Stanley Ketchel boxer

Stanley Ketchel boxer
bouts
58
won
49
lost
5
draw
3
Status
inactive
Division
middleweight
Debut
1903-05-02
Height
5′ 9″/175cm
Reach
-
Age
24
Born
1886-09-14
Death
1910-10-15
Nationality
USA

Stanisław Kiecal (September 14, 1886 – October 15, 1910), better known in the boxing world as Stanley Ketchel, was an American professional boxer who became one of the greatest World Middleweight Champions in history. He was nicknamed "The Michigan Assassin." He was murdered at a ranch in Conway, Missouri, at the age of 24.He was born in 1886 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Tomasz Kiecal and Julia Kiecal (née Olbinska), whose family immigrated from the village of Sulmierzyce in Piotrków Trybunalski, Guberniya, in modern-day central Poland.He avoided school, instead falling in with a gang of street kids and often getting into fist fights. At twelve years old, he ran away from home, becoming a child hobo. As a teenager he lived in Butte, Montana, where he found employment first as a hotel bellhop and then as a bouncer. This profession obviously led to many scraps that established his reputation as the best fist fighter in town. Soon enough sixteen-year-old Stanley was performing in backroom boxing matches with older locals for twenty dollars a week. He began traveling throughout Montana, offering to take on any man brave enough to face him. Between 1903 and 1906, he lost just twice in thirty-nine contests and, in 1907, moved to California, where he knew most of boxing's big names and big fights waited for him.Only a middleweight, Ketchel was also known for taking on heavyweights, who sometimes outweighed him by more than 30 pounds (14 kg). According to hearsay, before each of his fights, he would imagine that his opponent had insulted his mother, with whom he had a very close relationship; thus, his anger would motivate him to fight with fury.He started boxing professionally in 1903, at 16, in Butte, Montana. In his first fight, Ketchel knocked out Kid Tracy in one round. In his second fight, he was beaten by decision in six rounds by Maurice Thompson. He boxed his first 41 bouts in Montana, and had a record of 36 wins, two losses, and three draws during that span. He lost once more to Thompson in their rematch and then controversially drew with him in their rubber match, in a bout that many people thought Ketchel had won. Afterwards, he went on to beat Tom Kingsley, among others, before moving his campaign on to California in 1907.There, he won three fights that year, and drew one in Marysville against the man many considered the World Middleweight Champion, Joe Thomas. In his next bout, Thomas and he had a rematch and Ketchel won, by knockout in 32 rounds. Ketchel was then recognized by many as the World Middleweight Champion. He finished the year by beating Thomas again, this time by decision.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1910-06-10 Jim Smith WLWWWL National S.C., New York WIN
KO
1910-05-27 Willie Lewis WWWDLD National S.C., New York WIN
KO
1910-05-17 Porky Dan Flynn LLWWWW Armory A.A., Boston WIN
KO
1910-04-27 Sam Langford WWLWWW National A.C., Philadelphia LOST
1910-03-23 Frank Klaus WDLWWW Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh DRAW
1909-10-16 Jack Johnson WWWDWW Mission Street Arena, Colma LOST
KO
1909-07-05 Billy Papke WWLDLW Mission Street Arena, Colma WIN
Unanimous decision
1909-06-09 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien WWWWLD National A.C., Philadelphia WIN
Technical knockout
1909-06-02 Tony Caponi LLWDDW American A.C., Schenectady WIN
KO
1909-05-18 Hugh McGann LLLWDW Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh WIN
1909-03-26 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien WWWWWW National A.C., New York WIN
1908-11-26 Billy Papke WLWWWW Mission Street Arena, Colma WIN
KO
1908-09-07 Billy Papke WWLWWW Jeffries' Arena, Vernon LOST
Technical knockout
1908-08-18 Joe Thomas WDDLLL Coliseum, San Francisco WIN
Technical knockout
1908-07-31 Hugo Kelly WDDDLW Coliseum, San Francisco WIN
KO
1908-06-04 Billy Papke WWWDWW Hippodrome, Milwaukee WIN
Points
1908-05-09 Jack Twin Sullivan WWWLWD Mission Street Arena, Colma WIN
KO
1908-02-22 Mike Twin Sullivan DWLWWW Mission Street Arena, Colma WIN
KO
1907-12-12 Joe Thomas WLWDDL Recreation Park, San Francisco WIN
Points
1907-09-02 Joe Thomas WWLWDD Mission Street Arena, Colma WIN
KO
1907-07-04 Joe Thomas WWWLWD Marysville DRAW
Points
1907-05-23 George Brown DWWWDW Sacramento WIN
KO
1907-05-03 Benny Hart LLWDW Marysville WIN
KO
1907-03-23 Mike McClure WDDWLD Redding WIN
KO
1906-09-10 Kid Foley DLLDWL Miles City WIN
KO
1906-05-18 Mike Tierney L Butte WIN
KO
1906-05-11 Paddy Hall debut Gregson Hot Springs WIN
KO
1906-03-19 Warren Zurbrick WWWDWW Grand Opera House, Great Falls NC
1906-02-12 Montana Jack Sullivan D Broadway Theater, Butte DRAW
Points
1905-12-24 Kid Foley LDLLDW Butte WIN
KO
1905-12-19 Jerry McCarthy WLLLWL Great Falls WIN
KO
1905-12-16 Jack Bennett LLL Butte WIN
KO
1905-12-02 Marysville Kid debut Butte WIN
KO
1905-12-01 Jerry McCarthy DWLLLW Great Falls WIN
Technical knockout
1905-09-14 Bob Senate L Miles City WIN
KO
1905-08-29 Kid Fredericks WDDLWL Miles City WIN
KO
1905-07-19 Roy Hart debut Opera House, Miles City WIN
KO
1905-07-15 Bob Senate debut Miles City WIN
KO
1905-07-04 Jimmy Kelly debut Miles City WIN
KO
1905-06-16 Kid Lee WWLWWW Helena WIN
Technical knockout
1905-06-13 Kid Pecor debut Broadway Theater, Butte WIN
KO
1905-06-04 Curley Rhue DDD Gregson Springs WIN
KO
1905-05-18 Sid LaFontise WDDDDL Butte WIN
KO
1905-04-19 Rudolph Hinz DWL Miles City DRAW
Points
1905-03-25 Sid LaFontise WDDDD Casino Theater, Butte WIN
Technical knockout
1905-01-20 Jack Bennett LL Casino Theater, Butte WIN
KO
1905-01-04 Kid Thomas DWWLLW Butte WIN
KO
1904-12-23 Kid Foley LDWLDL Casino Theater, Butte WIN
KO
1904-12-16 Jack Grimes W Union Hall, Butte WIN
Technical knockout
1904-12-08 Kid Herrick LDDLD Butte WIN
KO
1904-11-10 Joe Mudro debut Butte WIN
KO
1904-11-08 Kid Lee LWWLWW Lewistown LOST
Technical knockout
1904-10-29 Jimmy Kelly LLLWLW Miles City WIN
KO
1904-10-21 Maurice Thompson WWWDWW Casino Theater, Butte LOST
Points
1904-10-03 Bob Merrywell debut Butte WIN
KO
1904-09-15 Jimmy Murray debut Butte WIN
KO
1904-07-17 Johnny Gilsey L Butte WIN
KO
1904-07-15 Kid Leroy debut Butte WIN
KO
1904-07-07 Jim Kid McGuire LLWL Butte WIN
KO
1904-06-20 Jimmy Quinn debut Butte WIN
KO
1904-05-11 Maurice Thompson DWDDWD Broadway Theater, Butte LOST
Points
1903-05-02 Kid Tracy debut Butte WIN
KO