Bob Satterfield

Bob "Bombardier" Satterfield (November 9, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri – June 1, 1977) was a heavyweight boxer who fought from 1945–1957. Satterfield, a top rated contender who never fought for the title, retired with a record of 50 wins (35 KOs), 25 losses and 4 draws. Known for his punching power, he is listed 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He lost to Al Tribuani on a first round knockout in the inter-city championship between Chicago and New York boxers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

He retired from boxing on January 15, 1958, due to a detached retina in his left eye.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In the media

In the 2007 motion picture Resurrecting the Champ (based on an L.A. Times Magazine article)<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a reporter named Erik Kernan Jr. 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.
• The 1997 story "Resurrecting the Champ"<ref name=":0" /> by J.R. Moehringer in the Los Angeles Times said that he was friends with musician Miles Davis and introduced Muhammad Ali to his first wife. This was based on an interview in the Chicago home of his son, Robert Satterfield Jr.

Professional boxing record

Template:Abbr	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Age	Location
79	Template:Yes2Win	50–25–4	Howard King	SD	10	Nov 21, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
78	Template:Yes2Win	49–25–4	Garvin Sawyer	SD	10	Oct 21, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
77	Template:No2Loss	48–25–4	Bert Whitehurst	UD	10	Oct 1, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
76	Template:No2Loss	48–24–4	Julio Mederos	PTS	10	Jun 3, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
75	Template:Yes2Win	48–23–4	Frankie Daniels	MD	10	May 16, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
74	Template:Yes2Win	47–23–4	Ben Wise	KO	1 (10)	Apr 15, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
73	Template:No2Loss	46–23–4	Harold Johnson	UD	10	Mar 12, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
72	Template:Yes2Win	46–22–4	Julio Mederos	UD	10	Feb 4, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
71	Template:Yes2Win	45–22–4	Dale Hall	KO	5 (10)	Jan 8, 1957	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
70	Template:Yes2Win	44–22–4	Warnell Lester	KO	10 (10)	Nov 27, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
69	Template:Yes2Win	43–22–4	Claude Chapman	KO	7 (10)	Nov 12, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
68	Template:No2Loss	42–22–4	Harold Carter	TKO	5 (10)	Aug 1, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
67	Template:Yes2Win	42–21–4	Johnny Summerlin	UD	10	Jun 20, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
66	Template:Yes2Win	41–21–4	Jim Persey	UD	10	Apr 10, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
65	Template:No2Loss	40–21–4	Harold Carter	UD	10	Mar 20, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
64	Template:DrawDraw	40–20–4	Harold Carter	PTS	10	Feb 28, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
63	Template:No2Loss	40–20–3	John Holman	TKO	8 (10)	Jan 11, 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
62	Template:Yes2Win	40–19–3	Paul Andrews	KO	9 (10)	Dec 6, 1955	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
61	Template:Yes2Win	39–19–3	Niño Valdés	UD	10	Aug 17, 1955	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
60	Template:DrawDraw	38–19–3	Joe Rowan	PTS	10	Jul 19, 1955	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
59	Template:No2Loss	38–19–2	Archie McBride	SD	10	May 11, 1955	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
58	Template:No2Loss	38–18–2	Joe Lindsay	UD	10	Apr 19, 1955	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
57	Template:Yes2Win	38–17–2	Marty Marshall	SD	10	Mar 22, 1955	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
56	Template:No2Loss	37–17–2	Marty Marshall	KO	2 (10)	Nov 30, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
55	Template:Yes2Win	37–16–2	John Holman	KO	1 (10)	Nov 10, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
54	Template:Yes2Win	36–16–2	Frankie Daniels	TKO	7 (10)	Aug 30, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
53	Template:Yes2Win	35–16–2	John Holman	KO	10 (10)	Jul 20, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
52	Template:Yes2Win	34–16–2	Cleveland Williams	KO	3 (10)	Jun 22, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
51	Template:No2Loss	33–16–2	Charley Williams	SD	10	Jun 1, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
50	Template:Yes2Win	33–15–2	Julio Mederos	KO	2 (10)	May 11, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
49	Template:No2Loss	32–15–2	Ezzard Charles	KO	2 (10)	Jan 13, 1954	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
48	Template:Yes2Win	32–14–2	Ray Augustus	KO	8 (8)	Dec 15, 1953	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
47	Template:Yes2Win	31–14–2	Bob Baker	KO	1 (10)	Jul 1, 1953	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
46	Template:Yes2Win	30–14–2	Gene Brown	KO	2 (10)	Jun 3, 1953	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
45	Template:Yes2Win	29–14–2	Murray Burnett	KO	3 (6)	May 15, 1953	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
44	Template:No2Loss	28–14–2	Harold Johnson	KO	2 (10)	Oct 6, 1952	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
43	Template:Yes2Win	28–13–2	Harold Johnson	SD	10	Aug 6, 1952	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
42	Template:No2Loss	27–13–2	Clarence Henry	TKO	1 (10)	Jan 30, 1952	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
41	Template:No2Loss	27–12–2	Wes Bascom	MD	10	Nov 15, 1951	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
40	Template:No2Loss	27–11–2	Rex Layne	TKO	8 (10)	Mar 9, 1951	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	27–10–2	Elkins Brothers	TKO	2 (10)	Jan 19, 1951	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	26–10–2	Vern Mitchell	UD	10	Dec 13, 1950	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
37	Template:No2Loss	25–10–2	Lee Oma	UD	10	Sep 25, 1950	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	25–9–2	Lee Oma	KO	6 (10)	May 17, 1950	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	24–9–2	Tommy Gómez	UD	10	Mar 22, 1950	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	23–9–2	Nick Barone	UD	10	Feb 22, 1950	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	22–9–2	Sylvester Perkins	TKO	2 (10)	Nov 18, 1949	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
32	Template:No2Loss	21–9–2	Henry Hall	KO	4 (10)	Apr 25, 1949	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
31	Template:No2Loss	21–8–2	Archie Moore	KO	3 (10)	Jan 31, 1949	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
30	Template:Yes2Win	21–7–2	Bob Amos	PTS	10	Dec 10, 1948	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
29	Template:No2Loss	20–7–2	Joey Maxim	UD	10	Nov 12, 1948	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
28	Template:DrawDraw	20–6–2	Bob Amos	PTS	10	Sep 15, 1948	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
27	Template:Yes2Win	20–6–1	Richard Hagan	TKO	9 (10)	Sep 7, 1948	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	19–6–1	Oakland Billy Smith	KO	1 (10)	Jun 29, 1948	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	18–6–1	Art Swiden	KO	1 (10)	May 7, 1948	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
24	Template:No2Loss	17–6–1	Sam Baroudi	TKO	2 (10)	Jan 23, 1948	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	17–5–1	Al Johnson	PTS	10	Nov 12, 1947	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	16–5–1	Chuck Hunter	KO	10 (10)	Oct 6, 1947	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
21	Template:No2Loss	15–5–1	Al Johnson	UD	8	Aug 18, 1947	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	15–4–1	Willie Moore	KO	2 (8)	Jun 30, 1947	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
19	Template:No2Loss	14–4–1	Bob Foxworth	KO	1 (10)	Mar 14, 1947	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	14–3–1	Willie Moore	UD	8	Feb 10, 1947	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
17	Template:No2Loss	13–3–1	Jake LaMotta	KO	7 (10)	Sep 12, 1946	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	13–2–1	Vince Pimpinella	KO	2 (10)	Aug 14, 1946	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
15	Template:No2Loss	12–2–1	Holman Williams	SD	10	Apr 25, 1946	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	12–1–1	Johnny Clark	TKO	5 (10)	Mar 28, 1946	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	11–1–1	Benny McCombs	KO	2 (8)	Dec 26, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	10–1–1	Collins Brown	KO	1 (10)	Dec 7, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	9–1–1	Bob Garner	KO	2 (8)	Nov 14, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	8–1–1	Charley Polk	KO	2 (8)	Oct 24, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	7–1–1	Oscar Boyd	KO	4 (6)	Sep 27, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	6–1–1	Curley Denton	KO	1 (6)	Sep 6, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	5–1–1	Vecie Van	KO	1 (6)	Aug 10, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	4–1–1	Herman Hayes	KO	1 (6)	Jul 23, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
5	Template:DrawDraw	3–1–1	Johnny Vorce	PTS	8	May 28, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	3–1	Charley Roth	KO	1 (4)	May 7, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
3	Template:No2Loss	2–1	Mack Parshay	KO	1 (4)	May 2, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Arthur McWhorter	KO	1 (4)	Apr 23, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Tom Mitchell	KO	1 (4)	Mar 19, 1945	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Small

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