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Curt Kennedy (age 21) was a NA boxer with a record of 28 wins, 8 losses, 2 draws. Starting his career on May 1948 at age 21, Curt Kennedy fought 38 times over 6 years as a pro. Kennedy's longest KO streak is 4 fights long out of his 38 career fights.
In an impressive debut, Kennedy kept his calm and defeated Freddie Thompson over 4 rounds via a judges decision. This was only the 2nd time Thompson had been taken the full distance. Continuing on from his debut, Kennedy had an impressive start to his career as he went on to fight 20 fights including 9 times in 1948 and 5 times in 1949 against fighters such as Freddie Thompson, Frankie Jones and Frankie Jones.
Freddie Mcmanus was next in line for Kennedy where unfortunately, he was defeated on April 29th, 1949 taking his record to 17-1-1. On April 29th, 1949, Kennedy took on and was defeated over the distance by Freddie Mcmanus in his first career defeat. Kennedy lost via PTS in a valiant effort. 7 wins followed where Kennedy went on to fight Jimmy Sheets, Tony Jess and Charley Norkus amongst others, prolonging his win streak.
Kennedy kept his losses at 3 by beating Duilio Spagnolo on March 3rd, 1950. In 1950 Kennedy fought his next opponent in Duilio Spagnolo. A challenging 8 round fight that ended in Kennedy's favour as the judges awarded Kennedy the PTS victory. Kennedy was the 7th person to defeat Spagnolo.
Taking another knock in his career, Charley Norkus was next in line for Kennedy with Norkus coming out victorious. Kennedy career was at 23-4-1 following the fight. Stepping up against a talented Norkus, it wasn't long before Kennedy found himself in trouble against Norkus early. After 1 rounds Kennedy lost via KO. Norkus became the first of 28 opponents to stop Kennedy.
Kennedy lost to Roland Lastarza in his next fight. Taking place on February 5th, 1951, Kennedy's career record after this fight stood at 25-5-1. Lastarza upset Kennedy in a 10 round fight, stopping him in the 6th round and becoming only the 2nd person to stop Kennedy.
On July 23rd, 1954, Kennedy took on and was defeated by Harley Breshears meaning his career tally went to 28-8-2 Breshears turned out to be too much for Kennedy stopping him in the 6th. Showing that the time was right for Kennedy to call it a day and retire.