{"id":12198,"date":"2011-06-29T19:43:32","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T23:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=12198"},"modified":"2011-06-29T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T23:43:32","slug":"former-wbc-lightweight-champion-billy-costello-dead-at-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=12198","title":{"rendered":"Former WBC Lightweight Champion Billy Costello Dead at 55"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Billy Costello the former WBC Light Welterweight Champion passed away at age 55 today. Costello, battled lung cancer since April 2010 and faced it like the champion he was in the ring. Costello retired in 1999 with a professional record of 40-2, 23 KO’s and defended his title three times sucessfully.<\/p>\n

Billy was a Class Act and RSR extends its deepest condolences to the Costello family in their time of grief. RIP Billy…<\/p>\n

Billy Costello<\/strong>
\nDivision: Light Welterweight<\/strong>
\nProfessional Record: 40-2, 23 KO’s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date Opponent Location Result<\/strong><\/p>\n

1999-06-18 Juan La Porte Fayetteville, US W SD 10<\/p>\n

1997-01-22 Marvin Ladson Raleigh, US W TKO 3<\/p>\n

1995-05-31 Tim Scott Raleigh, US W PTS 10
\n1995-04-28 Jeff Passero Westbury, US W TKO 10<\/p>\n

1994-09-13 Bobby Elkins Westbury, US W KO 6
\n1994-01-28 Robert Hightower Kingston, US W PTS 10<\/p>\n

1993-11-11 Bernard Boisvert Melville, US W TKO 6
\n1993-06-18 Juan Carlos Romero White Plains, US W PTS 8<\/p>\n

1992-06-27 Marvin Ladson Miami, US W TKO 3<\/p>\n

1986-02-09 Alexis Arguello Reno, US L TKO 4<\/p>\n

1985-12-13 Rick Kaiser Kingston, US W KO 2
\n1985-08-21 Lonnie Smith New York, US L TKO 8
\nWBC Light Welterweight Title
\n1985-02-16 Leroy Haley Kingston, US W UD 12
\nWBC Light Welterweight Title<\/p>\n

1984-11-03 Saoul Mamby Kingston, US W UD 12
\nWBC Light Welterweight Title
\n1984-07-15 Ronnie Shields Kingston, US W UD 12
\nWBC Light Welterweight Title
\n1984-01-29 Bruce Curry Beaumont, US W TKO 10
\nWBC Light Welterweight Title<\/p>\n

1983-12-21 Mike Essett Syracuse, US W KO 4
\n1983-09-30 Clemente Rojas Kingston, US W TKO 5
\n1983-04-16 Carl Crowley Kingston, US W TKO 3<\/p>\n

1982-11-07 Willie Rodriguez Kingston, US W UD 10
\n1982-10-08 Dominic Fox Kingston, US W KO 2
\n1982-05-23 Felix Favella Las Vegas, US W TKO 3
\n1982-04-14 Bob Harvey White Plains, US W PTS 10
\n1982-02-17 Raul Hernandez White Plains, US W TKO 6<\/p>\n

1981-12-05 Chico Rosa Atlantic City, US W TKO 1
\n1981-07-18 Rosendo Ramirez Las Vegas, US W PTS 8
\n1981-04-24 Trevor Evelyn White Plains, US W TKO 5
\n1981-03-18 Marvin Jenkins White Plains, US W UD 10
\n1981-01-21 Charles Thomas White Plains, US W KO 2<\/p>\n

1980-10-24 Orlando Montalvo Uniondale, US W PTS 8
\n1980-10-02 Jose Green Commack, US W TKO 5
\n1980-09-17 Paul Moore White Plains, US W TKO 1
\n1980-05-14 Richie Sienni White Plains, US W PTS 6
\n1980-05-04 Richie Garland Kiamesha Lake, US W TKO 5
\n1980-04-16 Kato Ali White Plains, US W TKO 3
\n1980-02-13 Kato Ali White Plains, US W PTS 6<\/p>\n

1979-12-05 Marvin Edwards White Plains, US W TKO 1
\n1979-10-26 George Casher New York, US W PTS 4
\n1979-10-19 John Jones Commack, US W TKO 2
\n1979-10-12 Dave Bolden Uniondale, US W PTS 4
\n1979-09-12 Jose Gonzalez White Plains, US W KO 3
\n1979-08-22 Angel Ortiz New York, US W UD 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt Billy Costello the former WBC Light Welterweight Champion passed away at age 55 today. Costello, battled lung cancer since April 2010 and faced it like the champion he was in the ring. Costello retired in 1999 with a professional record of 40-2, 23 KO’s and defended his title three times sucessfully. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3873,838],"class_list":["post-12198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-billy-costello","tag-wbc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12198"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}