Ralph Dupas

Ralph Dupas was an American boxer from New Orleans who reigned as the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Council world junior middleweight champion in 1963.

Early boxing career

Dupas was the second of eleven children of a New Orleans fisherman, Peter Dupas. He became a professional boxer in 1950 at the age of 14. Trainer Angelo Dundee saw Dupas fight and took him to Miami to train him.
Dupas became a ranked contender in the lightweight division when he defeated Armand Savoie in 1953. By 1955, after beating a variety of top fighters such as Paddy DeMarco and Kenny Lane, Dupas was the top-ranked lightweight in the world. In May 1957 Dupas challenged Joe Brown for the lightweight title, but lost by an eighth-round knockout. Earlier in 1957, Dupas had filed a lawsuit to establish his race, with Dupas contending that he was white, and therefore permitted to box white opponents in then-segregated Louisiana. Judge Rene Viosca ruled in favor of the claim by Dupas.
Dupas moved up to the welterweight division. He defeated future middleweight champion Joey Giardello in 1961, but lost a 1962 welterweight title shot to Emile Griffith. In 1963, Sugar Ray Robinson beat him by a controversial decision.

Championship

Another championship fight for Dupas materialized in the light middleweight division. Lineal Light Middleweight Champion Denny Moyer came to New Orleans on April 29, 1963, and Dupas won the title with a fifteen-round unanimous decision. He lost the title in September of that year to Italian Sandro Mazzinghi by a thirteen-round knockout. After that match, Emile Griffith once again knocked him out in a non-title bout.

Post-championship career

Dupas briefly retired in 1964 and worked as a card dealer in Las Vegas. He returned to the ring in 1966 and had little success. He retired for good after five fights that year.

After boxing

After he retired, Dupas began to exhibit signs of dementia pugilistica. His brother Tony, also a former fighter, moved Ralph from Las Vegas back to New Orleans and put him in a nursing home.

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Age	Location	Notes
135	Loss		Joe Clark	TKO	8	Sep 8, 1966		Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
134	Win	106–22–6	Joey Limas	RTD	4	Aug 4, 1966		Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
133	Win	105–22–6	Ed McGruder	SD	10	Jul 7, 1966		Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
132	Win	104–22–6	Polo Corona	UD	10	Jun 9, 1966		Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
131	Win	103–22–6	Steve Perez	KO	6	May 26, 1966		Fremont Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
130	Loss	102–22–6	Willie Ludick	KO	2	Sep 12, 1964		Ellis Park Tennis Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
129	Win	102–21–6	Peter Schmidt	UD	10	Jun 18, 1964		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
128	Loss	101–21–6	Emile Griffith	KO	3	Feb 10, 1964		Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
127	Loss	101–20–6	Sandro Mazzinghi	TKO	13	Dec 2, 1963		Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	For WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles
126	Win	101–19–6	Gary Cowburn	PTS	12	Oct 18, 1963		Festival Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
125	Loss	100–19–6	Sandro Mazzinghi	TKO	9	Sep 7, 1963		Velodromo Vigorelli, Milan, Lombardia, Italy	Lost WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles
124	Win	100–18–6	Denny Moyer	UD	15	Jun 17, 1963		Civic Center, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	Retained WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles
123	Win	99–18–6	Denny Moyer	SD	15	Apr 29, 1963		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Won WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles
122	Loss	98–18–6	Sugar Ray Robinson	SD	10	Jan 30, 1963		Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
121	Win	98–17–6	Rocky Randell	TKO	6	Jan 14, 1963		Westside Sport Center, Harvey, Louisiana, U.S.
120	Win	97–17–6	Henry Watson	UD	10	Dec 4, 1962		Sports Arena, Amarillo, Texas, U.S.
119	Win	96–17–6	Earl Citizen	TKO	4	Oct 2, 1962		Sportatorium, Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
118	Loss	95–17–6	Brian Curvis	DQ	6	Sep 11, 1962		Empire Pool, Wembley, London, England, U.K.	Dupas was disqualified for repeated holding as well as shoving Curvis
117	Win	95–16–6	Henry Watson	UD	10	Aug 21, 1962		Sportatorium, Beaumont, Texas, U.S.
116	Loss	94–16–6	Emile Griffith	UD	15	Jul 13, 1962		Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring welterweight titles
115	Win	94–15–6	Frankie Ramirez	UD	10	Apr 23, 1962		Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
114	Win	93–15–6	Charley Scott	UD	10	Feb 3, 1962		Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
113	Win	92–15–6	Virgil Akins	UD	10	Dec 27, 1961		Bayfront Park Auditorium, Miami, Florida, U.S.
112	Win	91–15–6	Hilario Morales	UD	10	Nov 13, 1961		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
111	Win	90–15–6	Del Flanagan	UD	10	Oct 9, 1961		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
110	Win	89–15–6	Guy Sumlin	MD	12	Jul 24, 1961		Mobile, Alabama, U.S.	Retained Southern welterweight title
109	Win	88–15–6	Guy Sumlin	UD	12	Jun 12, 1961		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Won vacant Southern welterweight title
108	Loss	87–15–6	Guy Sumlin	SD	10	Apr 7, 1961		Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
107	Win	87–14–6	Joey Giardello	UD	10	Mar 6, 1961		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
106	Win	86–14–6	Antonio Marcilla	DQ	9	Jan 16, 1961		St. Mary's Recreation Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Marcilla was disqualified for butting
105	Win	85–14–6	Gale Kerwin	TKO	7	Nov 2, 1960		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
104	Win	84–14–6	Charley Scott	PTS	12	Sep 5, 1960		Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
103	Win	83–14–6	Charley Scott	PTS	12	Aug 1, 1960		Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
102	Win	82–14–6	Eddie Jordan	UD	10	Jun 27, 1960		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
101	Win	81–14–6	Rudell Stitch	PTS	12	May 2, 1960		Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
100	Win	80–14–6	George Barnes	PTS	12	Apr 11, 1960		Sydney Stadium, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
99	Loss	79–14–6	Florentino Fernández	MD	10	Mar 23, 1960		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
98	Win	79–13–6	Kenny Lane	UD	10	Jan 13, 1960		Fort Whiting Armory, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
97	Win	78–13–6	Pat Lowry	TKO	6	Nov 16, 1959		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
96	Loss	77–13–6	Rudell Stitch	UD	10	Oct 7, 1959		Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
95	Win	77–12–6	Mel Barker	UD	12	Aug 24, 1959		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
94	Win	76–12–6	Frankie Ryff	UD	10	Jul 20, 1959		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
93	Loss	75–12–6	Charley Scott	SD	10	May 13, 1959		Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
92	Win	75–11–6	Gerald Gray	UD	10	Mar 14, 1959		Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
91	Loss	74–11–6	Del Flanagan	SD	10	Feb 4, 1959		Auditorium, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
90	Loss	74–10–6	Garnet Hart	SD	10	Dec 26, 1958		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
89	Win	74–9–6	Guy Sumlin	UD	10	Nov 10, 1958		Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
88	Win	73–9–6	Gil Turner	UD	10	Oct 15, 1958		Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
87	Win	72–9–6	Ray Lancaster	UD	10	Sep 29, 1958		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
86	Win	71–9–6	Johnny Gorman	UD	10	Sep 8, 1958		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
85	Loss	70–9–6	Joe Brown	TKO	8	May 7, 1958		Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, U.S.	For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring lightweight titles
84	Win	70–8–6	Ramon Fuentes	UD	10	Apr 7, 1958		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
83	Win	69–8–6	Gaspar Ortega	MD	10	Feb 5, 1958		Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
82	Win	68–8–6	Mickey Crawford	UD	10	Nov 25, 1957		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
81	Win	67–8–6	Joe Miceli	UD	10	Sep 18, 1957		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
80	Win	66–8–6	Johnny Busso	UD	10	Aug 30, 1957		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
79	Draw	65–8–6	Séraphin Ferrer	PTS	10	May 31, 1957		Palais des Sports, Paris, Paris, France
78	Win	65–8–5	Vince Martinez	UD	10	Apr 8, 1957		Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
77	Win	64–8–5	Ray Portilla	UD	10	Mar 4, 1957		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
76	Win	63–8–5	Pat Mallane	TKO	5	Feb 11, 1957		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
75	Win	62–8–5	Siegfried Burrow	UD	10	Nov 26, 1956		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
74	Win	61–8–5	Hoacine Khalfi	TKO	8	Sep 24, 1956		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
73	Win	60–8–5	Alex Vargas	KO	5	Sep 10, 1956		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
72	Loss	59–8–5	Kenny Lane	SD	10	Jul 9, 1956		Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
71	Win	59–7–5	Johnny DiGilio	UD	10	May 1, 1956		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
70	Win	58–7–5	Hoacine Khalfi	SD	10	Feb 20, 1956		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
69	Loss	57–7–5	Ludwig Lightburn	UD	10	Dec 16, 1955		Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
68	Win	57–6–5	Mickey Northrup	UD	10	Sep 17, 1955		Legion Stadium, Hollywood, California, U.S.
67	Draw	56–6–5	Leonard Gaines	PTS	10	Sep 1, 1955		Auditorium, Oakland, California, U.S.
66	Win	56–6–4	Paddy DeMarco	UD	10	Jul 11, 1955		Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
65	Win	55–6–4	Frankie Ryff	SD	10	May 17, 1955		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
64	Win	54–6–4	Bobby Bickle	UD	10	Mar 28, 1955		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
63	Win	53–6–4	Kenny Lane	SD	10	Mar 14, 1955		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
62	Win	52–6–4	John Obed Howard	UD	10	Feb 8, 1955		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
61	Win	51–6–4	Cisco Andrade	UD	10	Jan 1, 1955		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
60	Win	50–6–4	Carlos Chávez	TKO	7	Nov 1, 1954		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
59	Loss	49–6–4	Frankie Ryff	UD	8	Sep 13, 1954		Eastern Parkway Arena, New York City, New York, U.S.
58	Win	49–5–4	Bobby Woods	UD	10	Aug 3, 1954		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
57	Win	48–5–4	Armand Savoie	SD	10	Jul 20, 1954		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
56	Win	47–5–4	Freddie Herman	UD	10	May 24, 1954		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
55	Win	46–5–4	Dennis Pat Brady	UD	10	Apr 28, 1954		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
54	Win	45–5–4	Santiago Esteban	MD	10	Mar 22, 1954		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
53	Loss	44–5–4	Paddy DeMarco	SD	10	Jan 2, 1954		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
52	Draw	44–4–4	Philip Kim	MD	8	Nov 9, 1953		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
51	Win	44–4–3	Johnny Gonsalves	UD	8	Sep 21, 1953		Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
50	Win	43–4–3	Rocky Brisebois	UD	8	Sep 14, 1953		Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
49	Win	42–4–3	Brian Kelly	MD	8	Aug 24, 1953		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
48	Loss	41–4–3	Brian Kelly	SD	8	Jul 21, 1953		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
47	Win	41–3–3	Armand Savoie	UD	8	Jun 29, 1953		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
46	Win	40–3–3	Harold Jones	UD	8	Jun 15, 1953		Pelican Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
45	Win	39–3–3	Tote Martinez	KO	6	Jun 1, 1953		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
44	Win	38–3–3	John Obed Howard	UD	8	Apr 20, 1953		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
43	Win	37–3–3	Giuseppe Fusaro	UD	8	Apr 6, 1953		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
42	Win	36–3–3	Baby Vásquez	MD	10	Mar 3, 1953		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
41	Win	35–3–3	Basil Marie	UD	8	Jan 26, 1953		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
40	Win	34–3–3	Jesse Underwood	UD	10	Dec 30, 1952		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
39	Win	33–3–3	Alfredo La Grutta	PTS	8	Dec 8, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
38	Win	32–3–3	Baby Vásquez	UD	8	Nov 24, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
37	Win	31–3–3	Alfredo La Grutta	UD	8	Nov 17, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
36	Win	30–3–3	Nelson Levering	KO	1	Oct 14, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
35	Win	29–3–3	Larry Mujica	UD	6	Sep 8, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
34	Loss	28–3–3	Baby Vásquez	UD	10	Aug 26, 1952		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
33	Win	28–2–3	Johnny Craven	MD	10	Aug 12, 1952		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
32	Win	27–2–3	Larry Mujica	UD	10	Jul 29, 1952		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
31	Win	26–2–3	Diego Sosa	MD	10	Jul 15, 1952		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
30	Win	25–2–3	Sonny Luciano	PTS	10	Jul 1, 1952		Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
29	Win	24–2–3	Juan Padilla	UD	6	Apr 21, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
28	Win	23–2–3	Kid Centella	MD	6	Mar 17, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
27	Win	22–2–3	Billy Neri	UD	6	Feb 4, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
26	Win	21–2–3	Johnny Capitano	UD	6	Jan 21, 1952		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
25	Win	20–2–3	Fred Monforte	UD	8	Nov 12, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
24	Win	19–2–3	Noel Humphreys	UD	8	Oct 22, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
23	Loss	18–2–3	Fred Monforte	SD	8	Sep 17, 1951		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
22	Win	18–1–3	Noel Humphreys	UD	8	Sep 10, 1951		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
21	Win	17–1–3	Pat Iacobucci	PTS	8	Aug 27, 1951		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
20	Win	16–1–3	Alex Fimbres	PTS	8	Aug 13, 1951		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
19	Win	15–1–3	George Easterling	TKO	4	Jul 30, 1951		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
18	Win	14–1–3	Bobby Brooks	UD	6	Jul 16, 1951		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
17	Win	13–1–3	Herb Farris	KO	3	Jun 25, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
16	Win	12–1–3	Tommy Baker	PTS	6	Jun 18, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
15	Win	11–1–3	Raul Reyna	KO	2	Jun 4, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
14	Win	10–1–3	JW Henry	KO	2	May 28, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
13	Win	9–1–3	Alex Vargas	SD	8	Apr 24, 1951		Olympiad Arena, Houston, Texas, U.S.
12	Draw	8–1–3	Johnny Capitano	PTS	4	Apr 2, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
11	Win	8–1–2	Johnny Longo	TKO	2	Mar 14, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
10	Draw	7–1–2	Johnny Capitano	PTS	4	Feb 26, 1951		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
9	Win	7–1–1	Val Lambert	PTS	4	Nov 6, 1950		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
8	Loss	6–1–1	Kid Centella	KO	2	Oct 30, 1950		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
7	Win	6–0–1	Lawton DiSoso	UD	8	Oct 23, 1950		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
6	Win	5–0–1	Ruben Salazar	SD	6	Oct 11, 1950		City Auditorium, Galveston, Texas, U.S.
5	Win	4–0–1	Eddie Webb	UD	6	Oct 3, 1950		Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
4	Win	3–0–1	Ray Miranda	TKO	4	Sep 14, 1950		Fort Homer Hesterly Armory, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
3	Win	2–0–1	Henry Luera	TKO	4	Aug 28, 1950		Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
2	Win	1–0–1	Lawton DiSoso	PTS	4	Aug 16, 1950		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
1	Draw	0–0–1	Ray Smith	PTS	4	Aug 7, 1950		Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.