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British-born American actor and comedian Bob Hope had a brief boxing career (in 1919) under the name Packy East (named after the popular boxer Packey McFarland).^[1] His best result was making it to the finals of the Ohio novice championship in 1919.^[2]^[3] Hope participated in a few staged bouts later in life.

Boxing record

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Date	Round	Time	Event	Location	Notes
N/A		Mike Carrigan (Wisniewski)	result unavailable	1919				Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
Win	1-0-0	Unknown^[1]	KO	1919	1		Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament)	Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio	Opening match (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. Source: New York Herald Tribune, July 10, 1938.
Win	2-0-0	Joe E. Morgan^[1]	Default (Hope's opponent failed to show for bout.)	July 1, 1919			Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament)	Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio	Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East.
Win	3-0-0	Aldo Sperati^[1]		July 3, 1919			Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament)	Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio	Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East.
Win	4-0-0	Shorty Sedwich^[1]	KO	July 4, 1919	1		Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament)	Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio	Semi-Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East.
Loss	4-1-0	Happy Walsh^[1]	KO	1919			Ohio State Boxing Amateurs (Tournament)	Moose Hall, Cleveland, Ohio	Finals (Lightweight Division) Hope fought as Packy East. Source: The Plain Dealer, August 17, 1984.
Win	5-1-0	Jack Dempsey^[1]	KO	April 10, 1948	1	0:14	Charity match for the US Airforce	Madison Square Garden, New York	Clearly a "rigged" bout. Former heavyweight champ Dempsey is "KO'd" in 14 seconds.^[4]
No contest	5-1-0-1	Rocky Marciano	No contest	1968	1		"Salute To The USO"	Madison Square Garden, New York	Charity match. Bing Crosby was referee. 19,000 fans attended. (RING Magazine, May 1968, page 33)
N/A	5-1-0-1	Sugar Ray Robinson	Result Unknown	April 21, 1972			Sugar Ray Youth Foundation	North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California	Charity match for the Sugar Ray (Robinson) Youth Foundation^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Bob Hope". boxing-scoop.com. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
^ Current Biography 1941, pp. 402–404.
^ "Bob Hope: A Cleveland son and an American legend". Homegrown Heroes. cleveland.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
^ "BOB HOPE KNOCKS JACK DEMPSEY COLD!". Reuters (via itnsource.com). October 4, 1948. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
^ "Charity match for the Sugar Ray (Robinson) Youth Foundation". Aiken Standard. April 21, 1972. p. 5.^{[dead link]}