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Al McCoy

73–51 · 139 recorded bouts · 1910–1924

Boxing record

73–51–33

Al McCoy finished 37% of 73 wins inside the distance — the 15th percentile for middleweight boxing, where the median is 60%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

19101920win v Jim McGuinness, 1911, kodraw v Yankee Gilbert, 1911, drawloss v Bill Fleming, 1911win v Jack Ryan, 1911, kodraw v Johnny Gallant, 1911, drawloss v Mike Farrell, 1911draw v Monk Green, 1911, drawloss v Johnny Glover, 1911draw v Johnny Fraser, 1911, drawdraw v Young Hugo Kelly, 1911, drawwin v Billy Shea, 1911draw v Shadow McCormick, 1911, drawwin v Kid Ryan, 1911, koloss v Joe White, 1912, dqwin v Jack Smith, 1912draw v Gus Christie, 1912, decisionwin v Sailor Jack Howard, 1912, kowin v Young Erne, 1912win v Marty Brown, 1912draw v Joe Stein, 1912, drawwin v Johnny Shaw, 1912, kowin v Charley Sieger, 1912, kowin v Bill Fleming, 1912draw v Paddy Sullivan, 1912, drawwin v Dave Kurtz, 1912win v Mike Farrell, 1912draw v Young Hickey, 1912, drawwin v Battling Jack Nelson, 1912, kowin v Joe Kastner, 1912loss v Willie Fitzgerald, 1912win v Eddie Hanlon, 1912, kowin v Rudolph Hinz, 1912win v Johnny Waltz, 1912, koloss v Young Otto, 1912win v Terry McGraw, 1912win v Sailor Eddie Maher, 1912, koloss v Young Joe Grim, 1912win v Young DeGrand, 1912, kowin v Jack Beckman, 1912, kodraw v Zulu Kid, 1913, drawwin v Bull Anderson, 1913win v Mike Farrell, 1913win v Freddie Kiebler, 1913draw v Willie K.O. Brennan, 1913, drawwin v Noah Brusso, 1913, decisionwin v Johnny Stewart, 1913win v Bill Fleming, 1913win v Billy Grupp, 1913win v Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield, 1913win v Billy Sherman, 1913, kowin v Terry Mitchell, 1913draw v Wildcat Ferns, 1913, decisionwin v Eddie Mack, 1913, koloss v Young Ahearn, 1913win v Battling Larry Ryan, 1913win v Harry Thiel, 1913win v Al Thiel, 1913draw v Harry Price, 1913, drawloss v Young McCartney, 1913loss v Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield, 1914win v Italian Joe Gans, 1914win v Emmett "Kid" Wagner, 1914loss v Bill Fleming, 1914loss v Willie K.O. Brennan, 1914win v Willie Lewis, 1914, koloss v Billy Murray, 1914win v George Pearsall, 1914, kowin v George Chip, 1914, kowin v Tommy Teague, 1914draw v Joe Chip, 1914, drawloss v Mike Gibbons, 1914win v Jack Smith, 1914win v Johnny Shaw, 1914, kodraw v Eddie Nearing, 1914, drawloss v Silent Martin, 1915draw v Zulu Kid, 1915, drawloss v K.O. Sullivan, 1915, decisiondraw v Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield, 1915, drawloss v Young Ahearn, 1915loss v Jimmy Clabby, 1915loss v George Chip, 1915win v Al Thiel, 1915win v Joe Borrell, 1915win v Billy Grupp, 1915draw v Jack McCarron, 1916, drawwin v Johnny Saxon, 1916, koloss v Jackie Clark, 1916win v Jack Hanlon, 1916, kowin v Dave Kurtz, 1916loss v Hugh Ross, 1916draw v Young Al Ross, 1916, decisionloss v Young Ahearn, 1916draw v Al Thiel, 1916, drawwin v Jack Hammond, 1916, kodraw v Leo Bens, 1916, drawwin v Freddie Kiebler, 1916loss v George Chip, 1916loss v Mike O'Dowd, 1917, kowin v Montana Dan Sullivan, 1917, decisionloss v Jackie Clark, 1917loss v Harry Greb, 1917loss v Jack Dillon, 1917loss v Jack Dillon, 1918loss v Harry Greb, 1918, decisionloss v Edward K.O. Kruvosky, 1918, decisiondraw v Jack Downey, 1918, decisionloss v Battling Ortega, 1918, decisionloss v Frankie Fleming, 1919loss v Mike O'Dowd, 1919, koloss v Joe Chip, 1919, kowin v Gordon McKay, 1919loss v Leo Houck, 1919loss v Young Fisher, 1919loss v Eugene Brosseau, 1920, koloss v Jack Brauchle, 1923loss v Everett Strong, 1923, dqwin v George Truckenbrott, 1923loss v Jack Matlock, 1924, decisionwin v Al Beard, 1924draw v Jack Downey, 1924, decision
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1911–1924 · EARLIEST 19 NOT SHOWN

SOURCE·Al McCoy (boxer) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-06

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-06. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 256 middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1924 L Jack Matlock Decision3
1924 W Al Beard —10
1924 D Jack Downey Decision4
1923 L Jack Brauchle —8
1923 L Everett Strong DQ4
1923 W George Truckenbrott —8
1920 L Eugene Brosseau KO/TKO2
1919 L Frankie Fleming —8
1919 L Mike O'Dowd KO/TKO3
1919 L Joe Chip KO/TKO6
1919 W Gordon McKay —8
1919 L Leo Houck —6
1919 L Young Fisher —10
1918 L Jack Dillon —10
1918 L Harry Greb Decision10
1918 L Edward K.O. Kruvosky Decision4
1918 D Jack Downey Decision4
1918 L Battling Ortega Decision4
1917 L Mike O'Dowd KO/TKO6
1917 W Montana Dan Sullivan Decision12
1917 L Jackie Clark —10
1917 L Harry Greb —10
1917 L Jack Dillon —10
1916 D Jack McCarron Draw10
1916 W Johnny Saxon KO/TKO7
1916 L Jackie Clark —10
1916 W Jack Hanlon KO/TKO3
1916 W Dave Kurtz —15
1916 L Hugh Ross —15
1916 D Young Al Ross Decision20
1916 L Young Ahearn —10
1916 D Al Thiel Draw10
1916 W Jack Hammond KO/TKO2
1916 D Leo Bens Draw10
1916 W Freddie Kiebler —10
1916 L George Chip —10
1915 L Silent Martin —15
1915 D Zulu Kid Draw10
1915 L K.O. Sullivan Decision15
1915 D Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield Draw10
1915 L Young Ahearn —10
1915 L Jimmy Clabby —10
1915 L George Chip —10
1915 W Al Thiel —10
1915 W Joe Borrell —6
1915 W Billy Grupp —10
1914 L Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield —10
1914 W Italian Joe Gans —10
1914 W Emmett "Kid" Wagner —10
1914 L Bill Fleming —10
1914 L Willie K.O. Brennan —10
1914 W Willie Lewis KO/TKO5
1914 L Billy Murray —10
1914 W George Pearsall KO/TKO1
1914 W George Chip KO/TKO1
1914 W Tommy Teague —10
1914 D Joe Chip Draw10
1914 L Mike Gibbons —10
1914 W Jack Smith —10
1914 W Johnny Shaw KO/TKO3

Showing 60 of 139 recorded bouts, most recent first.

12 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Al McCoy (boxer) — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-06

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height68″ (172.7 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionMiddleweight Boxing
Most active decade1910s — 132 of 139 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Al McCoy, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1910 1920 win vs Battling Pete (1910)loss vs Bull Anderson (1910)win vs Monk Green (1910)win vs Young Buck (1910)win vs Jim Warner (1910)draw vs Terry Brooks (1910)win vs Kid Parsons (1910)win vs Jim Rippin (1910)draw vs Young Hugo Kelly (1910)loss vs Marty O'Brien (1910)loss vs Chester Walcott (1910)win vs Benny Burke (1910)loss vs Gus Murphy (1910)draw vs Henry Hall (1911)win vs Chester Walcott (1911)win vs Jim Smith (1911)draw vs Johnny Stewart (1911)win vs George Niedoff (1911)win vs Al King (1911)win vs Jim McGuinness (1911)draw vs Yankee Gilbert (1911)loss vs Bill Fleming (1911)win vs Jack Ryan (1911)draw vs Johnny Gallant (1911)loss vs Mike Farrell (1911)draw vs Monk Green (1911)loss vs Johnny Glover (1911)draw vs Johnny Fraser (1911)draw vs Young Hugo Kelly (1911)win vs Billy Shea (1911)draw vs Shadow McCormick (1911)win vs Kid Ryan (1911)loss vs Joe White (1912)win vs Jack Smith (1912)draw vs Gus Christie (1912)win vs Sailor Jack Howard (1912)win vs Young Erne (1912)win vs Marty Brown (1912)draw vs Joe Stein (1912)win vs Johnny Shaw (1912)win vs Charley Sieger (1912)win vs Bill Fleming (1912)draw vs Paddy Sullivan (1912)win vs Dave Kurtz (1912)win vs Mike Farrell (1912)draw vs Young Hickey (1912)win vs Battling Jack Nelson (1912)win vs Joe Kastner (1912)loss vs Willie Fitzgerald (1912)win vs Eddie Hanlon (1912)win vs Rudolph Hinz (1912)win vs Johnny Waltz (1912)loss vs Young Otto (1912)win vs Terry McGraw (1912)win vs Sailor Eddie Maher (1912)loss vs Young Joe Grim (1912)win vs Young DeGrand (1912)win vs Jack Beckman (1912)draw vs Zulu Kid (1913)win vs Bull Anderson (1913)win vs Mike Farrell (1913)win vs Freddie Kiebler (1913)draw vs Willie K.O. Brennan (1913)win vs Noah Brusso (1913)win vs Johnny Stewart (1913)win vs Bill Fleming (1913)win vs Billy Grupp (1913)win vs Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield (1913)win vs Billy Sherman (1913)win vs Terry Mitchell (1913)draw vs Wildcat Ferns (1913)win vs Eddie Mack (1913)loss vs Young Ahearn (1913)win vs Battling Larry Ryan (1913)win vs Harry Thiel (1913)win vs Al Thiel (1913)draw vs Harry Price (1913)loss vs Young McCartney (1913)loss vs Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield (1914)win vs Italian Joe Gans (1914)win vs Emmett "Kid" Wagner (1914)loss vs Bill Fleming (1914)loss vs Willie K.O. Brennan (1914)win vs Willie Lewis (1914)loss vs Billy Murray (1914)win vs George Pearsall (1914)win vs George Chip (1914)win vs Tommy Teague (1914)draw vs Joe Chip (1914)loss vs Mike Gibbons (1914)win vs Jack Smith (1914)win vs Johnny Shaw (1914)draw vs Eddie Nearing (1914)loss vs Silent Martin (1915)draw vs Zulu Kid (1915)loss vs K.O. Sullivan (1915)draw vs Jakob "Soldier" Bartfield (1915)loss vs Young Ahearn (1915)loss vs Jimmy Clabby (1915)loss vs George Chip (1915)win vs Al Thiel (1915)win vs Joe Borrell (1915)win vs Billy Grupp (1915)draw vs Jack McCarron (1916)win vs Johnny Saxon (1916)loss vs Jackie Clark (1916)win vs Jack Hanlon (1916)win vs Dave Kurtz (1916)loss vs Hugh Ross (1916)draw vs Young Al Ross (1916)loss vs Young Ahearn (1916)draw vs Al Thiel (1916)win vs Jack Hammond (1916)draw vs Leo Bens (1916)win vs Freddie Kiebler (1916)loss vs George Chip (1916)loss vs Mike O'Dowd (1917)win vs Montana Dan Sullivan (1917)loss vs Jackie Clark (1917)loss vs Harry Greb (1917)loss vs Jack Dillon (1917)loss vs Jack Dillon (1918)loss vs Harry Greb (1918)loss vs Edward K.O. Kruvosky (1918)draw vs Jack Downey (1918)loss vs Battling Ortega (1918)loss vs Frankie Fleming (1919)loss vs Mike O'Dowd (1919)loss vs Joe Chip (1919)win vs Gordon McKay (1919)loss vs Leo Houck (1919)loss vs Young Fisher (1919)loss vs Eugene Brosseau (1920)loss vs Jack Brauchle (1923)loss vs Everett Strong (1923)win vs George Truckenbrott (1923)loss vs Jack Matlock (1924)win vs Al Beard (1924)draw vs Jack Downey (1924)
winlossdraw / NC1910–1924

Record

Boxing record

73–51

157 bouts on record

Finish rate

37%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 15th percentile

By knockout: 27 (37%)By decision: 46 (63%)
  • By knockout 37%
  • By decision 63%

The career, bout by bout

139 recorded bouts from 1910 to 1924. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

15y

1910–1924

Longest unbeaten run

13

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1912

26 bouts

Recorded bouts

139

139 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Al McCoy's record?
73–51–33 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 139 bouts individually.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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