Joey Erskine | |
Realname: | Joseph Harold Erskine |
Weight: | Welterweight |
Nationality: | American |
Birth Date: | October 17, 1930 |
Birth Place: | New York, New York, USA |
Death Date: | January 16, 2009 (aged 78) |
Death Place: | Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 11 |
Wins: | 4 |
Losses: | 6 |
Draws: | 1 |
No Contests: | 0 |
Ko: | 0 |
Joseph Harold "Joey" Erskine (October 17, 1930 - January 16, 2009) was an American athlete who was active as a welterweight boxer in 1953 and 1954, and as a long distance runner from 1975 to 1980.
|-|align="center" colspan=8|4 Wins (0 knockouts, 4 decisions), 6 Losses (1 knockout, 5 decisions), 1 Draw http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=177518&cat=boxer|-| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes|-|Loss||align=left| Joe Lissy|KO|5|9 Sep 1954|align=left| Eintracht Oval, Astoria, New York|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| O'Dell Hayes|PTS|4|3 Sep 1954|align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Willie Sydnor|PTS|6|12 Aug 1954|align=left| Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn, New York|align=left||-|Win||align=left| O'Dell Hayes|PTS|4|14 Jul 1954|align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| Joe Lissy|PTS|4|17 May 1954|align=left| St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Paul Kostopoulos|PTS|6|30 Apr 1954|align=left| St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| Joe Lissy|PTS|4|19 Apr 1954|align=left| Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| Joe Lissy|PTS|4|29 Mar 1954|align=left| Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York|align=left||-|Loss||align=left| Artie Thelemaque|PTS|4|12 Mar 1954|align=left| Madison Square Garden, New York, New York|align=left||-|Win||align=left| Paddy Flood|PTS|4|1 Dec 1953|align=left| Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York|align=left||-|-align=center|Draw|align=left||align=left| Roger Dennis|align=left|PTS|align=left|6|28 Nov 1953|align=left| Community Building, Waterville, Maine|align=left||}
In the mid-1970s while in his mid-forties, Erskine, as a member of the Millrose Athletic Association, became a champion ultramarathoner participating in such races as the Boston and New York Marathons, the New York Road Runner Club's Metropolitan 50 Miler, as well as the London to Brighton Ultramarathon.