Career
He organized Cook"s first boxing team, serving as coach and captain. Steve made rapid strides with his fists. Olympic results
Defeated Tomas Poetsch (Czechoslovakia) points
Defeated Witold Majchrzycki (Poland) points
Defeated Pascual Bonfiglio (Argentina) points
Defeated Gunnar Berggren (Sweden) points
Lost to Carlo Orlandi (Italy) points
Steve turned pro soon after the Olympics and quickly moved up the ladder with a string of victories.
1933 would be one of his best years in the professional ring.
He defeated Cocoa Kid twice, he beat and had a draw with Wesley Ramey and scored a decision over Paris Apice. In 1934 Steve defeated Lou Ambers over 6 rounds in Syracuse and less than 3 weeks later they would battle to a 10-round draw in Providence.
During Halaiko’s 13-year career he would break the top 10 rankings many times and fight the greats of his era. Among those greats were, Izzy Janazzo, Pedro Montanez, Tippy Larkin and Tony Canzoneri.
His final record was 74-35-11 with 22 KO’s which spanned from 1929 to 1942.
Halaiko died on February 6, 2001 at the age of 92.