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Starting his career off on December 1937, Tom Kenneally is now a 2 year pro with an ever growing wealth of experience. With 23 fights under his belt it's still unclear how far Kenneally can push himself or if we've already seen the best of him. Kenneally's longest KO streak is 2 fights long out of his 23 pro career fights.
In an impressive debut, Kenneally kept his calm and defeated Scotty Withers over 4 rounds via a judges decision. This was only the 2nd time Withers had been taken the full distance. Kenneally continued his mostly successful career with numerous fights following his debut against boxers including Bernie Bowman, Robert e Lee and Johnny Denson. Fights included fighting 2 times in 1937 and 10 times in 1938.
Kenneally went into his next fight against Jack Fargo on January 17th, 1938 with a career record of 3 wins. Kenneally faced the first defeat of his career against Jack Fargo in the 1st round of a 5 round fight via KO. Kenneally then went on to win a further 13 fights taking his record to 16 wins, 1 losses and 0 draws.
Taking a knock to his career, Kenneally fought and was defeated by Lee Savold on March 1st, 1939 taking his record to 16-2-0. Savold upset Kenneally in a 0 round fight, stopping him in the 9th round and becoming only the 2nd person to stop Kenneally. Another win followed for Kenneally taking his win tally to 17 wins.
Bob Nestell was next in line for Kenneally where unfortunately, he was defeated on July 10th, 1939 taking his record to 17-3-0. Kenneally was stopped by Bob Nestell in the 7th round of a 10 round fight via KO. It was Kenneally's 3rd stoppage defeat in his career. The next opponent for Kenneally was Bob Nestell, a valiant effort but unfortunately ended in a loss for Kenneally taking his record to 17-4-0.
On December 15th, 1939, Kenneally took on and was defeated by Ed Murray meaning his career tally went to 17-5-0. Kenneally fought Ed Murray and was defeated via KO in the 6 round bout. This was Kenneally's 5th stoppage defeat in his career which came in the 3rd round.
On April 22nd, 1940, Kenneally took on and was defeated by Buddy Walker meaning his career tally went to 17-6-0 Out for his 23rd career fight, Kenneally was once again outmatched where he suffered a 3rd round KO loss in only his 6th stoppage defeat to date. Another blow for the talented Kenneally.