Collinwood's Professional Boxing Past

Crowd welcoming home Joey Maxim outside Terminial Tower station after winning World Light Heavyweight Championship in London in 1950.

For someone who enjoys history, Collinwood has a rich past. On and off now in my spare time I've been researching it's boxing legacy for roughly the last 10 years. Some facts have come easy, others have come in small bits that you have to put together as in a puzzle. And just as you think you've got it pretty well down, you find something else. 

 So at this point I thought I'd share a listing of the professional boxer's who had a connection with Collinwood, whether having lived, schooled, and or trained. This is just a part of the whole story, but in the attempt to get back some local feedback, I thought share this with readers. 

- Eddie Bojack: 1929-1933 (16-6-0) 

- Louis DiSantis: 1929-1934 (22-2-1) 

- Frankie Bauer: 1929-1936 (23-24-3) 

- Frankie Wallace: 1930-1941 (35-59-11) 

- Midge Mangine: 1937-1947 (9-9-1) 

- Carmen Barth: 1932-1941 (45-15-4) 

- Joe Bauer: 1935-1937 (4-6-2) 

- Mike Gamiere: 1936-1946 (29-17-6) 

- Al Sivillo: 1937-1940 (1-1-0) 

- Frank Bojack: 1938 (1-0-0) 

- Joey Maxim: 1941-1958 (83-29-4) 

- Vic "Jade" Jadrich: 1943-1947 (10-42-0) 

- Chuck Hunter: 1943-1953 (45-26-1) 

- Lou Dell: 1944 (0-3-1) 

- Tony Brush: 1944-1947 (10-3-0) 

- Mickey Mars: 1950-1955 (17-7-0) 

- Frank Collica: 1955-1956 (0-2-0) 

- Tony Hughes: 1956-1963 (26-4-0) 

- Larry Wagner: 1956 (4-0-0)  

- Billy Wagner: 1968-1976 (34-9-2) 

- Terry Daniels: 1969-1981 (35-30-1) 

- Phil Brozier: 1977 (0-2-1) 

- John Zele: 1982-1984 (5-0-1) 

Know of someone I missed, call or text me at (216) 703-6002, or email at william_mcculloch@hotmail.com, and I'll be glad to follow up. Thanks.