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	46-11-4	Henry Hall	KO	4	25/04/1949	Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Satterfield knocked out at 1:40 of the fourth round.
Loss	98-17-7	Archie Moore	KO	3	31/01/1949	Toledo Sports Arena, Toledo, Ohio	Satterfield knocked out at 0:25 of the third round.
Win	32-3-4	Bob Amos	PTS	10	10/12/1948	International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	61-15-4	Joey Maxim	UD	10	12/11/1948	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Draw	32-2-1	Bob Amos	PTS	10	15/09/1948	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	13-1-2	Richard Hagan	TKO	9	07/09/1948	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Win	41-17-4	Oakland Billy Smith	KO	1	29/06/1948	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Win	18-4	Art Swiden	KO	1	07/05/1948	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	40-10-2	Sam Baroudi	TKO	2	23/01/1948	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	23-5-3	Al Johnson	PTS	10	12/11/1947	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	33-9-1	Chuck Hunter	KO	10	06/10/1947	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	Hunter knocked out at 2:05 of the tenth round.
Loss	21-3-2	Al Johnson	UD	8	18/08/1947	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Win	11-3-2	Willie Moore	KO	2	30/06/1947	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	9-1	Bob Foxworth	KO	1	14/03/1947	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	Satterfield knocked out at 2:07 of the first round.
Win	10-2-1	Willie Moore	UD	8	10/02/1947	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	59-10-3	Jake LaMotta	KO	7	12/09/1946	Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois	Satterfield knocked out at 1:50 of the seventh round.
Win	38-54-10	Vince Pimpinella	KO	2	14/08/1946	Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois	Pimpinella knocked out at 0:19 of the second round.
Loss	140-21-10	Holman Williams	PTS	10	25/04/1946	Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois
Win	27-6-1	Johnny Clark	KO	5	28/03/1946	Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois
Win	12-4	Benny McCombs	KO	2	26/12/1945	Ashland Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois	McCombs knocked out at 1:18 of the second round.
Win	16-3-1	Collins Brown	KO	1	07/12/1945	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	Brown knocked out at 1:14 of the first round.
Win	31-10-4	Bob Garner	KO	2	14/11/1945	Ashland Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois	McCombs knocked out at 1:18 of the second round.
Win	8-6	Charley Polk	KO	2	24/10/1945	Ashland Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois
Win	13-9-2	Oscar Boyd	KO	4	27/09/1945	Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Boyd knocked out at 0:55 of the fourth round.
Win	21-22-7	Curley Denton	KO	1	06/09/1945	Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Denton knocked out at 1:30 of the first round.
Win	13-5-2	Vecie Van	KO	1	10/08/1945	Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Win	5-5	Herman Hayes	KO	1	23/07/1945	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Draw	27-14-1	Johnny Vorce	PTS	8	28/05/1945	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Win	9-17-6	Charley Roth	KO	1	07/05/1945	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Loss	3-3	Mack Parshay	KO	1	02/05/1945	Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois	Satterfield knocked out at 2:10 of the first round.
Win	11-5-3	Arthur McWhorter	KO	1	23/04/1945	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois	McWhorter knocked out at 1:51 of the first round.
Win	--	Tom Mitchell	KO	1	19/03/1945	Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois

External links

• Professional boxing record for Bob Satterfield from BoxRec