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