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Babe Risko

65–26 · 87 recorded bouts · 1929–1939

Boxing record

65–26–12

Babe Risko finished 18% of 65 wins inside the distance — the 5th percentile for light heavyweight boxing, where the median is 58%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

19201930UNFILEDwin v Roy LaDuca, 1929, kowin v Charlie McKain, 1929, decisiondraw v Mule Brown, 1929, decisionwin v Wendell Weeks, 1929, decisionwin v Young Murray, 1929, kowin v Diaz Music, 1929, decisiondraw v Bud Spittle, 1930, decisiondraw v Rufus Miles, 1930, decisionwin v Larry Leavitt, 1930, decisionwin v Wendell Weeks, 1930, decisionwin v Bob Allison, 1930, decisionwin v Freddy Brewer, 1930, koloss v Eddie Cavanaugh, 1930, kodraw v Johnny Baruzzi, 1930, decisionwin v Tony Dallas, 1930, decisiondraw v Leroy Brown, 1931, decisionloss v Rufus Miles, 1931, decisionwin v Bud Spittle, 1931, decisionwin v Carl Schlieper, 1931, decisionwin v Frank Sumter, 1931, decisionloss v Charlie Brown, 1931, decisionwin v Johnny Reed, 1932, decisionwin v Tony Pena, 1932, decisionwin v Billy McMullen, 1932, decisiondraw v Harry Walton, 1932, decisionloss v Leroy Brown, 1932, kowin v Jack McCarthy, 1932, decisionwin v Vic Suquera, 1932, kowin v Joe Smallwood, 1932, decisionloss v Joe Colucci, 1932, decisionwin v Chick Williams, 1932, decisionwin v Nick Ures, 1933, kowin v Johnny 'Bandit' Romero, 1933, decisionwin v Deacon Leo Kelly, 1933, decisionloss v Dutch Weimer, 1933, decisionwin v Johnny Cavos, 1933, kowin v Ray Griffiths, 1933, kowin v Miles Murphy, 1933, kowin v Guy McKinney, 1933, koloss v Grant Willardson, 1933, dqwin v Jack O'Neill, 1933, decisionwin v Pete Susky, 1934, decisionwin v Al Salbano, 1934, decisionwin v Freddie Sallus, 1934, kowin v Weiner Wilch, 1934, kowin v Chester Palutis, 1934, decisiondraw v Larry Wagner, 1934, decisionwin v Joe Desmond, 1934, decisiondraw v Paulie Sykes, 1934, decisionwin v Thomas Lawless, 1934, kowin v Jackie Flowers, 1934, decisionwin v Joe Lyons, 1934, kowin v Steve Wolanin, 1934, decisionwin v Frank LaSpina, 1934, koloss v Swede Berglund, 1934, koloss v Jock McAvoy, 1935, kowin v Frank Battaglia, 1935, decisionwin v Chester Palutis, 1935, decisionwin v Jackie Aldare, 1935, decisionwin v Teddy Yarosz, 1935, decisionloss v Paul Pirrone, 1935, decisionloss v Jimmy Belmont, 1935, decisionwin v Sammy Slaughter, 1935, decisionwin v Benny Levine, 1935, kodraw v Solly Dukelsky, 1935, decisionloss v Vince Dundee, 1935, decisionwin v Butch Lynch, 1936, kowin v Tony Tozzo, 1936, decisionwin v Harry Balsamo, 1936, decisionloss v Teddy Yarosz, 1936, decisionloss v Freddie Steele, 1936, decisionloss v Fred Apostoli, 1936, decisionwin v Mike Payan, 1936, decisionwin v Tony Fisher, 1936, decisionloss v George Black, 1937, koloss v Al Hostak, 1937, koloss v Billy Conn, 1937, decisionloss v Freddie Steele, 1937, decisionloss v Billy Soose, 1938, koloss v Ben Brown, 1938, koloss v Larry Lane, 1938, koloss v Ralph DeJohn, 1938, kodraw v Al Quaill, 1938, decisionwin v Gorilla Jones, 1938, decisionloss v Lloyd Marshall, 1939, koloss v Walter Franklin, 1939, koresult not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1929–1939 · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Eddie Babe Risko — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

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 2026-07-07. 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 208 light heavyweight 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
1939 L Lloyd Marshall KO/TKO5
1939 L Walter Franklin KO/TKO6
1938 L Billy Soose KO/TKO3
1938 L Ben Brown KO/TKO9
1938 L Larry Lane KO/TKO2
1938 L Ralph DeJohn KO/TKO7
1938 D Al Quaill Decision10
1938 W Gorilla Jones Decision10
1937 L George Black KO/TKO5
1937 L Al Hostak KO/TKO7
1937 L Billy Conn Decision10
1937 L Freddie Steele Decision15
1936 W Butch Lynch KO/TKO8
1936 W Tony Tozzo Decision10
1936 W Harry Balsamo Decision10
1936 L Teddy Yarosz Decision10
1936 L Freddie Steele Decision15
1936 L Fred Apostoli Decision10
1936 W Mike Payan Decision10
1936 W Tony Fisher Decision10
1935 L Jock McAvoy KO/TKO1
1935 W Frank Battaglia Decision10
1935 W Chester Palutis Decision10
1935 W Jackie Aldare Decision10
1935 W Teddy Yarosz Decision15
1935 L Paul Pirrone Decision10
1935 L Jimmy Belmont Decision8
1935 W Sammy Slaughter Decision10
1935 W Benny Levine KO/TKO2
1935 D Solly Dukelsky Decision10
1935 L Vince Dundee Decision10
1934 W Pete Susky Decision6
1934 W Al Salbano Decision10
1934 W Freddie Sallus KO/TKO8
1934 W Weiner Wilch KO/TKO2
1934 W Chester Palutis Decision6
1934 D Larry Wagner Decision6
1934 W Joe Desmond Decision6
1934 D Paulie Sykes Decision6
1934 W Thomas Lawless KO/TKO5
1934 W Jackie Flowers Decision6
1934 W Joe Lyons KO/TKO3
1934 W Steve Wolanin Decision6
1934 W Frank LaSpina KO/TKO2
1934 L Swede Berglund KO/TKO4
1933 W Nick Ures KO/TKO3
1933 W Johnny 'Bandit' Romero Decision10
1933 W Deacon Leo Kelly Decision6
1933 L Dutch Weimer Decision4
1933 W Johnny Cavos KO/TKO3
1933 W Ray Griffiths KO/TKO3
1933 W Miles Murphy KO/TKO6
1933 W Guy McKinney KO/TKO5
1933 L Grant Willardson DQ3
1933 W Jack O'Neill Decision6
1932 W Johnny Reed Decision6
1932 W Tony Pena Decision4
1932 W Billy McMullen Decision6
1932 D Harry Walton Decision4
1932 L Leroy Brown KO/TKO6

Showing 60 of 87 recorded bouts, most recent first.

13 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Eddie Babe Risko — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-07

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height70″ (177.8 cm)
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLight Heavyweight Boxing
competed at 2: middleweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1930s — 80 of 86 dated bouts
CountryUnited States

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

1930 win vs Roy LaDuca (1929)win vs Charlie McKain (1929)draw vs Mule Brown (1929)win vs Wendell Weeks (1929)win vs Young Murray (1929)win vs Diaz Music (1929)draw vs Bud Spittle (1930)draw vs Rufus Miles (1930)win vs Larry Leavitt (1930)win vs Wendell Weeks (1930)win vs Bob Allison (1930)win vs Freddy Brewer (1930)loss vs Eddie Cavanaugh (1930)draw vs Johnny Baruzzi (1930)win vs Tony Dallas (1930)draw vs Leroy Brown (1931)loss vs Rufus Miles (1931)win vs Bud Spittle (1931)win vs Carl Schlieper (1931)win vs Frank Sumter (1931)loss vs Charlie Brown (1931)win vs Johnny Reed (1932)win vs Tony Pena (1932)win vs Billy McMullen (1932)draw vs Harry Walton (1932)loss vs Leroy Brown (1932)win vs Jack McCarthy (1932)win vs Vic Suquera (1932)win vs Joe Smallwood (1932)loss vs Joe Colucci (1932)win vs Chick Williams (1932)win vs Nick Ures (1933)win vs Johnny 'Bandit' Romero (1933)win vs Deacon Leo Kelly (1933)loss vs Dutch Weimer (1933)win vs Johnny Cavos (1933)win vs Ray Griffiths (1933)win vs Miles Murphy (1933)win vs Guy McKinney (1933)loss vs Grant Willardson (1933)win vs Jack O'Neill (1933)win vs Pete Susky (1934)win vs Al Salbano (1934)win vs Freddie Sallus (1934)win vs Weiner Wilch (1934)win vs Chester Palutis (1934)draw vs Larry Wagner (1934)win vs Joe Desmond (1934)draw vs Paulie Sykes (1934)win vs Thomas Lawless (1934)win vs Jackie Flowers (1934)win vs Joe Lyons (1934)win vs Steve Wolanin (1934)win vs Frank LaSpina (1934)loss vs Swede Berglund (1934)loss vs Jock McAvoy (1935)win vs Frank Battaglia (1935)win vs Chester Palutis (1935)win vs Jackie Aldare (1935)win vs Teddy Yarosz (1935)loss vs Paul Pirrone (1935)loss vs Jimmy Belmont (1935)win vs Sammy Slaughter (1935)win vs Benny Levine (1935)draw vs Solly Dukelsky (1935)loss vs Vince Dundee (1935)win vs Butch Lynch (1936)win vs Tony Tozzo (1936)win vs Harry Balsamo (1936)loss vs Teddy Yarosz (1936)loss vs Freddie Steele (1936)loss vs Fred Apostoli (1936)win vs Mike Payan (1936)win vs Tony Fisher (1936)loss vs George Black (1937)loss vs Al Hostak (1937)loss vs Billy Conn (1937)loss vs Freddie Steele (1937)loss vs Billy Soose (1938)loss vs Ben Brown (1938)loss vs Larry Lane (1938)loss vs Ralph DeJohn (1938)draw vs Al Quaill (1938)win vs Gorilla Jones (1938)loss vs Lloyd Marshall (1939)loss vs Walter Franklin (1939)
winlossdraw / NC1929–1939

Record

Boxing record

65–26

103 bouts on record

Finish rate

18%

of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 5th percentile

By knockout: 12 (18%)By decision: 53 (82%)
  • By knockout 18%
  • By decision 82%

The career, bout by bout

87 recorded bouts from 1929 to 1939. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

11y

1929–1939

Longest unbeaten run

12

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1934

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

87

86 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Babe Risko's record?
65–26–12 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 87 bouts individually.
How many of Babe Risko's bouts have no date?
1 of 87. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
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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