About Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts
Born 1941. Bobby 'Boogaloo' Watts is an American boxer.
Bobby "Boogaloo" Watts (born November 11, 1949) is an American born middleweight boxer who fought primarily in the mid-1970s. Born in Sumter County, South Carolina in a small town named Rembert, Bobby Watts came to Philadelphia at age 10 and began boxing at the urging of his cousin, future heavyweight contender Jimmy Young.
"Boogaloo" is most famously known for defeating Marvelous Marvin Hagler, scoring a controversial 10-round majority decision on January 13, 1976, at The Spectrum in Philadelphia.
He finished his career with a record of 38 wins (20 KOs), 7 losses and 1 draw. After his boxing career ended in 1982, Watts trained IBF super middleweight champion Charles Brewer and IBF world Super-Welterweight champion Buster Drayton.
Professional boxing record
Loss
TKO 4 03/05/1983
Win
KO 5 02/09/1982
Win
KO 6 13/02/1982
Win
KO 1 26/12/1981
Win
KO 7 10/11/1981
Loss
TKO 2 19/04/1980
Win
KO 3 01/02/1980
Win
TKO 3 30/10/1979
Win
PTS 8 02/12/1978
Loss
TKO 6 21/09/1978
Win
PTS 10 03/06/1978
Loss
TKO 4 27/03/1977
Win
UD 10 22/01/1977
Win
TKO 7 14/07/1976
Win
TKO 2 10/05/1976
Win
MD 10 13/01/1976
Win
TKO 9 16/09/1975
Win
UD 10 12/11/1974
Win
KO 1 15/07/1974
Win
SD 10 17/12/1973
Win
TKO 8 08/10/1973
Win
UD 10 23/07/1973
Win
KO 3 24/05/1973
Win
PTS 10 09/04/1973
Win
UD 10 05/03/1973
Loss
KO 2 20/11/1972
Win
UD 10 20/10/1972
Win
TKO 6 20/06/1972
Draw
PTS 10 05/04/1972
Win
PTS 10 01/12/1971
Win
TKO 5 08/10/1971
Win
PTS 10 21/09/1971
Win
KO 5 10/08/1971
Win
UD 8 07/06/1971
Win
TKO 7 29/04/1971
Win
PTS 6 09/02/1971
Win
KO 1 24/11/1970
Loss
PTS 6 03/09/1970
Loss
TKO 6 25/04/1970
Win
KO 2 25/03/1970
Win
PTS 6 11/11/1969
Win
PTS 6 14/10/1969
Win
PTS 6 30/09/1969
Win
KO 2 30/06/1969
Win
TKO 4 28/03/1969
Win
PTS 6 13/03/1969
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