Alvin Williams 1989 - Boxing - Caddo DATE OF BIRTH: May 28, 1926 BIRTH PLACE: Verden, Oklahoma TRIBE: Caddo EDUCATION: Fort Cobb High School, Fort Cobb, Oklahoma SPORTS DATA: Boxing - Amateur/Professional ACHIEVEMENTS: Amateur Boxer - 1944-1948 Oklahoma State Golden Gloves and AAU Champion, Welterweight Division -1944 Oklahoma State Golden Gloves and AAU Champion, Middleweight Division and won Junior national AAU Middleweight Title, Advanced to semi-finals in Olympic Trials - 1947 Oklahoma Golden Gloves and National Golden Gloves Champion, Middleweight Division. Won Oklahoma State and Regional Olympic Trials, Middleweight Division, and Advanced to quarter-finals in National Olympic Trials - 1948; Professional Boxer - 1949-1960 As a professional middleweight and light-heavyweight boxer, fought 94 professional bouts, won 54 (24 by KO), 7 draws, and 33 losses, as reported in the Ring Record Book - 1949-1960 Won 13 straight fights and acclaimed "Prospect of the Month" in Ring Magazine - 1949 Won Light-Heavyweight Title, State of Texas - 1953 Fought Floyd Patterson, World Heavyweight Contender, in New York, NY, Moncton, Nebraska, Canada, and Kansas City, Kansas, losing by 8 round decision, 8 round TKO because of cut eye, and 3 round KO - 1954-1956 Boxed exhibition matches with Floyd Patterson, Worlds heavyweight Titleholder, at Wichita, Kansas, and Little Rock, Arkansas - 1957 Retired from ring as Professional boxer - 1960 Inducted in Oklahoma Athletic Hall of Fame in both championship rankings of Amateur and Professional Boxer - 1973 Founded the American Indian new Life Boxing Club at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and received State (1980) and National (1981) honor selection as golden Gloves Boxing Coach - 1975

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