Joe Erskine (American boxer)

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.

Professional boxing record

 * align="center" colspan=8|4 Wins (0 knockouts, 4 decisions), 6 Losses (1 knockout, 5 decisions), 1 Draw
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 * 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
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 * Loss
 * 9-8-5
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Joe Lissy
 * KO
 * 5
 * 9 Sep 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Eintracht Oval, Astoria, New York
 * align=left|Erskine failed to regain consciousness in the ring but recovered in the dressing room.
 * Loss
 * 1-3-2
 * align=left|🇺🇸 O'Dell Hayes
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 3 Sep 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 4-11-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Willie Sydnor
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 12 Aug 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Fort Hamilton Arena, Brooklyn, New York
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 1-2-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 O'Dell Hayes
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 14 Jul 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 8-7-4
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Joe Lissy
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 17 May 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York
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 * Win
 * 4-0-4
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Paul Kostopoulos
 * PTS
 * 6
 * 30 Apr 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 St. Nicholas Arena, New York, New York
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 7-6-4
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Joe Lissy
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 19 Apr 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 6-6-4
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Joe Lissy
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 29 Mar 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York
 * align=left|
 * Loss
 * 9-2-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Artie Thelemaque
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 12 Mar 1954
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
 * align=left|
 * Win
 * 5-0-0
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Paddy Flood
 * PTS
 * 4
 * 1 Dec 1953
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York
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 * -align=center
 * Draw
 * align=left|4-1-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Roger Dennis
 * align=left|PTS
 * align=left|6
 * 28 Nov 1953
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Community Building, Waterville, Maine
 * align=left|
 * }
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York
 * align=left|
 * -align=center
 * Draw
 * align=left|4-1-1
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Roger Dennis
 * align=left|PTS
 * align=left|6
 * 28 Nov 1953
 * align=left|🇺🇸 Community Building, Waterville, Maine
 * align=left|
 * }
 * }

Long Distance Running Career
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.