PHILLY BOXING HISTORY

  

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TOPPI STADIUM MAIN EVENTS

 
       
 

1948 - (8 shows)     

   
 

July 15, 1948

Eddie Giosa W10 Johnny Forte

Attendance: 2,649
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 22, 1948

Jose Basora TKO8 Wylie Burns

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 29, 1948

Jimmy Collins W8 Santa Bucca

Attendance: 2,500*
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 12, 1948

Calvin Smith W8 Luis Ramos

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 19, 1948

Honeychile Johnson D8 Shamus McCray

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 26, 1948

Bee Bee Wright W8 Jose Basora

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

September 2, 1948

Eddie Giosa W8 Patsy Brandino

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

September 16, 1948

Johnny Haynes KO8 Billy 'Chicken' Thompson

Attendance: 1,578
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

1949 - (14 shows)    

   
 

June 6, 1949

Lew Jenkins W8 Jimmy Collins

Attendance: 3,500*
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 13, 1949

Livio Minelli W6 Herman McCray

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 20, 1949

Wylie Burns TKO2 Art Harris

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 27, 1949

Arthur King W8 Calvin Smith

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 5, 1949

Eddie Giosa W8 Durante Colletti

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 18, 1949

Bobby Lee W8 Chico Varona

Attendance: 3,555
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 25, 1949

Eddie Giosa D8 Durante Colletti

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 1, 1949

George Costner W10 Bobby Lee

Attendance: 4,877
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 8, 1949

Arthur King W8 Aldo Minelli

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 15, 1949

Joe Lindsay W8 Omelio Agramonte

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 22, 1949

Herman McCray W8 Stonewall Jackson

Attendance: 2,265
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 29, 1949

Arthur King W8 Giuseppe Colasanti

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

September 6, 1949

Chico Varona W8 Charley Cotton

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

September 15, 1949

Bobby Lee W8 Herman McCray

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

1950 - (5 shows)    

   
 

June 10, 1950

Lloyd Tate W8 Mike Koballa

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 12, 1950

Gene Burton W8 Honeychile Johnson

Attendance: 1,745
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 21, 1950

Charley Spicer W8 Herman McCray

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 6, 1950

Honeychile Johnson W8 Joe Bonadies

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 17, 1950

Lloyd Tate W8 Mike Koballa

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

1951 - (10 shows)   

   
 

June 11, 1951

Gil Turner TKO5 Rudy Zadell

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr. & Pete Moran

 
       
 

June 18, 1951

Harold Johnson TKO10 Elkins Brothers

Attendance: 2,676
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 25, 1951

Paddy DeMarco W10 Arthur King

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 2, 1951

Johnny Saxton TKO3 Lloyd Tate

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 23, 1951

Harold Johnson W10 Chubby Wright

Attendance: 1,626
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 30, 1951

Marvin Edelman W8 Jimmy Flood

Attendance: 3,030
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 5, 1951

Johnny Saxton TKO6 Joey Cardiko

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 13, 1951

Joey Giardello W8 Otis Graham

Attendance: 2,273
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 20, 1951

Sandy Saddler TKO5 Hermie Freeman

Attendance: 2,873
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 27, 1951

Joey Giardello W8 Johnny Noel

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

1952 - (No shows)  

   
       
 

1953 - (9 shows)    

   
 

June 11, 1953

Ike White TKO1 Boland Abrams

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 18, 1953

Pete Adams W8 Vinnie DeCarlo

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

June 25, 1953

Jay Anderson W10 Joe Brewer

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 7, 1953

Johnny Bernardo W8 Johnny Lombardo

Attendance: 1,100*
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 16, 1953

Jimmy Carlini W8 Ike White

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

July 23, 1953

Jimmy Franklin KO1 Freddie Lott

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 6, 1953

Bobby Brandt TKO1 Joe Rowan

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 13, 1953

George Benton TKO6 Jimmy Franklin

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 20, 1953

Eddie Giosa W8 Joey Bishop

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
 

August 27, 1953

Marvin Edelman W8 Bobby Brandt

Attendance: ?
Promoter: Jimmy Toppi, Jr.

 
       
       
 

* Attendance figures marked with an asterisk are estimates taken from newspaper reports and are not exact.

 
       
 

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