O'Connor's first professional fight was a second-round knockout win against Muhammed Smith on June 6 of 1968. O'Connor ran his record to 12-0 before facing his first "name" opponent, fellow Minnesotan Duane Horsman. Despite breaking his hand during the bout, O'Connor outboxed Horsman for six rounds en route to a unanimous decision win. O'Connor would continue to win through the summer of 1972, finally suffering his first loss after 31 consecutive victories when Andy Kendall defeated him by technical knockout in the seventh round of a ten-round match. Despite the setback, O'Connor continued to fight regularly until March 1978, when he finally retired after losing three bouts in a row. O'Connor retired with a professional record of 41 wins and 6 losses, with 19 wins coming by way of a knockout.[2]
connor, boxer, irish, connor, born, 1950, former, professional, light, heavyweight, boxer, from, rochester, minnesota, amateur, career, editat, connor, 1967, golden, gloves, national, welterweight, championship, professional, career, edito, connor, first, prof. Pat Irish O Connor born 1950 is a former professional light heavyweight boxer from Rochester Minnesota Amateur career editAt the age of 16 O Connor won the 1967 Golden Gloves national welterweight championship 1 Professional career editO Connor s first professional fight was a second round knockout win against Muhammed Smith on June 6 of 1968 O Connor ran his record to 12 0 before facing his first name opponent fellow Minnesotan Duane Horsman Despite breaking his hand during the bout O Connor outboxed Horsman for six rounds en route to a unanimous decision win O Connor would continue to win through the summer of 1972 finally suffering his first loss after 31 consecutive victories when Andy Kendall defeated him by technical knockout in the seventh round of a ten round match Despite the setback O Connor continued to fight regularly until March 1978 when he finally retired after losing three bouts in a row O Connor retired with a professional record of 41 wins and 6 losses with 19 wins coming by way of a knockout 2 Notes edit http www startribune com sports 12190591 html page 1 amp c y Patrick Reusse Three fighters and the lure of boxing Pat O Connor Archived from the original on 2012 10 04 Retrieved 2008 03 29 nbsp This biographical article related to an American boxer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pat O 27Connor boxer amp oldid 1060398703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
