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Boxing · Deceased87-2-14 (3 NC)RECORD
68WINS BY KO / TKO
19WINS BY DECISION
106PRO FIGHTS
Profile
| Full name | Joseph Youngs |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Not added yet |
| Date of birth | 31 Mar 1870 |
| Died | 3 Aug 1948 |
| Nationality | American |
| Birthplace | Redwood, New York, US |
| Based in | Not added yet |
| Weight classes | Middleweight, Welterweight |
| Trainers | Not added yet |
| Height | 171 cm (5′7″) |
| Reach | Not added yet |
| Stance | Not added yet |
| Years active | 1887–1907 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Pro debut | 1 Jan 1887 |
| Last fight | No contest vs Ed Martin, 29 Nov 1911 |
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Titles and honours
- World welterweight champion (1894–1898)
- World middleweight champion (1898–1906)
Background
American-Canadian boxer born Joseph Youngs who held the world welterweight and middleweight titles. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991.
Fight history
106 professional fights. Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No contest | Ed Martin | No contest | 6 | 29 Nov 1911 | Portland, Oregon, US | Exhibition; listed as no contest | |
| Draw | Hugo Kelly | Decision (points) | 6 | 4 Mar 1907 | Charlotte, New York, US | ||
| Win | Dave Barry | KO | 5 | 5 Feb 1907 | Benton Harbor, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Billy Stift | KO | 4 | 29 Dec 1904 | Benton Harbor, Michigan, US | ||
| No contest | Jack Root | No contest | 4 | 23 Nov 1904 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
| Win | Jack Graham | TKO | 4 | 15 Nov 1904 | South Bend, Indiana, US | ||
| Win | Tommy Wallace | KO | 5 | 26 Oct 1904 | Benton Harbor, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Bob Douglass | KO | 4 | 10 Oct 1904 | St. Louis, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Jack Beauscholte | TKO | 6 | 24 Feb 1904 | Indianapolis, Indiana, US | ||
| Draw | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | Decision (newspaper) | 6 | 27 Jan 1904 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
| Win | John Willie | KO | 4 | 30 Jun 1903 | Butte, Montana, US | ||
| Draw | Dan Hickey | Decision (points) | 6 | 23 Jun 1903 | Battle Creek, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | James J. Walker | KO | 5 | 1 Jun 1903 | Battle Creek, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Cyclone Kelly | TKO | 7 | 3 Feb 1903 | Hot Springs, Arkansas, US | ||
| Win | Billy Stift | KO | 4 | 15 Jan 1903 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Barney Walsh | KO | 2 | 3 Oct 1902 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Jack Beauscholte | KO | 3 | 3 Oct 1902 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Kid Carter | KO | 6 | 15 Sep 1902 | Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Johnny Gorman | KO | 3 | 24 Jun 1902 | London, England, UK | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Jimmy Handler | TKO | 4 | 26 May 1902 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Billy Stift | Decision (points) | 10 | 3 Apr 1902 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Mysterious Billy Smith | KO | 4 | 14 Mar 1902 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Tim Draffin Murphy | KO | 8 | 25 Feb 1902 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Jack Beauscholte | Decision (points) | 6 | 15 Feb 1902 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | George Green | KO | 7 | 30 Jan 1902 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Loss | George Green | Disqualification | 6 | 10 Oct 1901 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Bob Douglass | TKO | 7 | 22 Aug 1901 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Tommy West | TKO | 17 | 4 Mar 1901 | Louisville, Kentucky, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Jim Judge | KO | 4 | 31 Jan 1901 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | ||
| Win | Jack Beauscholte | KO | 3 | 17 Jan 1901 | Springfield, Ohio, US | ||
| Win | Kid Carter | Decision (points) | 6 | 27 Nov 1900 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Geoff Thorne | KO | 3 | 10 Nov 1900 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Draw | Jack Root | Decision (points) | 6 | 24 Jul 1900 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Young Mahoney | Decision (points) | 6 | 29 Jun 1900 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Draw | Kid McCoy | Decision (points) | 6 | 29 May 1900 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | George Lawler | TKO | 13 | 2 Feb 1900 | Hot Springs, Arkansas, US | ||
| Win | Frank Craig | TKO | 10 | 18 Sep 1899 | Brooklyn, New York, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Jack Moffat | Decision (points) | 20 | 31 Aug 1899 | Dubuque, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Billy Stift | Decision (points) | 20 | 19 Apr 1899 | Davenport, Iowa, US | ||
| Win | Frank Neal | KO | 6 | 6 Apr 1899 | Dubuque, Iowa, US | ||
| Win | Paddy Purtell | TKO | 4 | 13 Mar 1899 | Cincinnati, Ohio, US | ||
| Win | Charley Johnson | KO | 8 | 1 Mar 1899 | Hot Springs, Arkansas, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Dick O'Brien | TKO | 14 | 23 Dec 1898 | Hartford, Connecticut, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| No contest | Tommy West | No contest | 6 | 2 Dec 1898 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
| Win | Johnny Gorman | TKO (corner retirement) | 8 | 23 Nov 1898 | Syracuse, New York, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Jack Bonner | Decision (newspaper) | 6 | 8 Nov 1898 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | ||
| Win | Jack Bonner | Decision (points) | 20 | 24 Oct 1898 | Brooklyn, New York, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Tommy West | TKO | 14 | 13 Jun 1898 | New York City, New York, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | George Green | KO | 18 | 25 Feb 1898 | San Francisco, California, US | Retained world middleweight title | |
| Win | Bill Heffernan | KO | 3 | 20 Dec 1897 | Buffalo, New York, US | Won vacant world middleweight title | |
| Win | Billy Stift | TKO | 6 | 30 Nov 1897 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Australian Jim Ryan | KO | 5 | 25 Nov 1897 | Elmira, New York, US | ||
| Draw | Kid McCoy | Decision (points) | 5 | 8 Sep 1897 | Syracuse, New York, US | ||
| Win | Tom Williams | KO | 2 | 21 Jun 1897 | Syracuse, New York, US | ||
| Win | Patsy Raedy | TKO | 6 | 24 May 1897 | Rochester, New York, US | ||
| Win | Paddy Gorman | TKO | 3 | 10 May 1897 | Rochester, New York, US | ||
| Win | Patsy Raedy | TKO | 18 | 17 Mar 1897 | Rochester, New York, US | ||
| Win | Tom Tracey | TKO | 9 | 24 Feb 1897 | Syracuse, New York, US | Retained world welterweight title | |
| Win | Billy Payne | KO | 4 | 23 Dec 1896 | Syracuse, New York, US | ||
| Win | Billy McCarthy | TKO | 7 | 21 Dec 1896 | Buffalo, New York, US | ||
| Win | Mysterious Billy Smith | Disqualification | 9 | 25 Nov 1896 | New York City, New York, US | ||
| Win | Dick Moore | Decision (points) | 20 | 20 Aug 1896 | Buffalo, New York, US | ||
| Win | Billy (Shadow) Maber | TKO | 9 | 22 Jun 1896 | Buffalo, New York, US | ||
| Win | Joe Dunfee | KO | 6 | 18 May 1896 | Buffalo, New York, US | ||
| Loss | Kid McCoy | KO | 15 | 2 Mar 1896 | Maspeth, Queens, New York, US | For vacant world middleweight title | |
| Win | Henry Baker | Decision (points) | 6 | 15 Jan 1896 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, US | ||
| Draw | Mysterious Billy Smith | Decision (points) | 18 | 27 May 1895 | Coney Island, New York, US | Retained world welterweight title | |
| Win | Tom Tracey | TKO | 8 | 20 Mar 1895 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Emmett Mellody | Decision (points) | 4 | 11 Mar 1895 | Kansas City, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Shorty Ahearn | Decision (newspaper) | 4 | 25 Feb 1895 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Nonpareil Jack Dempsey | TKO | 3 | 18 Jan 1895 | Coney Island, New York, US | ||
| Win | Billy Layton | KO | 4 | 13 Sep 1894 | St. Joseph, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Mysterious Billy Smith | Decision (points) | 20 | 26 Jul 1894 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Won world welterweight title claim | |
| Win | Jack Pitts | KO | 3 | 1 Jun 1894 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | ||
| Win | Jack Falvey | KO | 3 | 22 May 1894 | Hartford, Connecticut, US | ||
| Win | Harry Wilkes | Decision (newspaper) | 5 | 22 Apr 1894 | St. Louis, Missouri, US | ||
| Win | Morris Lane | TKO | 3 | 10 Apr 1894 | West Haven, Connecticut, US | ||
| Draw | Mysterious Billy Smith | Decision (points) | 6 | 9 Jan 1894 | Boston, Massachusetts, US | ||
| Draw | Joe Guthrie | Decision (points) | 3 | 11 Dec 1893 | Naugatuck, Connecticut, US | ||
| Win | Harry Jamieson | KO | 2 | 2 Nov 1893 | Waterbury, Connecticut, US | ||
| Draw | Mysterious Billy Smith | Decision (points) | 6 | 29 Aug 1893 | Brooklyn, New York, US | ||
| Win | George Dawson | Decision (newspaper) | 6 | 8 Apr 1893 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Draw | Tommy Kelly | Decision (points) | 8 | 1 Dec 1892 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Date approximate | |
| Draw | Jack Collins | Decision (points) | 8 | 24 Nov 1892 | Detroit, Michigan, US | ||
| Draw | Jack Wilkes | Decision (points) | 17 | 30 Jul 1892 | South Omaha, Nebraska, US | Stopped by police, declared draw | |
| Win | Paddy Brennan | Decision (points) | 10 | 7 May 1892 | Dubuque, Iowa, US | ||
| Win | Con Doyle | Decision (points) | 8 | 11 Apr 1892 | Dubuque, Iowa, US | ||
| Win | Frank Howson | KO | 14 | 13 Dec 1891 | Near Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Billy McMillan | KO | 3 | 8 Aug 1891 | Richardson, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Danny Needham | TKO (corner retirement) | 76 | 17 Feb 1891 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Won vacant world welterweight title | |
| Win | Professor McGuire | TKO | 3 | 6 Dec 1890 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Frank Garrard | Decision (newspaper) | 3 | 6 Dec 1890 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Ed Bartlett | KO | 3 | 23 Nov 1890 | Sheffield, Indiana, US | ||
| Win | Con Doyle | TKO | 28 | 5 Oct 1890 | Shelby, Indiana, US | ||
| Win | John McInerssey | KO | 5 | 7 Aug 1890 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Bob Harper | KO | 4 | 4 Aug 1890 | Chicago, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | Henry Baker | KO | 3 | 6 Jun 1890 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, US | ||
| Draw | Jimmy Murphy | Decision (points) | 57 | 10 Oct 1889 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Martin Shaughnessy | KO | 48 | 18 Jun 1889 | Grosse Pointe, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Michael Dunn | KO | 9 | 27 May 1889 | Grosse Pointe, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Martin Shaughnessy | KO | 23 | 30 Apr 1889 | Detroit, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Dick England | KO | 23 | 21 Dec 1888 | Lake City, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Joe Johnson | KO | 5 | 20 Jul 1888 | Marion, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Chris Christopher | KO | 10 | 3 Mar 1887 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, US | ||
| Win | Jack Conway | KO | 3 | 2 Feb 1887 | Rock Island, Illinois, US | ||
| Win | John Case | KO | 5 | 1 Jan 1887 | United States | Pro debut |
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