| 1950 | New York City Golden Gloves Champion |
| 1952 | National Amateur Athletic Union middleweight champion |
| 1952 | U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist |
| 1956, 1960 | Ring Magazine Merit Award Neil Trophy |
| 1976 | Inducted in to Ring Magazine Boxing Hall of Fame |
| 1987 | Inducted into U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame |
| 1991 | Inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame |
Please include a link to this page if you have found this material useful for research or writing a related article. Content on this website is from high-quality, licensed material originally published in print form. You can always be sure you're reading unbiased, factual, and accurate information.
Highlight the text below, right-click, and select “copy”. Paste the link into your website, email, or any other HTML document.
User Comments Add a comment…