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Ron Hinson (age 21) was a NA boxer with a record of 34 wins, 14 losses, 3 draws. Starting his career on September 1952 at age 21, Ron Hinson fought 51 times over 8 years as a pro. He started his best winning streak on September 1952 however, this came to an end on January 1955. In this period he won a total of 9 fights.
Staritng his career off in tremendous fashion in September 1952, Hinson became the 2nd quickest fighter to have ever stopped Maurice Murfitt. The fight ended in round 3 via KO stoppage. Continuing on from his debut, Hinson had an impressive start to his career as he went on to fight 26 fights including 5 times in 1952, 3 times in 1953 and 18 times through 1954, 1955 and 1956 against fighters such as Peter Indaco, Jimmy Tippett and Dick Knox.
On January 5th, 1953, Hinson took on and was defeated by Johnny Hunt in his first career defeat meaning his career tally went to 5-1-0. On January 5th, 1953, Hinson took on and was defeated over the distance by Johnny Hunt in his first career defeat. Hinson lost via PTS in a valiant effort. 11 wins followed where Hinson went on to fight Dick Knox, Billy Keirnan and Billy Connor amongst others, prolonging his win streak.
Hinson's career took a knock with a loss against Billy Cobb on June 6th, 1955 taking his record to 15-3-0. Being outclassed early, Hinson struggled to get going in this 8 round fight and received the first stoppage defeat of his career at the hands of Cobb. The fight went 2 rounds before ending via a TKO defeat. Hinson's winning streak went from 15 wins to 17 after he then defeated boxers including Sammy Odell and Kurt Ernest.
Hinson went into his next fight against Paddy Graham on February 27th, 1956 with a career record of 17-4-0. Hinson was beaten by Paddy Graham in the 4th round. Hinson had only ever been stopped 2 times previously in his career.
Keeping his losses at 13, Hinson fought on February 2nd, 1960 beating Ken Hignett via KO. This took his record to 30-13-1 showing quite the successful career to date. Hignett was stopped in the 1st round via KO meaning Hinson was the first person to stop this opponent.
Furthering his career, Hinson fought Sammy Etioloja on February 6th, 1961 and continued his career to a record of 33-14-3. The win came via KO. Becoming the 2nd fighter to stop Etioloja in his career, Hinson beat Etioloja via KO in the 3rd round of a 8 round fight.
Ron Hinson added another win to his record by beating Dave Stone on March 20th, 1961, upping his record to 34 wins. Still causing trouble for his opponents, Hinson became only the 10th person to defeat Stone in a tough fight over the full 8 rounds. After 51 fights, this was Hinson's final fight as a pro.