Rex Layne
Layne, Rex 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | Layne, Rex Gessel |
| Weight class | Heavyweight |
| nationality | Americans |
| birthday | June 7, 1928 |
| place of birth | Lewiston, Utah |
| Date of death | June 7, 2000 |
| Place of death | Sandy, Utah |
| style | Left-hand boom |
| size | 1.85 meters |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 70 |
| Victories | 50 |
| Knockout victories | 34 |
| Defeats | 17th |
| draw | 3 |
Rex Gessel Layne (born June 7, 1928 in Lewiston , Utah , † June 7, 2000 in Sandy , Utah) was an American boxer .
Career
Amateur career
Rex Layne, nicknamed "Lewiston Larruper", a Mormon from Utah, grew up in Lewiston as a farmer's son. During the Second World War he was drafted into the Air Force and reached the rank of Staff Sergeant there during his nineteen months' service. He started boxing with the Air Force, where he was temporarily stationed in Japan , and in 1947 he won the heavyweight division at the championship of the US Army in Japan.
In 1947 he returned to the States after his discharge from the Air Force. He was based in Salt Lake City and qualified in 1948 to participate in the US Olympic competitions for the London Olympics . He failed because of Joy Lambert , who represented the USA at the Olympic Games in London.
In 1949, Rex Layne lost to Dale Panter at the Utah State "Golden Gloves" championships. But he qualified for a start at the championships of the United States (AAU Championships) and won the title there with a total of four wins. In the final he defeated it Gilmore Newkirk. That was his greatest success as an amateur boxer.
Profile career
Rex Layne turned professional in 1949 and played his first fight on May 23, 1949 in Salt Lake City, where he came in the heavyweight to a technical knockout victory over Jim Watkins. By February 20, 1950 he played a total of seventeen fights and scored seventeen wins. On March 16, 1950, he lost to Dave Whitlock, against whom he had previously won once and whom he then beat twice, on points. After this defeat he fought ten times until October 23, 1950, of which he won eight fights, two fights ended in a draw.
On November 24, 1950, Rex Layne boxed against Jersey Joe Walcott , who on June 22, 1949 had already boxed against Ezzard Charles for the vacant NBA world heavyweight title, but had lost on points. To the surprise of many boxing experts, Rex Layne won this fight on points after 10 rounds. From that point on, Rex Layne was considered a contender for a fight for the world heavyweight title.
On February 9, he defeated the dangerous Argentine Cesar Brion on points in New York and beat Bob Satterfield by knockout in the eighth round on March 9, 1951 . In the most important fight of his career up to then, however, he lost on July 12, 1951 in Pittsburgh against Rocky Marciano by knockout in the sixth round. As a result, his title aspirations were gone for the time being. But he tried to stay in business and accepted on October 10, 1952 Ezzard Charles, who was world champion from 1949 to July 18, 1951 , but had lost this title on that day to Jersey Joe Walcott, to the opponent. Ezzard Charles won this fight by technical knockout in the eleventh round over Rex Layne.
On August 8, 1952, Rex Layne returned the favor in Ogden for this defeat. He beat Ezzard Charles on points that day. In the December ranking of the American boxing trade journal "The Ring" Rex Layne was behind world champion Rocky Marciano, who had won this title on September 23, 1952 with a victory over Jersey Joe Walcott, Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles on place 4, in front of Roland La Starza . Rex Layne fought against Roland La Starza on February 13, 1953 in Madison Square Garden in New York. The winner of this fight had been promised a title fight against Rocky Marciano. Rex Layne lost this fight on points.
After that defeat, Rex Layne never regained the form of earlier days, which was evident in the results of most of his subsequent fights. On April 1, 1954 he lost in San Francisco to Ezzard Charles on points and on January 25, 1954 he had to accept a technical knockout defeat in the sixth round against the aspiring Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson . On December 12, 1954, he reached a draw in Dortmund against European champion Heinz Neuhaus .
1955 and 1956 his defeats accumulated. He lost on December 19, 1955 in New Orleans against Willie Pastrano , on January 22, 1956 in Dortmund against Heinz Neuhaus and on February 4, 1956 even against the German Hans Friedrich, who was by no means one of the top class, on points. The fight against Hans Friedrich was also his last fight as a professional boxer.
literature
- Box Sport magazine
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Layne, Rex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Layne, Rex Gessel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lewiston , Utah |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 2000 |
| Place of death | Sandy , Utah |