Petey Sarron Explained

Petey Sarron (November 21, 1906  - July 3, 1994) was an American boxer who became a National Boxing Association (NBA) Featherweight Champion on May 11, 1936, defeating Freddie Miller at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2016.

Sarron was a member of the Olympic Team at flyweight in boxing for the United States during the 1924 Summer Olympics. Dave Evans and Jimmy Erwin worked as his managers and promoters. He was best known as a fast, elusive battler, with a windmill attack.

During his career he defeated such opponents as Benny Bass and Frankie Covelli. He lost his World Featherweight Championship to the gifted Henry Armstrong in a sixth-round knockout at Madison Square Garden.^{[2] [3]}

Early life

Pete Sarron was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 21, 1906. Sarron's parents were Syrians who emigrated to Alabama from Lebanon.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} Like many boxers of his era, he made an early living selling newspapers, beginning at age six.^{[2] [8]} Early in life, he found Dave Evans at the Birmingham Boy's Club who mentored him in boxing, and helped manage his career. He would return the favor and support the club after becoming a successful boxer. After High School, he had ambitions to study law and become an attorney.^{[9] [10]}

Amateur and early professional career

Sarron fought future World Flyweight Champion Fidel LaBarba at the age of eighteen in the May 1924 National AAU Flyweight Semi-final and Olympic Trials in Boston. Sarron's performance allowed him to become an alternate for the United States during the 1924 Summer Olympics. He would meet LaBarba again on April 22, 1932, before a crowd of 2,986 at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, losing the NBA World Featherweight elimination bout in a ten-round decision. The decision for LaBarba was not popular with the crowd, though he used a stinging left jab to sufficient effect to win the bout in the opinion of referee Slim McClelland. Sarron had trouble evading the jabs of LaBarba though he made a stronger finish in the last two rounds. LaBarba jabbed frequently with his long left, but tired somewhat in the last two rounds, when Sarron made a stand though his punches lacked the authority to do much damage.^{[11] [12]}

Defeating former NBA Flyweight Champion Pinky Silverberg

On May 25, 1929, Sarron defeated Pinky Silverberg, in an important fifteen round points decision in Melbourne, Australia in the featherweight range at 120 pounds. Silverberg had formerly held the NBA World Flyweight Championship in 1927–8, but had been stripped of the title, and was fighting at the lower featherweight range of 120 with Sarron.

On January 23, 1934, Sarron, at the featherweight range of 128 pounds, met Frankie Covelli at Portner's Arena in Alexandria, Virginia, losing in a ten-round points decision. On March 8, 1935, however, he beat Covelli at the Coliseum in Coral Gables, Florida in a ten-round points decision. In 1940, Covelli would contend for the NBA World Featherweight Title in Washington D.C.^[2]

On June 29, 1934, Sarron defeated former British and Canadian World Lightweight Champion Al Foreman on June 29, 1934, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Sarron had defeated one of his best known opponents in an early win, but it was to be the last professional bout for Foreman, the Jewish Canadian champion who retired to Montreal. Known for his boxing in the America, Foreman had served two years boxing for the US Army in 1924–26, and had been stationed in Virginia. He continued to fight in the States through 1927, and had fought in Washington D.C. on several previous occasions.^[2]

Sarron first met Benny Bass on August 27, 1934, at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C., winning in a sixth round disqualification. Sarron had a small reach advantage of nearly two inches. He defeated Bass in the next bout on September 24, before 5,000 fans at the Arena in Philadelphia in a ten-round decision. Sarron, who was fouled in the seventh, came back to briefly drop Bass to the floor, and then gain more points in the eighth, reigning a series of blows on the former champion. Sarron took chances with Bass, acting as the aggressor from the start, and boxing a fast-paced bout.^{[13] [14]} In December 1929 Bass had taken the World Jr. Lightweight Title.

Bouts with Freddie Miller, NBA Featherweight Champion

On March 2, 1936, Sarron met Southpaw Freddie Miller at the Coliseum in Coral Gables, Florida losing in a fifteen-round decision. The Referee and one judge scored the fight for Miller with 6 rounds won, 3 tied, and 6 even. Two of the six rounds given to Miller were due to Sarron fouls.^[2]

Taking the NBA Featherweight Championship, May 1936

On May 11, 1936, Sarron first took the National Boxing Association World Featherweight championship from Freddie Miller in a fifteen-round points decision at Griffith Stadium, an American League ball park, in Washington D. C. Before an impressive crowd of 23,000, Sarron swarmed over Miller, came up with an early lead in points, and nearly scored knockouts in the thirteen and fifteenth rounds. Sarron had previously lost to Miller three times. The new champion bobbed and weaved expertly, sometimes ducking close to the floor to avoid the blows of Miller, who seemed to have an advantage in the first four rounds. In the ninth through fifteenth, Sarron showed his strongest advantage.^[15] Sarron collected the relatively modest sum of $10,000 for his win.^[8]

First defense of NBA Featherweight Title

Sarron staged his first defense of the World Featherweight Title on July 22, 1936, winning a fifteen-round unanimous decision against Cuban southpaw Baby Manuel at the Sportatorium in Dallas, Texas. In Texas's first championship bout before a crowd of 4,5000, Sarron, though briefly down in the first, punched his way confidently through for the rest of the match and gained a commanding lead in points and a decisive victory.^[16]

Win over British lightweight champion Laurie Stevens

Fighting as a lightweight, on January 16, 1937, Sarron defeated Laurie Stevens in a non-title fight at Wanderer's Stadium in Johannesburg in a twelfth-round knockout. Stevens had taken the South African Lightweight title in 1933 as well as the British Empire Lightweight Championship in January, 1936, only one year before his meeting with Sarron. Stevens was also a former British Olympic boxer.^[2]

Sarron challenged champion Freddie Miller again on July 31, 1937, in an important ten round non-title bout in Johannesburg, but lost the decision.^[2]

Second defense of NBA Featherweight Title

Sarron and Miller fought a fierce rematch in an NBA World Featherweight Championship bout two months later on September 4, 1937, before a crowd of 25,000 in Johannesburg and Sarron won a majority decision. Sarron floored Miller twice for a decisive victory. Miller was floored for a count of seven in the sixth round from a left cross by Sarron. In the twelfth, Sarron scored a knockdown with a hard right for a count of three.^[17]

Losing the NBA Featherweight Championship, October 1937

Sarron lost his title to the exceptional black boxing champion Henry Armstrong in a sixth-round knockout on October 29, 1937, before a crowd of 11,847 at Madison Square Garden. Several sources reported it was Sarron's first knockout in twelve years of fighting. Sarron looked in control in the first, but by the second round had been staggered by the blows of Armstrong, who would have won the third but for a low blow dealt to Sarron. Sarron managed to remain even in the fourth but by the fifth was again badly staggered by a blow from Armstrong, who had no trouble ending the bout in the sixth with a left hook to the chin of Sarron who tried vainly to cover with his gloves.^[18] The following year the incomparable Armstrong took both the World Welterweight and World Lightweight Championships.

Sarron retired from boxing on July 17, 1939, after losing his last bout, a ten-round points decision against Sammy Angott at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Life after boxing

During his life, Sarron enjoyed reading golfing, and fishing, and had ambitions to become an attorney and study law. He was studious and articulate for a young man who chose boxing as a profession.

In late 1953, he became the Secretary of the Miami Boxing Commission.^[19] He married Patrinilla "Pat" Farah, who was also of Lebanese/Syrian descent. The couple had two boys, Peter and Ronald. Throughout his life, Sarron maintained a very close relationship with his family. During the 1960s, Sarron worked as an enforcement agent for the Florida Beverage Department, enforcing state and federal tobacco laws. He eventually retired in Miami and died there at age 87 on July 3, 1994.^[20]

Achievements and honors

Sarron was featured on the cover of the November 1936 The Ring magazine.^[21]

He was an inductee into the 2016 International Boxing Hall of Fame.^[2]

Professional boxing record

All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,^[22] unless otherwise stated.

Official record

All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column.

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
156	Loss	101–23–12	Sammy Angott	PTS	10	Jul 17, 1939
155	Win	101–22–12	Yucatán Kid	MD	10	Jun 15, 1939
154	Win	100–22–12	Wishy Jones	NWS	10	Mar 30, 1939
153	Win	100–22–12	Yucatán Kid	PTS	10	Dec 16, 1938
152	Win	99–22–12	Mike Gamiere	PTS	10	Dec 5, 1938
151	Win	98–22–12	Yucatán Kid	PTS	15	Oct 3, 1938
150	Win	97–22–12	Lou Gevinson	PTS	10	May 20, 1938
149	Win	96–22–12	Joey Green	NWS	10	Apr 11, 1938
148	Win	96–22–12	Joey Temmes	PTS	10	Mar 15, 1938
147	Win	95–22–12	Bobby Britton	PTS	10	Feb 15, 1938
146	Win	94–22–12	Ray Ingram	PTS	10	Dec 20, 1937
145	Win	93–22–12	Carl Guggino	PTS	10	Dec 8, 1937
144	Loss	92–22–12	Henry Armstrong	KO	6 (15)	Oct 29, 1937
143	Win	92–21–12	Teddy Braun	PTS	10	Sep 9, 1937
142	Win	91–21–12	Freddie Miller	PTS	12	Sep 4, 1937
141	Loss	90–21–12	Freddie Miller	PTS	10	Jul 31, 1937
140	Loss	90–20–12	Harry Mizler	DQ	1 (10)	May 6, 1937
139	Loss	90–19–12	Dave Crowley	DQ	9 (10)	May 6, 1937
138	Win	90–18–12	Harry Mizler	PTS	10	Apr 15, 1937
137	Win	89–18–12	Andy Martin	KO	5 (12)	Feb 27, 1937
136	Win	88–18–12	Lawrence Stevens	KO	12 (12)	Jan 16, 1937
135	Draw	87–18–12	Nick Camarata	PTS	10	Sep 14, 1936
134	Win	87–18–11	Jackie Carter	PTS	10	Aug 26, 1936
133	Win	86–18–11	Davey Abad	PTS	10	Jul 31, 1936
132	Win	85–18–11	Baby Manuel	UD	15	Jul 22, 1936
131	Win	84–18–11	Bobby Dean	KO	5 (10)	Jul 7, 1936
130	Win	83–18–11	Lloyd Pine	PTS	10	Jun 23, 1936
129	Win	82–18–11	Nick Camarata	PTS	10	Jun 15, 1936
128	Win	81–18–11	Freddie Miller	MD	15	May 11, 1936
127	Loss	80–18–11	Freddie Miller	PTS	15	Mar 2, 1936
126	Win	80–17–11	Carl Guggino	PTS	10	Jan 16, 1936
125	Draw	79–17–11	Carl Guggino	PTS	10	Dec 5, 1935
124	Win	79–17–10	Jimmy McNamara	PTS	10	Nov 28, 1935
123	Win	78–17–10	Andy Martin	NWS	10	Nov 6, 1935
122	Win	78–17–10	California Joe Rivers	PTS	10	Sep 30, 1935
121	Win	77–17–10	Young Chocolate	UD	10	Sep 14, 1935
120	Win	76–17–10	Joey Temmes	PTS	10	Aug 12, 1935
119	Win	75–17–10	California Joe Rivers	PTS	10	Mar 25, 1935
118	Win	74–17–10	Frankie Covelli	PTS	10	Mar 8, 1935
117	Win	73–17–10	Baby Manuel	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1935
116	Win	72–17–10	Patsy Severo	PTS	10	Feb 18, 1935
115	Win	71–17–10	California Joe Rivers	PTS	10	Jan 28, 1935
114	Win	70–17–10	Frankie Wallace	PTS	10	Oct 15, 1934
113	Win	69–17–10	Benny Bass	MD	10	Sep 24, 1934
112	Win	68–17–10	Benny Bass	DQ	6 (10)	Aug 27, 1934
111	Win	67–17–10	Al Foreman	SD	10	Jun 29, 1934
110	Loss	66–17–10	Lew Feldman	PTS	8	May 11, 1934
109	Win	66–16–10	Ray Schneider	PTS	10	Mar 27, 1934
108	Win	65–16–10	Bucky Burton	PTS	12	Mar 12, 1934
107	Loss	64–16–10	Bucky Burton	SD	10	Feb 19, 1934
106	Loss	64–15–10	Freddie Miller	PTS	10	Feb 7, 1934
105	Loss	64–14–10	Frankie Covelli	PTS	10	Jan 23, 1934
104	Win	64–13–10	Bucky Burton	PTS	10	Dec 11, 1933
103	Win	63–13–10	Varias Milling	PTS	10	Nov 28, 1933
102	Loss	62–13–10	Freddie Miller	UD	10	Nov 1, 1933
101	Win	62–12–10	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Oct 17, 1933
100	Win	61–12–10	Mickey Genaro	PTS	10	Sep 20, 1933
99	Draw	60–12–10	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Aug 15, 1933
98	Loss	60–12–9	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Jul 18, 1933
97	Win	60–11–9	Johnny Farr	PTS	8	Jun 6, 1933
96	Win	59–11–9	Johnny Datto	NWS	10	Jun 1, 1933
95	Win	59–11–9	Johnny Datto	TKO	1 (10)	May 12, 1933
94	Draw	58–11–9	Tommy Paul	PTS	10	May 9, 1933
93	Draw	58–11–8	Tommy Paul	MD	8	Apr 25, 1933
92	Win	58–11–7	Miki Gelb	PTS	8	Mar 28, 1933
91	Win	57–11–7	Benny Schwartz	KO	7 (8)	Mar 7, 1933
90	Win	56–11–7	Frankie DeAngelo	TKO	7 (8)	Feb 14, 1933
89	Draw	55–11–7	Charley Van Reedon	PTS	10	Jan 25, 1933
88	Loss	55–11–6	Harry Sankey	PTS	10	Apr 29, 1932
87	Loss	55–10–6	Fidel LaBarba	PTS	10	Apr 22, 1932
86	Win	55–9–6	Chico Cisneros	PTS	10	Mar 24, 1932
85	Draw	54–9–6	Chico Cisneros	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1932
84	Win	54–9–5	Charley Van Reedon	KO	1 (10)	Feb 11, 1932
83	Win	53–9–5	Mickey Genaro	UD	10	Jan 19, 1932
82	Win	52–9–5	Gilbert Castillo	PTS	10	Nov 26, 1931
81	Win	51–9–5	Charley Van Reedon	PTS	10	Nov 17, 1931
80	Win	50–9–5	Midget Mike O'Dowd	TKO	3 (10)	Nov 9, 1931
79	Win	49–9–5	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Nov 4, 1931
78	Win	48–9–5	Gilbert Castillo	PTS	10	Jul 24, 1931
77	Win	47–9–5	Gilbert Castillo	PTS	10	Jul 10, 1931
76	Draw	46–9–5	Midget Mike O'Dowd	PTS	8	Jul 4, 1931
75	Win	46–9–4	Babe Ruth	PTS	10	Jun 11, 1931
74	Win	45–9–4	Davey Abad	NWS	10	Jun 8, 1931
73	Win	45–9–4	Mickey Genaro	NWS	10	Apr 27, 1931
72	Win	45–9–4	Tony Leto	KO	4 (10)	Mar 16, 1931
71	Win	44–9–4	Emil Paluso	NWS	10	Feb 2, 1931
70	Win	44–9–4	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Aug 5, 1930
69	Win	43–9–4	Sammy Shack	PTS	15	Jun 21, 1930
68	Loss	42–9–4	Tommy Donovan	PTS	15	May 3, 1930
67	Loss	42–8–4	Tommy Donovan	PTS	15	Mar 29, 1930
66	Loss	42–7–4	Tommy Donovan	DQ	7 (15)	Mar 15, 1930
65	Win	42–6–4	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Feb 4, 1930
64	Win	41–6–4	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Jan 1, 1930
63	Win	40–6–4	Billy Grime	TKO	14 (15)	Dec 27, 1929
62	Win	39–6–4	Billy Grime	TKO	14 (15)	Dec 17, 1929
61	Win	38–6–4	Jack Jones	TKO	11 (15)	Dec 2, 1929
60	Win	37–6–4	Billy Grime	PTS	15	Nov 8, 1929
59	Win	36–6–4	Billy Grime	RTD	9 (15)	Oct 12, 1929
58	Loss	35–6–4	Billy Grime	PTS	15	Sep 7, 1929
57	Draw	35–5–4	Dick Corbett	PTS	15	Aug 14, 1929
56	Win	35–5–3	Johnnie Leckie	KO	13 (15)	Jul 27, 1929
55	Win	34–5–3	Young Siki	PTS	15	Jul 20, 1929
54	Loss	33–5–3	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Jun 22, 1929
53	Win	33–4–3	Pinky Silverberg	PTS	15	May 25, 1929
52	Win	32–4–3	Charlie Glasson	KO	5 (15)	May 11, 1929
51	Loss	31–4–3	Mickey Gill	PTS	10	Mar 6, 1929
50	Win	31–3–3	Johnny Erickson	NWS	6	Jan 18, 1929
49	Win	31–3–3	Emil Paluso	NWS	10	Dec 3, 1928
48	Win	31–3–3	Jimmy McDermott	PTS	10	Nov 1, 1928
47	Win	30–3–3	Harry Forbes	PTS	10	Oct 18, 1928
46	Win	29–3–3	Benny Schwartz	NWS	10	Oct 9, 1928
45	Loss	29–3–3	Emil Paluso	PTS	10	Sep 21, 1928
44	Win	29–2–3	Kid Pancho	PTS	12	Sep 7, 1928
43	Win	28–2–3	Mike Sansone	PTS	10	Aug 23, 1928
42	Win	27–2–3	Mike Sansone	PTS	10	Aug 2, 1928
41	Win	26–2–3	Kid Pancho	PTS	10	Jul 9, 1928
40	Win	25–2–3	Joe Lucas	NWS	10	Jun 4, 1928
39	Win	25–2–3	Quina Lee	KO	8 (10)	May 21, 1928
38	Win	24–2–3	Mickey Gill	PTS	8	Apr 9, 1928
37	Win	23–2–3	Joe Lucas	PTS	10	Apr 3, 1928
36	Win	22–2–3	Jackie Daley	NWS	10	Mar 26, 1928
35	Win	22–2–3	Pinky May	NWS	10	Feb 27, 1928
34	Win	22–2–3	Dudley Stadler	TKO	6 (12)	Feb 19, 1928
33	Draw	21–2–3	Pinky May	PTS	10	Jan 26, 1928
32	Win	21–2–2	Steve Stetson	KO	2 (10)	Jan 16, 1928
31	Win	20–2–2	Bobby Binckley	PTS	10	Dec 15, 1927
30	Win	19–2–2	Johnny Franks	PTS	8	Nov 28, 1927
29	Win	18–2–2	Steve Stetson	NWS	10	Nov 21, 1927
28	Win	18–2–2	Leroy Dougan	PTS	8	Oct 31, 1927
27	Win	17–2–2	Memphis Pal Moore	PTS	8	Oct 17, 1927
26	Win	16–2–2	Bud Harris	KO	4 (10)	Oct 3, 1927
25	Win	15–2–2	Tony Leto	DQ	3 (10)	Sep 12, 1927
24	Win	14–2–2	Tony Leto	PTS	10	Aug 22, 1927
23	Win	13–2–2	Benny Regan	NWS	10	Aug 4, 1927
22	Win	13–2–2	Memphis Pal Moore	NWS	10	Aug 1, 1927
21	Win	13–2–2	Leroy Dougan	NWS	10	Jul 18, 1927
20	Win	13–2–2	Benny Regan	PTS	10	Jul 4, 1927
19	Win	12–2–2	Benny Regan	PTS	10	May 16, 1927
18	Win	11–2–2	Bud Harris	PTS	10	Apr 25, 1927
17	Win	10–2–2	Leroy Jordan	KO	3 (10)	Apr 11, 1927
16	Win	9–2–2	Tommy Williams	PTS	6	Apr 2, 1927
15	Win	8–2–2	Happy Atherton	MD	10	Mar 18, 1927
14	Draw	7–2–2	Tony Leto	PTS	10	Dec 23, 1926
13	Win	7–2–1	Johnny Moore	PTS	10	Dec 9, 1926
12	Win	6–2–1	Harry Allen	PTS	10	Oct 28, 1926
11	Loss	5–2–1	Genaro Pino	PTS	10	Sep 9, 1926
10	Draw	5–1–1	Genaro Pino	PTS	10	Aug 26, 1926
9	Win	5–1	Mutt Griffin	NWS	10	Jul 29, 1926
8	Draw	4–1	Mickey Gill	NWS	10	Nov 23, 1925
7	Loss	4–1	Mickey Gill	NWS	10	Nov 2, 1925
6	Win	4–1	Battling Dick Bowden	KO	1 (10)	Oct 26, 1925
5	Loss	3–1	Red Keenan	DQ	6 (10)	Sep 7, 1925
4	Win	3–0	Billy Cecil	NWS	8	Feb 13, 1925
3	Win	3–0	Red Burke	PTS	10	Dec 3, 1924
2	Win	2–0	Dude Gustin	PTS	8	Dec 2, 1924
1	Win	1–0	Red Burke	PTS	10	Oct 20, 1924

Unofficial record

Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column.

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
156	Loss	119–24–13	Sammy Angott	PTS	10	Jul 17, 1939
155	Win	119–23–13	Yucatán Kid	MD	10	Jun 15, 1939
154	Win	118–23–13	Wishy Jones	NWS	10	Mar 30, 1939
153	Win	117–23–13	Yucatán Kid	PTS	10	Dec 16, 1938
152	Win	116–23–13	Mike Gamiere	PTS	10	Dec 5, 1938
151	Win	115–23–13	Yucatán Kid	PTS	15	Oct 3, 1938
150	Win	114–23–13	Lou Gevinson	PTS	10	May 20, 1938
149	Win	113–23–13	Joey Green	NWS	10	Apr 11, 1938
148	Win	112–23–13	Joey Temmes	PTS	10	Mar 15, 1938
147	Win	111–23–13	Bobby Britton	PTS	10	Feb 15, 1938
146	Win	110–23–13	Ray Ingram	PTS	10	Dec 20, 1937
145	Win	109–23–13	Carl Guggino	PTS	10	Dec 8, 1937
144	Loss	108–23–13	Henry Armstrong	KO	6 (15)	Oct 29, 1937
143	Win	108–22–13	Teddy Braun	PTS	10	Sep 9, 1937
142	Win	107–22–13	Freddie Miller	PTS	12	Sep 4, 1937
141	Loss	106–22–13	Freddie Miller	PTS	10	Jul 31, 1937
140	Loss	106–21–13	Harry Mizler	DQ	1 (10)	May 6, 1937
139	Loss	106–20–13	Dave Crowley	DQ	9 (10)	May 6, 1937
138	Win	106–19–13	Harry Mizler	PTS	10	Apr 15, 1937
137	Win	105–19–13	Andy Martin	KO	5 (12)	Feb 27, 1937
136	Win	104–19–13	Lawrence Stevens	KO	12 (12)	Jan 16, 1937
135	Draw	103–19–13	Nick Camarata	PTS	10	Sep 14, 1936
134	Win	103–19–12	Jackie Carter	PTS	10	Aug 26, 1936
133	Win	102–19–12	Davey Abad	PTS	10	Jul 31, 1936
132	Win	101–19–12	Baby Manuel	UD	15	Jul 22, 1936
131	Win	100–19–12	Bobby Dean	KO	5 (10)	Jul 7, 1936
130	Win	99–19–12	Lloyd Pine	PTS	10	Jun 23, 1936
129	Win	98–19–12	Nick Camarata	PTS	10	Jun 15, 1936
128	Win	97–19–12	Freddie Miller	MD	15	May 11, 1936
127	Loss	96–19–12	Freddie Miller	PTS	15	Mar 2, 1936
126	Win	96–18–12	Carl Guggino	PTS	10	Jan 16, 1936
125	Draw	95–18–12	Carl Guggino	PTS	10	Dec 5, 1935
124	Win	95–18–11	Jimmy McNamara	PTS	10	Nov 28, 1935
123	Win	94–18–11	Andy Martin	NWS	10	Nov 6, 1935
122	Win	93–18–11	California Joe Rivers	PTS	10	Sep 30, 1935
121	Win	92–18–11	Young Chocolate	UD	10	Sep 14, 1935
120	Win	91–18–11	Joey Temmes	PTS	10	Aug 12, 1935
119	Win	90–18–11	California Joe Rivers	PTS	10	Mar 25, 1935
118	Win	89–18–11	Frankie Covelli	PTS	10	Mar 8, 1935
117	Win	88–18–11	Baby Manuel	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1935
116	Win	87–18–11	Patsy Severo	PTS	10	Feb 18, 1935
115	Win	86–18–11	California Joe Rivers	PTS	10	Jan 28, 1935
114	Win	85–18–11	Frankie Wallace	PTS	10	Oct 15, 1934
113	Win	84–18–11	Benny Bass	MD	10	Sep 24, 1934
112	Win	83–18–11	Benny Bass	DQ	6 (10)	Aug 27, 1934
111	Win	82–18–11	Al Foreman	SD	10	Jun 29, 1934
110	Loss	81–18–11	Lew Feldman	PTS	8	May 11, 1934
109	Win	81–17–11	Ray Schneider	PTS	10	Mar 27, 1934
108	Win	80–17–11	Bucky Burton	PTS	12	Mar 12, 1934
107	Loss	79–17–11	Bucky Burton	SD	10	Feb 19, 1934
106	Loss	79–16–11	Freddie Miller	PTS	10	Feb 7, 1934
105	Loss	79–15–11	Frankie Covelli	PTS	10	Jan 23, 1934
104	Win	79–14–11	Bucky Burton	PTS	10	Dec 11, 1933
103	Win	78–14–11	Varias Milling	PTS	10	Nov 28, 1933
102	Loss	77–14–11	Freddie Miller	UD	10	Nov 1, 1933
101	Win	77–13–11	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Oct 17, 1933
100	Win	76–13–11	Mickey Genaro	PTS	10	Sep 20, 1933
99	Draw	75–13–11	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Aug 15, 1933
98	Loss	75–13–10	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Jul 18, 1933
97	Win	75–12–10	Johnny Farr	PTS	8	Jun 6, 1933
96	Win	74–12–10	Johnny Datto	NWS	10	Jun 1, 1933
95	Win	73–12–10	Johnny Datto	TKO	1 (10)	May 12, 1933
94	Draw	72–12–10	Tommy Paul	PTS	10	May 9, 1933
93	Draw	72–12–9	Tommy Paul	MD	8	Apr 25, 1933
92	Win	72–12–8	Miki Gelb	PTS	8	Mar 28, 1933
91	Win	71–12–8	Benny Schwartz	KO	7 (8)	Mar 7, 1933
90	Win	70–12–8	Frankie DeAngelo	TKO	7 (8)	Feb 14, 1933
89	Draw	69–12–8	Charley Van Reedon	PTS	10	Jan 25, 1933
88	Loss	69–12–7	Harry Sankey	PTS	10	Apr 29, 1932
87	Loss	69–11–7	Fidel LaBarba	PTS	10	Apr 22, 1932
86	Win	69–10–7	Chico Cisneros	PTS	10	Mar 24, 1932
85	Draw	68–10–7	Chico Cisneros	PTS	10	Feb 25, 1932
84	Win	68–10–6	Charley Van Reedon	KO	1 (10)	Feb 11, 1932
83	Win	67–10–6	Mickey Genaro	UD	10	Jan 19, 1932
82	Win	66–10–6	Gilbert Castillo	PTS	10	Nov 26, 1931
81	Win	65–10–6	Charley Van Reedon	PTS	10	Nov 17, 1931
80	Win	64–10–6	Midget Mike O'Dowd	TKO	3 (10)	Nov 9, 1931
79	Win	63–10–6	Eddie Burl	PTS	10	Nov 4, 1931
78	Win	62–10–6	Gilbert Castillo	PTS	10	Jul 24, 1931
77	Win	61–10–6	Gilbert Castillo	PTS	10	Jul 10, 1931
76	Draw	60–10–6	Midget Mike O'Dowd	PTS	8	Jul 4, 1931
75	Win	60–10–5	Babe Ruth	PTS	10	Jun 11, 1931
74	Win	59–10–5	Davey Abad	NWS	10	Jun 8, 1931
73	Win	58–10–5	Mickey Genaro	NWS	10	Apr 27, 1931
72	Win	57–10–5	Tony Leto	KO	4 (10)	Mar 16, 1931
71	Win	56–10–5	Emil Paluso	NWS	10	Feb 2, 1931
70	Win	55–10–5	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Aug 5, 1930
69	Win	54–10–5	Sammy Shack	PTS	15	Jun 21, 1930
68	Loss	53–10–5	Tommy Donovan	PTS	15	May 3, 1930
67	Loss	53–9–5	Tommy Donovan	PTS	15	Mar 29, 1930
66	Loss	53–8–5	Tommy Donovan	DQ	7 (15)	Mar 15, 1930
65	Win	53–7–5	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Feb 4, 1930
64	Win	52–7–5	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Jan 1, 1930
63	Win	51–7–5	Billy Grime	TKO	14 (15)	Dec 27, 1929
62	Win	50–7–5	Billy Grime	TKO	14 (15)	Dec 17, 1929
61	Win	49–7–5	Jack Jones	TKO	11 (15)	Dec 2, 1929
60	Win	48–7–5	Billy Grime	PTS	15	Nov 8, 1929
59	Win	47–7–5	Billy Grime	RTD	9 (15)	Oct 12, 1929
58	Loss	46–7–5	Billy Grime	PTS	15	Sep 7, 1929
57	Draw	46–6–5	Dick Corbett	PTS	15	Aug 14, 1929
56	Win	46–6–4	Johnnie Leckie	KO	13 (15)	Jul 27, 1929
55	Win	45–6–4	Young Siki	PTS	15	Jul 20, 1929
54	Loss	44–6–4	Johnnie Leckie	PTS	15	Jun 22, 1929
53	Win	44–5–4	Pinky Silverberg	PTS	15	May 25, 1929
52	Win	43–5–4	Charlie Glasson	KO	5 (15)	May 11, 1929
51	Loss	42–5–4	Mickey Gill	PTS	10	Mar 6, 1929
50	Win	42–4–4	Johnny Erickson	NWS	6	Jan 18, 1929
49	Win	41–4–4	Emil Paluso	NWS	10	Dec 3, 1928
48	Win	40–4–4	Jimmy McDermott	PTS	10	Nov 1, 1928
47	Win	39–4–4	Harry Forbes	PTS	10	Oct 18, 1928
46	Win	38–4–4	Benny Schwartz	NWS	10	Oct 9, 1928
45	Loss	37–4–4	Emil Paluso	PTS	10	Sep 21, 1928
44	Win	37–3–4	Kid Pancho	PTS	12	Sep 7, 1928
43	Win	36–3–4	Mike Sansone	PTS	10	Aug 23, 1928
42	Win	35–3–4	Mike Sansone	PTS	10	Aug 2, 1928
41	Win	34–3–4	Kid Pancho	PTS	10	Jul 9, 1928
40	Win	33–3–4	Joe Lucas	NWS	10	Jun 4, 1928
39	Win	32–3–4	Quina Lee	KO	8 (10)	May 21, 1928
38	Win	31–3–4	Mickey Gill	PTS	8	Apr 9, 1928
37	Win	30–3–4	Joe Lucas	PTS	10	Apr 3, 1928
36	Win	29–3–4	Jackie Daley	NWS	10	Mar 26, 1928
35	Win	28–3–4	Pinky May	NWS	10	Feb 27, 1928
34	Win	27–3–4	Dudley Stadler	TKO	6 (12)	Feb 19, 1928
33	Draw	26–3–4	Pinky May	PTS	10	Jan 26, 1928
32	Win	26–3–3	Steve Stetson	KO	2 (10)	Jan 16, 1928
31	Win	25–3–3	Bobby Binckley	PTS	10	Dec 15, 1927
30	Win	24–3–3	Johnny Franks	PTS	8	Nov 28, 1927
29	Win	23–3–3	Steve Stetson	NWS	10	Nov 21, 1927
28	Win	22–3–3	Leroy Dougan	PTS	8	Oct 31, 1927
27	Win	21–3–3	Memphis Pal Moore	PTS	8	Oct 17, 1927
26	Win	20–3–3	Bud Harris	KO	4 (10)	Oct 3, 1927
25	Win	19–3–3	Tony Leto	DQ	3 (10)	Sep 12, 1927
24	Win	18–3–3	Tony Leto	PTS	10	Aug 22, 1927
23	Win	17–3–3	Benny Regan	NWS	10	Aug 4, 1927
22	Win	16–3–3	Memphis Pal Moore	NWS	10	Aug 1, 1927
21	Win	15–3–3	Leroy Dougan	NWS	10	Jul 18, 1927
20	Win	14–3–3	Benny Regan	PTS	10	Jul 4, 1927
19	Win	13–3–3	Benny Regan	PTS	10	May 16, 1927
18	Win	12–3–3	Bud Harris	PTS	10	Apr 25, 1927
17	Win	11–3–3	Leroy Jordan	KO	3 (10)	Apr 11, 1927
16	Win	10–3–3	Tommy Williams	PTS	6	Apr 2, 1927
15	Win	9–3–3	Happy Atherton	MD	10	Mar 18, 1927
14	Draw	8–3–3	Tony Leto	PTS	10	Dec 23, 1926
13	Win	8–3–2	Johnny Moore	PTS	10	Dec 9, 1926
12	Win	7–3–2	Harry Allen	PTS	10	Oct 28, 1926
11	Loss	6–3–2	Genaro Pino	PTS	10	Sep 9, 1926
10	Draw	6–2–2	Genaro Pino	PTS	10	Aug 26, 1926
9	Win	6–2–1	Mutt Griffin	NWS	10	Jul 29, 1926
8	Draw	5–2–1	Mickey Gill	NWS	10	Nov 23, 1925
7	Loss	5–2	Mickey Gill	NWS	10	Nov 2, 1925
6	Win	5–1	Battling Dick Bowden	KO	1 (10)	Oct 26, 1925
5	Loss	4–1	Red Keenan	DQ	6 (10)	Sep 7, 1925
4	Win	4–0	Billy Cecil	NWS	8	Feb 13, 1925
3	Win	3–0	Red Burke	PTS	10	Dec 3, 1924
2	Win	2–0	Dude Gustin	PTS	8	Dec 2, 1924
1	Win	1–0	Red Burke	PTS	10	Oct 20, 1924

See also

• List of featherweight boxing champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: BoxRec: Petey Sarron .
2. Web site: Petey Saron. BoxRec. 18 May 2015.
3. Web site: Petey Saron. Cyber Boxing Zone. 8 October 2016.
4. Web site: Petey Sarron Inducted This Year In Canastota Posthumously. Iturrate. Miguel. 3 June 2016. Tss.ib.tv.
5. Web site: Vol. 67 No. 3458 (22 May 1946) . 2024-09-27 . Trove . en.
6. Web site: TIME . 1937-11-08 . Sport: New Champion . 2024-09-27 . TIME . en.
7. Web site: 1998-09-26 . Johnny McGrory . 2024-09-27 . The Herald . en.
8. "Syrian Battler Defeats Miller", The Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, pg. 38, 12 May 1936
9. "Loses to Learn Than Wins Boxing", The Evening Independent, Masillon, Ohio, pg. 18, 15 May 1936
10. "Petey Saron Wants to Become Attorney", The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Florida, pg. 9, 13 May 1936
11. "Feathers Clashing in Semi-Final Bouts", Lansing State Journal, Lansing, Michigan, pg. 25, 29 April 1932
12. Edgar, W.W., "Coast Veteran Easily Beats Petey Sarron", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, pg. 11, 23 April 1932
13. "Second Bout", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, pg. 12, 25 September 1934
14. "Benny Bass in Close Battle Before 5000", The Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, pg. 15, 25 September 1934
15. "Sarron Wrests Championship from Miller", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, pg. 16, 12 May 1936
16. "Petey Sarron Defends Title", "Reno Gazette-Journal", Reno, Nevada, pg. 13, 23 July 1936
17. "Miller All But Knocked Out in Bout with Petey Sarron", The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, pg. 12, 5 September 1937
18. "Henry Armstrong Kayoes Petey Saron", Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, pg. 8, 30 October 1937
19. The Ring, Dec. 1953, p. 63.
20. Web site: Petey Saron. International Boxing Hall of Fame. 7 October 2016.
21. http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Petey_Sarron Petey Sarron – Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia
22. Web site: BoxRec: Petey Sarron .