[4] Highly rated welterweight contender Jack Zivic fell to Levine in a ten round points decision, the main bout at Motor Square Garden in Pittsburgh on April 12, 1926.

In one of his most impressive early victories, Levine scored well with straight lefts and rights to the head which slowed Zivic throughout the match.

[5] Levine had a match with reigning world welterweight champion Joe Dundee at New York's Madison Square Garden on May 7, 1926 that resulted in a ten round loss by points decision.

[6] On July 9, 1926, Levine challenged reigning champion Pete Latzo for the world welterweight title at New York's famed Polo Grounds.

[9] Levine lost to the highly accomplished former world welterweight champion Jack Britton in a ten round points decision on August 29, 1927 at Dexter Park Arena in Woodhaven, Queens, New York.

Though he was boxing at the advanced age of 40, Britton's ring experience seemed to prove the deciding factor in attaining his points margin, as he was able to score while still conserving energy.

[12] Fighting as welterweights, Izzy Grove defeated Levine on September 10, 1928, in a third round disqualification, at Dexter Park Arena in Queens.

[13] Only a month earlier on August 8, Levine had knocked out Grove 1:01 into the ninth round before a large audience at New York's Ebbetts Field, home of the Yankees.

The exceptional Freeman, a rising star, boxed elegantly conserving his energy to last the full ten rounds, and slipped most of the punches of Levine while landing his own with accuracy.

[7][18] After his retirement from boxing, Levine moved to Los Angeles, and purchased two taverns that he operated continuously for the next thirty years.