Young Stribling
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Real name | William Lawrence Stribling Jr. |
Nickname(s) | King of the Canebrakes |
Weight(s) | Heavyweight Light heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight |
Nationality | United States |
Born | Bainbridge, Georgia | December 26, 1904
Died | October 3, 1933 Macon, Georgia | (aged 28)
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 291 |
Wins | 256 |
Wins by KO | 129 |
Losses | 16 |
Draws | 17 |
No contests | 2 |
William Lawrence Stribling Jr. (December 26, 1904 – October 3, 1933), known as Young Stribling, was an American professional boxer who fought from Featherweight to Heavyweight from 1921 until 1933. He was the elder brother of fellow boxer Herbert "Baby" Stribling.
Background[]
Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, on December 26, 1904, Young Stribling spent most of his childhood in show business with his parents and a younger brother. His parents were devout Christians from rural southwest Georgia. In 1911, Stribling's family had come to Spokane on the Sullivan and Considine Vaudeville Circuit with an acrobatic act called the "Four Novelty Grahams." Ma was his trainer, donning gloves and sparring with him in the ring. Pa was his manager and promoter.
The Stribling family traveled widely as vaudeville performers with a wholesome family act that included gymnastics and balancing acts and ended with a brief boxing match between four-year-old "Strib" and his two-year-old brother, "Baby" Stribling. The act lasted several years and was so popular that it took the family through 38 foreign countries before they settled in Macon, Georgia, prior to World War I. Backstage between acts, the Striblings read the Bible together and prayed before each performance, just as "Strib" later prayed before each fight when he became a professional boxer. Regardless of where the family performed, they always went to church on Sunday and refused any physical training on the Lord's Day. "Strib" attended Macon's Lanier High School where he excelled as a forward on the basketball team that won the state championship in 1922.
Stribling was one of the best high school basketball players in the United States. He was known as a "dead shot". His team went to the national interscholastic tournament at Chicago, but he was ruled ineligible to play because of his professional boxing. Stribling was also an avid and accomplished aviator who loved to fly.
Stribling was raised as a vegetarian.[1]
Professional career[]
Stribling turned professional in 1921. While still in high school, Stribling fought 75 professional bouts. After gaining favorable media attention for his first major fight, a bout which he tied with champion Mike McTigue from Ireland, "Strib" was besieged by offers to box all over the United States, Europe, South America, and Africa. People wanted to see the young prodigy of the boxing ring in person during those days before television. "Strib's" most successful year was 1925 when the family purchased a bus and toured coast-to-coast to give fans in smaller towns an opportunity to see a popular boxer in exhibition bouts.
Pa sometimes pitted him against the local champion, offering $10.00, a substantive amount at the time, to anyone who could beat his son. "Strib" fought 33 matches that year. Moreover, the tour did much to popularize the sport, and it helped establish the athlete's reputation for clean sportsmanship and wholesome living. He never drank or smoked, and he was always careful about what went into his body.
Another cross-country tour in 1927, this time without the bus, resulted in his winning 57 straight fights with only one draw and one loss. He fought 38 bouts in 1928, winning all but two by a knockout. He ended the tour by knocking out three different opponents within four days in three different cities, no opponent lasting more than two rounds.
Macon loved the Stribling family and honored "Strib" with a parade after every major fight. In turn, "Strib" established himself as a valuable citizen. As a professional boxer "Strib" usually trained on the family farm in Ochlocknee, near Thomasville, Georgia. There on November 17, 1927, he was raised a Master Mason at Ochlocknee Lodge No. 117 (now defunct). And back in Macon on December 7, 1928, he became a 32° Scottish Rite Mason. He was created a Shriner of Macon's Al Sihah Temple on May 23, 1929.
During the peak of his career, "Strib" flew his own airplane to fights around the country and served as a lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve, taught Sunday School for athletes at Macon's Mulberry Street Methodist Church, and worshipped at Vineville Baptist Church where he was a member.
Incredibly handsome and personally appealing, the six-foot-tall, blue-eyed, brown-haired youth received offers to model clothes for major companies and to appear on the Broadway stage. He received numerous gifts from admirers, including a motorcycle on which he often had a rider, his mother. Big-name fighters had their photos made with him, including heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, who later became one of his best friends. By 1926, "Strib's" success as a boxer had earned him over a million dollars. And there was more to come. "Strib" celebrated his 21st birthday by marrying Clara Kinney, a student at Brenau College. Clara's father was a prominent Macon businessman, and her mother was the first woman to serve on the city council. Clara's grandfather was a former president of Wesleyan College in Macon, the oldest female college in America. "Strib" and Clara had three children. Although he lost his championship bid in the fight against future world champion Jack Sharkey at Miami Beach in 1929, "Strib" at 23 had fought more professional rounds than any other fighter in history, had knocked out more opponents, and had compiled other records as well.
Later in 1929, "Strib" made his first European tour where he lost by a foul to a future world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera in London and a month later defeated him in Paris in a rematch. Later in 1930, he made a second European tour, and this time defeated the champions of Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Belgium. Back in the United States while nursing a broken left hand, he defeated the heavyweight champion of Norway. "Strib" missed his one great chance to become heavyweight champion of the world when he lost to Max Schmeling on July 3, 1931, in Cleveland, on a technical knockout in the last 14 seconds of the 15th round. The battle was a rout before it was half over; the only round Young Stribling might have won was the 4th. According to one ringside observer, Stuart Bell, "Strib" may have landed only 30 good punches in the 15 round fight. It was the first major fight to be broadcast live over national radio. When the fight ended, "Strib" went to shake hands with Schmeling who, although swarmed by photographers, insisted on being photographed with "Strib." During the spring of 1932, "Strib" went on a boxing tour to Australia, accompanied by his wife and children, and in the fall they sailed to Johannesburg, South Africa, where he defeated the heavyweight champion of that country before a record crowd of 15,000. Early in 1933 "Strib" returned to Paris to beat, again, the champion of Belgium in a rematch. One night in Atlanta, "Strib" rose from his ringside seat and threw in the towel to stop a young boxer's brutal beating by an experienced opponent. The news reporter who witnessed the incident later wrote, "To me, this one incident did more to reveal the true character and instinct of Young Stribling than anything else—the instinct of a Christian gentleman who abhorred brutality whether at his expense or the expense of a foe."
Highlights[]
"Strib" fought a total of 253 recorded bouts, losing only 13. He was knocked out only once, and it was a technical KO during the final round with Germany's Max Schmeling in 1931. His lifetime achievement records include most fights by a heavyweight, most fights by a heavyweight in a single year (he fought 55), most knockouts by a heavyweight (129), and fewest times knocked out. Champion boxer Jim Corbett called him "the best heavyweight fighter for his pounds that ever lived." Setting himself at odds with boxing promoters of the 1920s, "Strib" decried the violence and cruelty associated with professional boxing, and he saw himself as a "scientific" pugilist who preferred to win over his opponent on points rather than knockouts. He gained attention from the media as an outstanding boxer beginning with his first professional fight at age 16 in Atlanta.
Death[]
He died on October 3, 1933, after a motorcycle/automobile accident when he was just 28. The accident occurred October 1 outside of Macon, Georgia. Traveling 35 miles per hour on a motorcycle, "Strib" was en route to a hospital to visit his convalescing wife and their newborn baby (his third child), born two weeks previously. He waved a greeting to a friend passing in an automobile. But he failed to see another car behind that of his friend, Roy Barrow. The veteran of roughly 300 bouts, who never received a permanent scar due to his great defensive skills, attempted to dodge the second car but was too late. The fender of the car struck Stribling, crushing and virtually ripping off his left foot, and sending him to the pavement, fracturing his pelvis.
Stribling was taken to the hospital, where, coincidentally, his wife and baby were. His mother rushed to the hospital from the Stribling plantation in South Georgia; his father from Texas. At one point he awoke, saw his wife, and asked, "How's the baby?" Almost to the end he remained conscious, "carrying on in the same spirit that he showed when they picked him up from the roadside on Sunday," reported papers of the day. "Well, kid," he said to his friend (Barrow), who was the first to reach him as he lay beside his wrecked motorcycle with one foot dangling by a single tendon, "I guess this means NO more roadwork."
At first the doctors held out hope, after they had amputated his left foot. But his vitality began to wane. Physicians were amazed at his ability to cling to life when his temperature hit 107.5 degrees and his pulse 175bpm. His wife was wheeled into his room and he recognized her. "W.L.?" "Sugar," was his barely audible reply. "Hello, baby," were his last words to her, the papers reported. His father walked grimly from the room and tearfully said, "He's gone." Death occurred at 6:00 Tuesday morning, October 3. The next day, his body was placed in the Municipal Auditorium of Macon, to lie in state from 10 in the morning until 6 that evening. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery.[2]
Honors[]
- Inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1965.
- Stribling's fight against Schmeling was named Ring Magazine fight of the year in 1931.
- Inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1996.http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/oldtimer/stribling.html
Professional boxing record[]
All information in this section is derived from BoxRec,[3] unless otherwise stated.
Official Record[]
291 fights | 224 wins | 13 losses |
By knockout | 129 | 1 |
By decision | 93 | 8 |
By disqualification | 2 | 4 |
Draws | 14 | |
No contests | 2 | |
Newspaper decisions/draws | 38 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | showNotes |
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Unofficial record[]
291 fights | 256 wins | 16 losses |
By knockout | 129 | 1 |
By decision | 125 | 11 |
By disqualification | 2 | 4 |
Draws | 17 | |
No contests | 2 |
Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions to the win/loss/draw column.
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | hideNotes |
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291 | Win | 256–16–17 (2) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Sep 22, 1933 | ![]() |
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290 | Win | 255–16–17 (2) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Aug 29, 1933 | ![]() |
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289 | Win | 254–16–17 (2) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 2, 1933 | ![]() |
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288 | Loss | 253–16–17 (2) | ![]() |
DQ | 8 (10) | Mar 6, 1933 | ![]() |
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287 | Win | 253–15–17 (2) | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Dec 17, 1932 | ![]() |
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286 | Win | 252–15–17 (2) | ![]() |
KO | 6 (12) | Nov 7, 1932 | ![]() |
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285 | Win | 251–15–17 (2) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (12) | Nov 3, 1932 | ![]() |
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284 | NC | 250–15–17 (2) | ![]() |
NC | 8 (12) | Oct 29, 1932 | ![]() |
The bout was declared a no contest after both boxers "continued to engage in hostilities after the bell" ending the 8th round |
283 | Win | 250–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Sep 22, 1932 | ![]() |
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282 | Win | 249–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
RTD | 5 (15) | Aug 10, 1932 | ![]() |
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281 | Win | 248–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Jul 25, 1932 | ![]() |
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280 | Win | 247–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (15) | Jul 4, 1932 | ![]() |
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279 | Win | 246–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | May 30, 1932 | ![]() |
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278 | Win | 245–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | May 23, 1932 | ![]() |
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277 | Win | 244–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 16, 1932 | ![]() |
Doctor disqualified for "stalling" |
276 | Win | 243–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 10, 1932 | ![]() |
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275 | Loss | 242–15–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 26, 1932 | ![]() |
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274 | Win | 242–14–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Nov 23, 1931 | ![]() |
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273 | Win | 241–14–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Nov 11, 1931 | ![]() |
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272 | Win | 240–14–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | Nov 3, 1931 | ![]() |
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271 | Win | 239–14–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Oct 19, 1931 | ![]() |
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270 | Loss | 238–14–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 15 (15) | Jul 3, 1931 | ![]() |
For NBA and The Ring heavyweight titles |
269 | Win | 238–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Dec 12, 1930 | ![]() |
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268 | Win | 237–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Nov 19, 1930 | ![]() |
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267 | Win | 236–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 11, 1930 | ![]() |
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266 | Win | 235–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Oct 31, 1930 | ![]() |
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265 | Win | 234–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (15) | Jul 28, 1930 | ![]() |
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264 | Win | 233–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jun 20, 1930 | ![]() |
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263 | Win | 232–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 6 | Jun 5, 1930 | ![]() |
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262 | Win | 231–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | May 8, 1930 | ![]() |
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261 | Win | 230–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 21, 1930 | ![]() |
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260 | Win | 229–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 8 (10) | Feb 17, 1930 | ![]() |
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259 | Win | 228–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jan 22, 1930 | ![]() |
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258 | Win | 227–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
DQ | 7 (10) | Dec 7, 1929 | ![]() |
Carnera struck Stribling from behind after the bell ended the seventh round. The bout was probably fixed |
257 | Loss | 226–13–17 (1) | ![]() |
DQ | 4 (15) | Nov 18, 1929 | ![]() |
Both fighters down in the third. Carnera down from low blow in 4th. This bout was probably fixed |
256 | Win | 226–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 6, 1929 | ![]() |
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255 | Win | 225–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Sep 24, 1929 | ![]() |
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254 | Win | 224–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10) | Sep 2, 1929 | ![]() |
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253 | Win | 223–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Aug 30, 1929 | ![]() |
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252 | Win | 222–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Aug 29, 1929 | ![]() |
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251 | Win | 221–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Aug 19, 1929 | ![]() |
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250 | Win | 220–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Aug 12, 1929 | ![]() |
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249 | Loss | 219–12–17 (1) | ![]() |
DQ | 6 (10) | Jul 29, 1929 | ![]() |
A right hand punch to the groin disqualified Stribling |
248 | Win | 219–11–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 18, 1929 | ![]() |
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247 | Win | 218–11–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jul 11, 1929 | ![]() |
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246 | Win | 217–11–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jul 4, 1929 | ![]() |
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245 | Win | 216–11–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 8 (10) | Jun 24, 1929 | ![]() |
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244 | Win | 215–11–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jun 17, 1929 | ![]() |
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243 | Loss | 214–11–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 27, 1929 | ![]() |
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242 | Win | 214–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Jan 25, 1929 | ![]() |
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241 | Win | 213–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8) | Jan 21, 1929 | ![]() |
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240 | Win | 212–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jan 18, 1929 | ![]() |
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239 | Win | 211–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jan 9, 1929 | ![]() |
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238 | Win | 210–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jan 1, 1929 | ![]() |
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237 | Win | 209–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Dec 21, 1928 | ![]() |
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236 | Win | 208–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Dec 20, 1928 | ![]() |
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235 | Win | 207–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) | Dec 18, 1928 | ![]() |
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234 | Win | 206–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10) | Nov 30, 1928 | ![]() |
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233 | Win | 205–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Oct 30, 1928 | ![]() |
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232 | Win | 204–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Sep 20, 1928 | ![]() |
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231 | Win | 203–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Sep 6, 1928 | ![]() |
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230 | Win | 202–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10) | Aug 13, 1928 | ![]() |
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229 | Win | 201–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Aug 6, 1928 | ![]() |
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228 | Win | 200–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jul 24, 1928 | ![]() |
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227 | Win | 199–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 20, 1928 | ![]() |
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226 | Win | 198–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jul 4, 1928 | ![]() |
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225 | Win | 197–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Jul 2, 1928 | ![]() |
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224 | Win | 196–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Jun 12, 1928 | ![]() |
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223 | Win | 195–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 7, 1928 | ![]() |
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222 | Win | 194–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jun 5, 1928 | ![]() |
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221 | Win | 193–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jun 1, 1928 | ![]() |
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220 | Win | 192–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (8) | May 30, 1928 | ![]() |
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219 | Win | 191–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | May 25, 1928 | ![]() |
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218 | Win | 190–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | May 22, 1928 | ![]() |
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217 | Win | 189–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | May 18, 1928 | ![]() |
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216 | Win | 188–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | May 9, 1928 | ![]() |
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215 | Win | 187–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | May 8, 1928 | ![]() |
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214 | Win | 186–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Apr 30, 1928 | ![]() |
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213 | Win | 185–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Apr 23, 1928 | ![]() |
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212 | Win | 184–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Apr 17, 1928 | ![]() |
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211 | Win | 183–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Apr 11, 1928 | ![]() |
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210 | Win | 182–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Apr 2, 1928 | ![]() |
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209 | Win | 181–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10) | Mar 30, 1928 | ![]() |
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208 | Win | 180–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Mar 16, 1928 | ![]() |
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207 | Win | 179–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Mar 12, 1928 | ![]() |
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206 | Win | 178–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Mar 6, 1928 | ![]() |
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205 | Win | 177–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Feb 27, 1928 | ![]() |
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204 | Win | 176–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Feb 23, 1928 | ![]() |
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203 | Win | 175–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Feb 7, 1928 | ![]() |
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202 | Win | 174–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Feb 6, 1928 | ![]() |
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201 | Win | 173–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 30, 1928 | ![]() |
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200 | Win | 172–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jan 23, 1928 | ![]() |
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199 | Win | 171–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jan 9, 1928 | ![]() |
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198 | Win | 170–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Dec 15, 1927 | ![]() |
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197 | Win | 169–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 9, 1927 | ![]() |
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196 | Win | 168–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10) | Nov 21, 1927 | ![]() |
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195 | Win | 167–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Nov 8, 1927 | ![]() |
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194 | Win | 166–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 4, 1927 | ![]() |
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193 | Win | 165–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
KO | 4 (10) | Oct 28, 1927 | ![]() |
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192 | NC | 164–10–17 (1) | ![]() |
NC | 6 (10) | Sep 6, 1927 | ![]() |
Diebel and Stribling were arrested by Inspector of Detectives, Ben Banbaum on charges of participating in a sham/framed fight |
191 | Win | 164–10–17 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (?) | Aug 29, 1927 | ![]() |
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190 | Draw | 163–10–17 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Aug 25, 1927 | ![]() |
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189 | Win | 163–10–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 21, 1927 | ![]() |
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188 | Win | 162–10–16 | ![]() |
DQ | 6 (10) | Jul 4, 1927 | ![]() |
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187 | Win | 161–10–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 19, 1927 | ![]() |
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186 | Win | 160–10–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 12 | May 13, 1927 | ![]() |
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185 | Loss | 159–10–16 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | May 3, 1927 | ![]() |
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184 | Win | 159–9–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 18, 1927 | ![]() |
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183 | Win | 158–9–16 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (8) | Apr 7, 1927 | ![]() |
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182 | Win | 157–9–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | Apr 4, 1927 | ![]() |
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181 | Win | 156–9–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | Mar 23, 1927 | ![]() |
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180 | Win | 155–9–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 17, 1927 | ![]() |
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179 | Win | 154–9–16 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Mar 10, 1927 | ![]() |
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178 | Win | 153–9–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | Mar 3, 1927 | ![]() |
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177 | Win | 152–9–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 7, 1927 | ![]() |
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176 | Win | 151–9–16 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Dec 20, 1926 | ![]() |
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175 | Win | 150–9–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (10) | Nov 26, 1926 | ![]() |
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174 | Win | 149–9–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 18, 1926 | ![]() |
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173 | Win | 148–9–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Nov 11, 1926 | ![]() |
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172 | Win | 147–9–16 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (12) | Oct 18, 1926 | ![]() |
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171 | Win | 146–9–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Oct 15, 1926 | ![]() |
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170 | Win | 145–9–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (8) | Sep 30, 1926 | ![]() |
This bout may have taken place on September 29, 1926 |
169 | Win | 144–9–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 21, 1926 | ![]() |
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168 | Win | 143–9–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10) | Sep 17, 1926 | ![]() |
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167 | Loss | 142–9–16 | ![]() |
UD | 15 | Jun 10, 1926 | ![]() |
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring light-heavyweight titles |
166 | Win | 142–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 24, 1926 | ![]() |
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165 | Win | 141–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 14, 1926 | ![]() |
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164 | Win | 140–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8) | Apr 26, 1926 | ![]() |
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163 | Win | 139–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Apr 25, 1926 | ![]() |
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162 | Win | 138–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Apr 20, 1926 | ![]() |
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161 | Win | 137–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Apr 13, 1926 | ![]() |
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160 | Win | 136–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Apr 12, 1926 | ![]() |
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159 | Win | 135–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 25, 1926 | ![]() |
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158 | Win | 134–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Dec 4, 1925 | ![]() |
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157 | Win | 133–8–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (15) | Nov 27, 1925 | ![]() |
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156 | Win | 132–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 7, 1925 | ![]() |
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155 | Win | 131–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8) | Nov 2, 1925 | ![]() |
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154 | Win | 130–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Oct 22, 1925 | ![]() |
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153 | Win | 129–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 10, 1925 | ![]() |
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152 | Win | 128–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10) | Aug 31, 1925 | ![]() |
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151 | Win | 127–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (12) | Aug 27, 1925 | ![]() |
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150 | Win | 126–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12) | Aug 25, 1925 | ![]() |
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149 | Win | 125–8–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10) | Aug 21, 1925 | ![]() |
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148 | Win | 124–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 18, 1925 | ![]() |
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147 | Win | 123–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Aug 4, 1925 | ![]() |
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146 | Win | 122–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 28, 1925 | ![]() |
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145 | Win | 121–8–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (10) | Jul 17, 1925 | ![]() |
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144 | Win | 120–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Jul 9, 1925 | ![]() |
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143 | Win | 119–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jul 2, 1925 | ![]() |
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142 | Win | 118–8–16 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | Jun 29, 1925 | ![]() |
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141 | Win | 117–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 15, 1925 | ![]() |
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140 | Win | 116–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12) | Jun 8, 1925 | ![]() |
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139 | Win | 115–8–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jun 2, 1925 | ![]() |
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138 | Win | 114–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | May 25, 1925 | ![]() |
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137 | Win | 113–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | May 19, 1925 | ![]() |
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136 | Win | 112–8–16 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (10) | May 7, 1925 | ![]() |
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135 | Win | 111–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 7, 1925 | ![]() |
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134 | Win | 110–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 28, 1925 | ![]() |
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133 | Win | 109–8–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 9, 1925 | ![]() |
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132 | Win | 108–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Mar 3, 1925 | ![]() |
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131 | Loss | 107–8–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Feb 27, 1925 | ![]() |
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130 | Win | 107–7–16 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10) | Feb 20, 1925 | ![]() |
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129 | Win | 106–7–16 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Feb 2, 1925 | ![]() |
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128 | Win | 105–7–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jan 21, 1925 | ![]() |
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127 | Win | 104–7–16 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 14, 1925 | ![]() |
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126 | Draw | 103–7–16 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jan 12, 1925 | ![]() |
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125 | Win | 103–7–15 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Dec 15, 1924 | ![]() |
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124 | Win | 102–7–15 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Dec 12, 1924 | ![]() |
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123 | Win | 101–7–15 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 27, 1924 | ![]() |
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122 | Win | 100–7–15 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (10) | Nov 11, 1924 | ![]() |
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121 | Win | 99–7–15 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Sep 27, 1924 | ![]() |
|
120 | Loss | 98–7–15 | ![]() |
NWS | 12 | Sep 24, 1924 | ![]() |
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119 | Win | 98–6–15 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 16, 1924 | ![]() |
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118 | Win | 97–6–15 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (12) | Sep 13, 1924 | ![]() |
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117 | Win | 96–6–15 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (12) | Sep 9, 1924 | ![]() |
|
116 | Win | 95–6–15 | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Sep 5, 1924 | ![]() |
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115 | Win | 94–6–15 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Sep 4, 1924 | ![]() |
|
114 | Win | 93–6–15 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 1, 1924 | ![]() |
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113 | Draw | 92–6–15 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Aug 27, 1924 | ![]() |
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112 | Win | 92–6–14 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (8) | Aug 18, 1924 | ![]() |
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111 | Win | 91–6–14 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12) | Aug 12, 1924 | ![]() |
|
110 | Win | 90–6–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Jun 26, 1924 | ![]() |
|
109 | Win | 89–6–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | May 28, 1924 | ![]() |
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108 | Win | 88–6–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 20, 1924 | ![]() |
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107 | Win | 87–6–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 12 | May 8, 1924 | ![]() |
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106 | Win | 86–6–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 2, 1924 | ![]() |
|
105 | Win | 85–6–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Apr 29, 1924 | ![]() |
|
104 | Win | 84–6–14 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Apr 25, 1924 | ![]() |
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103 | Win | 83–6–14 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10) | Apr 14, 1924 | ![]() |
|
102 | Win | 82–6–14 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (12) | Apr 11, 1924 | ![]() |
|
101 | Win | 81–6–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 12 | Mar 31, 1924 | ![]() |
|
100 | Win | 80–6–14 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Feb 28, 1924 | ![]() |
|
99 | Loss | 79–6–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Feb 25, 1924 | ![]() |
|
98 | Win | 79–5–14 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (?) | Feb 15, 1924 | ![]() |
|
97 | Win | 78–5–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Feb 11, 1924 | ![]() |
|
96 | Win | 77–5–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 4, 1924 | ![]() |
|
95 | Win | 76–5–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 29, 1924 | ![]() |
|
94 | Win | 75–5–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jan 21, 1924 | ![]() |
|
93 | Loss | 74–5–14 | ![]() |
DQ | 6 (?) | Jan 14, 1924 | ![]() |
|
92 | Win | 74–4–14 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (12) | Jan 10, 1924 | ![]() |
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91 | Win | 73–4–14 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (15) | Jan 3, 1924 | ![]() |
|
90 | Win | 72–4–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 12 | Jan 1, 1924 | ![]() |
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89 | Win | 71–4–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 12 | Dec 21, 1923 | ![]() |
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88 | Win | 70–4–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 8 | Dec 18, 1923 | ![]() |
|
87 | Win | 69–4–14 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (6) | Dec 15, 1923 | ![]() |
|
86 | Win | 68–4–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 26, 1923 | ![]() |
|
85 | Win | 67–4–14 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Oct 18, 1923 | ![]() |
|
84 | Win | 66–4–14 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Oct 15, 1923 | ![]() |
|
83 | Draw | 65–4–14 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 4, 1923 | ![]() |
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring light-heavyweight titles |
82 | Win | 65–4–13 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10) | Sep 19, 1923 | ![]() |
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81 | Win | 64–4–13 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Sep 10, 1923 | ![]() |
|
80 | Win | 63–4–13 | ![]() |
PTS | 15 | Jun 25, 1923 | ![]() |
|
79 | Draw | 62–4–13 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 18, 1923 | ![]() |
|
78 | Win | 62–4–12 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 14, 1923 | ![]() |
|
77 | Win | 61–4–12 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 4, 1923 | ![]() |
|
76 | Win | 60–4–12 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | May 17, 1923 | ![]() |
|
75 | Win | 59–4–12 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | May 17, 1923 | ![]() |
Won Southern middleweight title |
74 | Loss | 58–4–12 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 4, 1923 | ![]() |
Lost Southern middleweight title |
73 | Win | 58–3–12 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (?) | Apr 26, 1923 | ![]() |
Won vacant middleweight championship of the south |
72 | Draw | 57–3–12 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Apr 23, 1923 | ![]() |
|
71 | Win | 57–3–11 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 19, 1923 | ![]() |
|
70 | Win | 56–3–11 | ![]() |
KO | 9 (15) | Mar 29, 1923 | ![]() |
|
69 | Win | 55–3–11 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 20, 1923 | ![]() |
|
68 | Draw | 54–3–11 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 9, 1923 | ![]() |
|
67 | Win | 54–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 1, 1923 | ![]() |
|
66 | Win | 53–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 27, 1923 | ![]() |
|
65 | Win | 52–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 8, 1923 | ![]() |
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64 | Win | 51–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 30, 1923 | ![]() |
|
63 | Win | 50–3–10 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (15) | Jan 26, 1923 | ![]() |
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62 | Win | 49–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 18, 1923 | ![]() |
|
61 | Win | 48–3–10 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jan 1, 1923 | ![]() |
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60 | Win | 47–3–10 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10) | Dec 29, 1922 | ![]() |
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59 | Win | 46–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Dec 26, 1922 | ![]() |
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58 | Win | 45–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 7, 1922 | ![]() |
|
57 | Win | 44–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 1, 1922 | ![]() |
Retained welterweight championship of the south |
56 | Win | 43–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | Nov 18, 1922 | ![]() |
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55 | Win | 42–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 9, 1922 | ![]() |
|
54 | Win | 41–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | Oct 20, 1922 | ![]() |
|
53 | Win | 40–3–10 | ![]() |
KO | 10 (10) | Oct 14, 1922 | ![]() |
|
52 | Win | 39–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 4, 1922 | ![]() |
|
51 | Win | 38–3–10 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (10) | Sep 29, 1922 | ![]() |
|
50 | Win | 37–3–10 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Sep 14, 1922 | ![]() |
|
49 | Draw | 36–3–10 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 4, 1922 | ![]() |
Retained Southern welterweight title |
48 | Win | 36–3–9 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Aug 17, 1922 | ![]() |
|
47 | Win | 35–3–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 9, 1922 | ![]() |
|
46 | Win | 34–3–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 4, 1922 | ![]() |
|
45 | Win | 33–3–9 | ![]() |
KO | 8 (10) | Jul 27, 1922 | ![]() |
|
44 | Win | 32–3–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jul 4, 1922 | ![]() |
Won welterweight championship of the south |
43 | Loss | 31–3–9 | ![]() |
NWS | 10 | Jun 12, 1922 | ![]() |
|
42 | Win | 31–2–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Jun 6, 1922 | ![]() |
|
41 | Win | 30–2–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 2, 1922 | ![]() |
|
40 | Win | 29–2–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 24, 1922 | ![]() |
|
39 | Draw | 28–2–9 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 18, 1922 | ![]() |
|
38 | Draw | 28–2–8 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 3, 1922 | ![]() |
|
37 | Draw | 28–2–7 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 25, 1922 | ![]() |
|
36 | Win | 28–2–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Apr 21, 1922 | ![]() |
|
35 | Win | 27–2–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 6, 1922 | ![]() |
|
34 | Loss | 26–2–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 28, 1922 | ![]() |
|
33 | Win | 26–1–6 | ![]() |
KO | 6 (10) | Mar 23, 1922 | ![]() |
|
32 | Win | 25–1–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 13, 1922 | ![]() |
|
31 | Draw | 24–1–6 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 7, 1922 | ![]() |
|
30 | Win | 24–1–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 13, 1922 | ![]() |
|
29 | Win | 23–1–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Feb 2, 1922 | ![]() |
|
28 | Draw | 22–1–5 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jan 23, 1922 | ![]() |
|
27 | Win | 22–1–4 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Jan 16, 1922 | ![]() |
|
26 | Draw | 21–1–4 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 30, 1921 | ![]() |
Retained Southern featherweight title |
25 | Draw | 21–1–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 26, 1921 | ![]() |
|
24 | Win | 21–1–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 19, 1921 | ![]() |
|
23 | Win | 20–1–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Dec 5, 1921 | ![]() |
Won vacant USA Georgia State lightweight title |
22 | Win | 19–1–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 29, 1921 | ![]() |
|
21 | Draw | 18–1–2 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Nov 9, 1921 | ![]() |
Retained Southern featherweight title |
20 | Win | 18–1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 25, 1921 | ![]() |
|
19 | Win | 17–1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Oct 10, 1921 | ![]() |
|
18 | Win | 16–1–1 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | Sep 29, 1921 | ![]() |
|
17 | Draw | 15–1–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Sep 5, 1921 | ![]() |
|
16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 15, 1921 | ![]() |
Retained Southern featherweight title |
15 | Win | 14–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Aug 4, 1921 | ![]() |
|
14 | Win | 13–1 | ![]() |
KO | 8 (10) | Jul 12, 1921 | ![]() |
|
13 | Win | 12–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (10) | Jul 4, 1921 | ![]() |
|
12 | Win | 11–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | Jun 23, 1921 | ![]() |
|
11 | Win | 10–1 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10) | Jun 13, 1921 | ![]() |
|
10 | Win | 9–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Jun 7, 1921 | ![]() |
|
9 | Win | 8–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | May 26, 1921 | ![]() |
Won vacant USA Georgia State featherweight title |
8 | Win | 7–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10) | May 5, 1921 | ![]() |
|
7 | Win | 6–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Apr 5, 1921 | ![]() |
|
6 | Loss | 5–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | Mar 30, 1921 | ![]() |
|
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 10 | Mar 22, 1921 | ![]() |
|
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6) | Feb 18, 1921 | ![]() |
|
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6) | Feb 15, 1921 | ![]() |
|
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | Feb 9, 1921 | ![]() |
|
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | Jan 17, 1921 | ![]() |
Footnotes[]
- ^ White, Jaclyn Weldon. (2011). The Greatest Champion that Never Was: The Life of W.L. "Young" Stribling. Mercer University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-88146-252-4
- ^ "History of Riverside Cemetery". Riverside Cemetery. Retrieved April 27, 2017.
- ^ https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12052
References[]
- Excerpts taken from the Nov. 7, 1927 Spokane Spokesman Review newspaper, just prior to Stribling's visit to nearby Dishman, WA.
- White, Jaclyn Weldon. 2011. The Greatest Champion that Never Was. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press.
- Elliott, Jack, "How Far was Stribling in Earnest?", The Referee, (Wednesday, 6 July 1932), p.10.
- Palmer-Stribling Fight Round by Round, The Referee, (Wednesday, 6 July 1932), p.11.
- Was Always Palmer's Master, The Referee, (Wednesday, 6 July 1932), p.12.
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