Bennie Briscoe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bennie Briscoe

American boxer

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1943

Place of Birth: Augusta, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 28-Dec-2010

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

"Bad" Bennie Briscoe (February 8, 1943 – December 28, 2010) was an American professional boxer.
A fan favorite for his punching power, he was known as the "quintessential Philadelphia boxer", and one of the greatest fighters of his era who due to various reasons did not become a world champion."Bad" Bennie fought from 1962 to 1982, and retired with a career record of 66 wins (53 by KO) 24 losses and 5 draws.
Briscoe was a top-rated middleweight contender during the 1970s, unsuccessfully challenging for the WBC and WBA world titles on three different occasions.
Notable former champions and contenders Brisoce fought included Marvin Hagler, Carlos Monzon, Rodrigo Valdéz, Luis Rodríguez, Vicente Rondon, Tony Mundine, Vito Antuofermo, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Emile Griffith, and Vinnie Curto. Cus D'Amato regarded Briscoe much higher than most of his highly decorated opponents in many respects, particularly for his determination, intimidating posture, constant forward movement, aggressiveness, iron jaw, and ability to absorb punches no matter how solid he was hit, creating an impression of irresistible force to great many of his opponents.
Briscoe's relentless walk-forward style earned him a nickname "Black Robot" while fighting abroad (for that reason, French cartoonist Dero portrayed Briscoe as a robot with hammers instead of arms,) forcing even such aggressive fighters as Hagler and Monzon to back-up consistently.