| Al Ford | |
| Height: | 5'5 |
| Reach: | 630NaN0 |
| Weight: | Lightweight Welterweight Light Welterweight |
| Birth Date: | August 13, 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 74 |
| Wins: | 55 |
| Ko: | 19 |
| Losses: | 19 |
Allan "Al" Ford (born August 13, 1950) is a Canadian retired professional boxer.[1] He is a former CBF Lightweight Champion.
Ford made his debut as a professional boxer on October 20, 1967 (shortly after his seventeenth birthday), a 3rd round knockout win over Joe Hogue, who was also making his professional debut.[2] Two months later Ford defeated Ron Lyke by first-round knockout.[3] Ford fought an opponent with a winning record for the first time in his fifth fight, defeating 4-0 Mickey McMillan by split decision after eight rounds.[2] Ford would win his first 37 fights, picking up the vacant Canadian lightweight title with a win against 9-1 Julie Mandell and successful defending it several times.[2] Ford's first truly notable win was a 10-round decision against 30-3-1 Raul Montoya on October 27, 1970.[2]
The first loss of Ford's professional boxing career came against 24-22-5 Percy Hayles in Kingston, Jamaica in a contest for the Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title. Hayles outboxed Ford in a 15 rounder to take the decision.[2] Ford would continue to fight, winning his next four bouts before back-to-back loses to Ken Buchanan (points) and Alfonso Frazer (knockout).[2] Later Ford would lose a rematch with Percy Hayles by TKO and would finally lose his Canadian lightweight title to Johnny Summerhays in November 1975.[2] Ford was still winning more often than he was losing, but he lost to most of his notable opponents, including to 15-4 Ralph Racine, to 15-0 Rick Folstad in 1978, and to 17-0 Aaron Pryor in 1979.[2] Ford also fought Nick Furlano of Toronto for the Canadian junior welterweight title in 1979, losing by 14th-round knockout.[4] Near the end losses became more frequent, but Ford's impressive record continued to get him paydays. He would lose again to Summerhays in 1980 and dropped a decision to 17-0 Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini in 1981. According to witnesses at the time, Ford was involved in long street fight outside an Edmonton nightclub after a dispute around this time.[2] After losing six of his last seven fights, capped by a brutal decision loss to future prospect Michael Olajide on June 17, 1982, Ford finally retired with a final record of 55–19 with 19 wins coming by knockout.[2]
He is the father of retired mixed martial arts fighter and professional boxer Ryan Ford.[5]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | Loss | 55–19 |  Michael Olajide | June 17, 1982 | | ||||
| 73 | Loss | 55–18 |  Robert Gambini | April 9, 1982 | |||||
| 72 | Loss | 55–17 |  Johnny Lira | Mar 11, 1982 | |||||
| 71 | Win | 55–16 | Bruce Strauss | Feb 12, 1982 | | ||||
| 70 | Loss | 54–16 | Nick Furlano | April 28, 1981 | |||||
| 69 | Loss | 54–15 | Ray Mancini | April 2, 1981 | |||||
| 68 | Loss | 54–14 | Mario Cusson | Feb 24, 1981 | |||||
| 67 | Win | 54–13 | Tony Taylor | Feb 12, 1981 | | ||||
| 66 | Win | 53–13 | Tom Crowley | Jan 20, 1981 | | ||||
| 65 | Loss | 52–13 | Nick Furlano | Aug 27, 1980 | | ||||
| 64 | Loss | 52–12 | Johnny Summerhays | Mar 17, 1980 | | ||||
| 63 | Win | 52–11 | Allen Clarke | Mar 6, 1980 | | ||||
| 62 | Loss | 51–11 | Ralph Racine | Dec 18, 1979 | | ||||
| 61 | Win | 51–10 | Danny Stokes | Dec 8, 1979 | | ||||
| 60 | Loss | 50–10 | Aaron Pryor | May 11, 1979 | | ||||
| 59 | Loss | 50–9 | Nick Furlano | Feb 9, 1979 | | ||||
| 58 | Win | 50–8 | Tom Tarantino | Dec 5, 1978 | | ||||
| 57 | Loss | 49–8 | Ralph Racine | June 20, 1978 | | ||||
| 56 | Loss | 49–7 | Rick Folstad | April 18, 1978 | | ||||
| 55 | Win | 49–6 | Bob Hughes | Feb 6, 1978 | | ||||
| 54 | Loss | 48–6 | Ralph Racine | Nov 4, 1977 | | ||||
| 53 | Win | 48–5 |  Octavio Amparan | June 23, 1977 | | ||||
| 52 | Win | 47–5 | Nick Furlano | May 24, 1977 | | ||||
| 51 | Win | 46–5 | Nick Alfaro | Feb 27, 1977 | | ||||
| 50 | Loss | 45–5 | Johnny Summerhays | Nov 28, 1975 | | ||||
| 49 | Win | 45–4 | Victor De La Cruz | Oct 20, 1975 | | ||||
| 48 | Win | 44–4 | Roscoe Frazier | Aug 2, 1975 | | ||||
| 47 | Win | 43–4 | Jo Jo Jackson | July 12, 1975 | | ||||
| 46 | Loss | 42–4 |  Percy Hayles | Jan 22, 1973 | | ||||
| 45 | Win | 42–3 | Raul Montoya | Nov 29, 1972 | | ||||
| 44 | Loss | 41–3 |  Alfonso Frazer | June 17, 1972 | | ||||
| 43 | Loss | 41–2 | Ken Buchanan | Mar 28, 1972 | |||||
| 42 | Win | 41–1 | Joe Espinosa | Mar 1, 1972 | | ||||
| 41 | Win | 40–1 | Moses Diamond | Dec 9, 1971 | | ||||
| 40 | Win | 39–1 | Fermin Soto | Oct 23, 1971 | | ||||
| 39 | Win | 38–1 | Nick Aghai | Sep 23, 1971 | | ||||
| 38 | Loss | 37–1 | Percy Hayles | July 10, 1971 | | ||||
| 37 | Win | 37–0 | Leo Noel | May 3, 1971 | | ||||
| 36 | Win | 36–0 | Willie Reilly | Mar 22, 1971 | | ||||
| 35 | Win | 35–0 | Juan Montoya | Feb 25, 1971 | | ||||
| 34 | Win | 34–0 | Gabriel Brambila | Feb 13, 1971 | | ||||
| 33 | Win | 33–0 | Chi Chi Ontiveros | Jan 20, 1971 | | ||||
| 32 | Win | 32–0 | Raul Montoya | Oct 27, 1970 | | ||||
| 31 | Win | 31–0 | Percy Hayles | Sep 29, 1970 | | ||||
| 30 | Win | 30–0 | Angel Rivera | June 20, 1970 | | ||||
| 29 | Win | 29–0 | Lawrence Hafey | May 30, 1970 | | ||||
| 28 | Win | 28–0 | Len Kesey | May 13, 1970 | | ||||
| 27 | Win | 27–0 | Luis Baez | April 8, 1970 | | ||||
| 26 | Win | 26–0 |  Francisco Montemayor | Feb 20, 1970 | | ||||
| 25 | Win | 25–0 | Flash Gallego | Feb 11, 1970 | | ||||
| 24 | Win | 24–0 | Fermin Soto | Jan 13, 1970 | | ||||
| 23 | Win | 23–0 | Jose Luis Castillo | Dec 4, 1969 | | ||||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 |  Ray Adigun | Nov 19, 1969 | | ||||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Rene Macias | Oct 23, 1969 | | ||||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Beto Maldonado | Aug 29, 1969 | | ||||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Fernand Durelle | Aug 17, 1969 | | ||||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Felix Jasso | May 30, 1969 | | ||||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Jean-Marie Huard | April 17, 1969 | | ||||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Bobby Brooks | Feb 19, 1969 | | ||||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Ben Joseph | Jan 31, 1969 | | ||||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Dave White | Nov 21, 1968 | | ||||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Jimmy Fields | Nov 13, 1968 | | ||||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Julie Mandell | Sep 27, 1968 | | ||||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Michel Godin | June 26, 1968 | | ||||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Lee Gray | June 10, 1968 | | ||||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Ismael Rivera | June 10, 1968 | | ||||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Andy Anderson | April 30, 1968 | | ||||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Danny Barthuly | April 8, 1968 | | ||||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Tony Mesi | Mar 25, 1968 | | ||||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Mickey McMillan | Mar 8, 1968 | | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Gene Green | Feb 9, 1968 | | ||||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Ron Lyke | Dec 15, 1967 | | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Milton Gabriel | Nov 17, 1967 | | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Joe Hogue | Oct 20, 1967 | |