Willie Monroe

Willie "The Worm" Monroe (June 5, 1946 - June 22, 2019) was a middleweight boxer who competed from 1969 to 1981. He was most notable for defeating Marvelous Marvin Hagler in 1976 before Hagler went on an eleven year undefeated streak.
Monroe received his nickname "the Worm" for his slippery fighting style from Yank Durham. He died on Saturday, June 22, after complications with Alzheimers.
He was inducted into the Pennsylvania boxing hall of fame in 1990 and is the great uncle of american boxer Willie Monroe Jr.
==Early life and amateur career==
Monroe was born in Alabama as the 13th of 17 children and spent his early years in Crestview, Florida. He started boxing in Rochester, New York where he claimed an undefeated 43-0 amateur record. He arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the autumn of 1969 to train for his pro-debut .
==Professional career==
Monroe started his professional career with a perfect record of 20-0 before being stopped in a controversial split decision against Max Cohen .
A string of mixed results would follow with a notable win over Eugene Hart and losses to Alvin Philipps and Bobby Watts .
Monroe would go on to defeat Marvelous Marvin Hagler on March 9th, 1976 in decisive fashion. Unfortunately no footage of the fight exists as a snowstorm in the area prevented filming .
Two rematches would follow which were both won by technical knockout by Hagler .
==Professional boxing record==
 	Result	Record 	Opponent 	Type	Round	Date 	Location
51	Loss 	40–10–1	Willie Edwards 	KO 	4 	Oct 24, 1981	
50	Win 	40–9-1 	Jimmy McClain 	UD 	10 	Jul 28, 1980	
49	Loss 	39–9-1 	Dwight Davison 	UD 	10 	Nov 15, 1979	
48	Loss 	39–8–1 	Curtis Parker 	UD 	10 	Jul 16, 1979	
47	Win 	39–7–1 	Keith Broom 	UD 	10 	May 31, 1979	
46	Loss 	38–7–1 	Richard Ofosu 	PTS 	10 	Mar 3, 1979 	
45	Win 	38–6–1 	Frank Lucas 	TKO 	8 	Apr 22, 1978	
44	Loss 	37–6–1 	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	TKO 	2 	Aug 23, 1977	
43	Win 	37–5–1 		Larry Davis 	PTS 	10 	Jun 15, 1977	
42	Loss 	36–5–1 	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	TKO 	12 	Feb 15, 1977	
41	Win 	36–4–1 		Lenny Harden 	TKO 	3 	Jan 21, 1977	
40	Win 	35–4–1 	Angel Robinson Garcia 	TKO 	7 	Dec 3, 1976 	
39	Loss 	34–4–1 		David Love 	TKO 	4 	Aug 16, 1976	
38	Win 	34–3–1 		Felton Marshall 	TKO 	7 	May 19, 1976	
37	Win 	33–3–1 		Marvelous Marvin Hagler	UD 	10 	Mar 9, 1976 	
36	Win 	32–3–1 		Carlos Marks 	UD 	10 	Jan 28, 1976	
35	Win 	31–3–1 		Carlos Marks 	MD 	10 	Jun 2, 1975 	
34	Win 	30–3–1 		Rennie Pinder 	KO 	4 	Apr 28, 1975	
33	Loss 	29–3–1 		Bobby Watts 	UD 	10 	Nov 12, 1974	
32	Win 	29–2–1 		Billy Douglas 	UD 	10 	Aug 19, 1974	
31	Win 	28–2–1 		Stanley Hayward 	TKO 	7 	Apr 8, 1974 	
30	Win 	27–2–1 		Eugene Hart 	UD 	10 	Feb 18, 1974	
29	Draw 	26–2–1 		Fabio Bettini 	PTS 	10 	Nov 3, 1973 	
28	Win 	26–2–0 	Jose Gonzalez 	UD 	10 	Aug 14, 1973	
27	Win 	25–2–0 	Roy McMillan 	TKO 	3 	May 10, 1973	
26	Win 	24–2–0 	Don Cobbs 	UD 	10 	Mar 5, 1973 	
25	Win 	23–2–0 	Roy Lee 	TKO 	1 	Jan 22, 1973	
24	Win 	22–2–0 	George Davis 	TKO 	6 	Dec 5, 1972 	
23	Win 	21–2–0 	Leroy Roberts 	KO 	1 	Oct 24, 1972	
22	Loss 	20–2–0 		Alvin Phillips 	SD 	10 	Sep 6, 1972 	
21	Loss 	20–1–0 		Nessim Max Cohen 	 	10 	Mar 27, 1972	
20	Win 	20–0–0 	Luis Miguel Galvan 	UD 	10 	Mar 21, 1972	
19	Win 	19–0–0 		Alvin Phillips 	 	10 	Jan 15, 1972	
18	Win 	18–0–0 		Willie Warren 	UD 	10 	Oct 19, 1971	
17	Win 	17–0–0 		Elgie Walters 	TKO 	4 	Jul 14, 1971	
16	Win 	16–0–0 		Abraham Cabrera 	KO 	3 	May 27, 1971	
15	Win 	15–0–0 	Adam Moore 	KO 	2 	Apr 12, 1971	
14	Win 	14–0–0 	Alvin Phillips 	 	10 	Jan 18, 1971	
13	Win 	13–0–0 	Luis Vinales 	TKO 	6 	Nov 17, 1970	
12	Win 	12–0–0 	Nojeen Adigun 	KO 	4 	Oct 6, 1970 	
11	Win 	11–0–0 	Adam Moore 	TKO 	3 	Sep 14, 1970	
10	Win 	10–0–0 	Oscar Coor 	TKO 	2 	Jul 20, 1970	
9 	Win 	9–0–0 		Santiago Rosa 	TKO 	2 	Jul 13, 1970	
8 	Win 	8–0–0 		Harold Glaspy 	TKO 	2 	Jul 6, 1970 	
7 	Win 	7–0–0 		Ruben Figueroa 	KO 	2 	Jun 15, 1970	
6 	Win 	6–0–0 		Alberto Millan 	KO 	3 	May 18, 1970	
5 	Win 	5–0–0 		Ted Hamilton 	KO 	1 	Apr 22, 1970	
4 	Win 	4–0–0 	Luis Rivera 	TKO 	1 	Mar 25, 1970	
3 	Win 	3–0–0 	Fred Thomas 	KO 	1 	Feb 25, 1970	
2 	Win 	2–0–0 	Joe Williams 	 	4 	Dec 9, 1969 	
1 	Win 	1–0–0 	Vince Neratka 	 	1 	Nov 11, 1969	
Category:1946 births
Category:People from Alabama
Category:Middleweight boxers
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