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Middleweight boxing · 1920s

Al McCoy

73–51 · 139 recorded bouts · 1910–1924

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.

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Height68″ (172.7 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
DivisionMiddleweight Boxing
Peak era1920s
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

Fights

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 the 60 most recent of 139 recorded bouts.

12 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 256 middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: Al McCoy (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-06. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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