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Randy Neumann

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Randy Neumann
Born
Randolph Neumann

(1948-07-21) July 21, 1948 (age 76)
NationalityAmerican
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Boxing record
Total fights38
Wins31
Wins by KO11
Losses7
Draws0

Randolph Neumann (born July 21, 1948), raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey,[1] is a former professional boxer who has been a referee for the New York State Athletic Commission since 1982. He has been the "third man" in many championship matches that have taken place in Madison Square Garden in New York City .

Boxer

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As a boxer, he compiled a professional record of 31 wins (11 by way of knockout) and 7 losses in 38 contests. In his career, he faced the likes of Jimmy Young, Chuck Wepner, and Jerry Quarry. He was ranked as high as the #9 contender worldwide at the Heavyweight division. However, after graduating from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey with a degree in business in 1975, he decided to retire from boxing. He once won the New Jersey State Heavyweight title by beating Chuck Wepner. The pair fought for that title three times, with Wepner winning twice.

Though he came back for one more bout as a Cruiserweight against Ibar Arrington on April 15, 1977, he retired from prizefighting for good to focus on acting, writing, and a business career.

Retirement

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Neumann was elected to the board of directors by the members of the International Boxing Federation at their annual convention, held in Montreal in May 2015. While there, he attended his first board meeting at which time he was elected Treasurer of the organization. Although he no longer referees fights (which he did for 31 years), he now supervises championship fights around the world. From 1983 to 2014, he refereed 339 fights, including many world title ones.[2]

Today he is the President of Randy Neumann Wealth Management located in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Professional boxing record

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31 Wins (11 knockouts, 20 decisions), 7 Losses (5 knockouts, 2 decisions)[1]
Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location Notes
Loss 19-2-1 United States Ibar Arrington TKO 5 15/04/1977 United States William L. Dickinson High School, Jersey City, New Jersey
Loss 32-0 United States Duane Bobick TKO 4 12/12/1975 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York Referee stopped the bout at 2:17 of the fourth round.
Win 7-5 United States Bobby Walker UD 10 17/10/1975 United States Long Island Arena, Commack, New York
Win 32-5 United States Boone Kirkman UD 10 05/09/1975 United States Las Vegas, Nevada
Loss 7-10-2 Trinidad and Tobago Wendell Joseph DQ 6 27/06/1975 The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas
Win 17-8-4 United Kingdom Billy Aird TKO 8 05/06/1975 United Kingdom Cunard Hotel, London
Win 19-16 Canada Larry Renaud PTS 10 08/04/1975 United States Orlando, Florida
Win 6-7 United States "Irish" Bob Scott DQ 2 21/03/1975 The Bahamas Bimini, Bahamas
Win 13-7 United States Larry Beilfuss TKO 5 04/02/1975 United States Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Referee stopped the bout at 2:08 of the fifth round.
Win 20-20-1 Trinidad and Tobago Carl "Tank" Baker TKO 10 15/12/1974 The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas
Loss 27-9-2 United States Chuck Wepner TKO 6 08/03/1974 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York New Jersey Heavyweight Title.
Win 11-4-1 Argentina Reinaldo Raul Gorosito PTS 10 05/11/1973 United States Felt Forum, New York City, New York
Win 26-4 Puerto Rico Pedro Agosto TKO 9 10/09/1973 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win 13-2 United States Doug Kirk TKO 2 19/04/1973 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Loss 43-6-4 United States Jerry Quarry RTD 7 05/01/1973 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win 5-2-2 United States G.G. Maldonado TKO 6 26/10/1972 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 1-1-1 United States Alex Carr KO 1 14/09/1972 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey Carr knocked out at 1:24 of the first round.
Loss 22-9-2 United States Chuck Wepner PTS 12 15/04/1972 United States Jersey City, New Jersey New Jersey Heavyweight Title.
Win 7-2 United States Jimmy Young PTS 10 10/03/1972 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win 22-8-2 United States Chuck Wepner PTS 12 09/12/1971 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey New Jersey Heavyweight Title.
Win 5-1 Argentina Reinaldo Raul Gorosito UD 10 17/11/1971 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win 2-4 United States Bob Castle TKO 5 28/10/1971 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 9-5 United States Brian O'Melia PTS 10 17/06/1971 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 1-0 Argentina Reinaldo Raul Gorosito PTS 8 13/05/1971 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 1-3 United States Tony Norris PTS 10 16/04/1971 United States Paterson Armory, Paterson, New Jersey
Win 2-2 United States Jimmy Harris PTS 8 18/03/1971 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Loss 1-2 United States Jimmy Harris KO 2 18/02/1971 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 4-4-2 Jamaica Edmund Stewart PTS 4 17/06/1970 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win 4-3-2 Jamaica Edmund Stewart PTS 8 28/05/1970 United States Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Win 0-9-2 United States Sonny Pittman PTS 8 09/04/1970 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 0-4 Canada Len Couture KO 4 19/03/1970 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 13-9-3 United States Tony Gagliardo PTS 6 16/02/1970 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win 0-3 Puerto Rico Angel Viera TKO 2 15/01/1970 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 1-2 United States Junior Wilkerson PTS 4 12/12/1969 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York
Win 1-1 United States Junior Wilkerson PTS 6 20/11/1969 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win 0-2 United States George Simpson PTS 6 30/10/1969 United States Embassy Hall, North Bergen, New Jersey
Win -- United States Junior Wilkerson PTS 4 01/10/1969 United States Jersey City Armory, Jersey City, New Jersey
Win 2-0 United States Jeff Marx KO 1 18/08/1969 United States Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

Referee

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In 1982, he telephoned John Condon (president of Madison Square Garden Boxing) and expressed interest in being a referee. After Condon put in a good word with the New York State Athletic Commission, they started using him as a ringside judge. Before long, he had his first assignment as a referee in a four-round bout at the Felt Forum (a part of Madison Square Garden).

Neumann is now a widely respected figure within the boxing community and has worked in the ring for 50+ title fights involving champions including Mike Tyson, Wladimir Klitschko, Meldrick Taylor, Buddy McGirt, Chris Byrd, Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz, and many others.

Writer

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Neumann wrote an article about a fight that he had against Chuck Wepner in Madison Square Garden that was published in the July 1974 issue of Sport magazine. He wrote 13 columns about boxing for the sports section of the New York Times. He wrote stories of boxing The New York Post, The New York News Magazine, Forbes, Signature, Harper's, New Jersey Monthly and other magazines. In 1988 he began writing a financial column for the Hudson Dispatch. Over the years he has syndicated the column in several newspapers. He wrote another book titled "Fighting for your Financial Future - Round Two".

References

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  1. ^ Randy Neumann Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame. Accessed March 22, 2011.
  2. ^ "Randy Neumann". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 11 Sep 2024.
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