Bob Pastor
| Bob Pastor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert E. Pasternak January 26, 1914 New York, New York |
| Died | January 26, 1996 (aged 82) n/a |
| Alma mater | n/a |
| Occupation | Boxer, world title challenger |
Bob Pastor (January 26, 1914 – January 26, 1996) born Robert E. Pasternak, was a prominent American boxer. He was a top-ranked Heavyweight of the 1940s who once challenged for the world title, losing to Joe Louis.
Pastor began his professional boxing career on his 21st birthday, January 26, 1935, fighting Julius Veight, a veteran who, with a record of 10 wins and 20 losses coming in, had a considerable experience advantage over the debutante boxer. The fight was held at Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York, and Pastor outscored Veight to win a six round points decision.
The fight with Veight was the beginning of an eight fight winning streak that saw Pastor score his first knockout, a fourth round stoppage of another veteran, 11-29-10 Frank LoBianco, at the Dyckman Oval, in New York City, June 12, 1935. Pastor fought at Yankee Stadium on September 24 of that year, outpointing 21-20-2 Terry Mitchell over four rounds. On November 1, in a fight of undefeated prospects, Pastor, by then 7-0 with 1 knockout win, faced Max Marek, who was 5-0, 2 knockouts coming in. This bout marked Pastor's first fight as a professional boxer at the Madison Square Garden. Pastor improved to 8-0 by outpointing Marek over 6 rounds. 28 days later, Pastor received the first blemish on his record, a six round draw (tie) against Eddie Sims, 23-15-1 coming into their bout.
The fight with Sims was followed by an encounter with ranked contender Steve Dudas, 36-7, on January 17, 1936, at the Madison Square Garden. This fight ended with Pastor being defeated for the first time as a professional fighter, Dudas taking the fight by an eight round decision. A draw against Al Delaney, 31-5-2, came after that, and then a rematch with Dudas in which Pastor avenged his earlier defeat by outpointing Dudas over 6 rounds on March 13 at the Madison Square Garden.
Pastor's next fight was highly unusual in that opponent Art Sykes, 11-12-1, suffered a nervous breakdown before their bout, returning to his hotel from the arena, and had to be persuaded to return from the hotel and fight. Sykes became disinterested in fighting and leaped out of the ring in round six, quitting and officially giving Pastor his second knockout win.
A win over Terry Mitchell in a rematch came after the fight with Sykes, then wins against Frankie Sims and Ralph Barbara (the later at St. Nicholas Arena) to set up a rubber-match with Dudas, on June 19, 1936, in which Pastor won by six round decision. The third Pastor-Dudas match-up was fought at Yankee Stadium.
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