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Total Fights | 81 |
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Wins | 74 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 3 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 9 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 22 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning eight years and nine months, Barney Ross fought 81 times with 74 wins, 4 losses, and 3 draws.
Ross retired from professional boxing with a record of 74-4-3, which included nine world-title wins and three successful title defense fights at two weight classes — lightweight and welterweight. He had a 27.2% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 22 of his total 81 fights being knockout wins. Ross never lost via knockout.
His last fight was a 15-round unanimous decision defeat to Henry Armstrong on May 31, 1938. Ross lost the welterweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles to Armstrong in this fight.
Some of Ross' best fights and notable victories include wins over four Hall-of-Famers (Jimmy McLarnin, Billy Petrolle, Tony Canzoneri, and Battling Battalino), Ceferino Garcia, Baby Joe Gans, and Morrie Sherman.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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81 | May 31, 1938 | 28 | Henry Armstrong | Loss * | UD |
80 | Apr 25, 1938 | 28 | Bobby Venner | Win | TKO7 |
79 | Apr 4, 1938 | 28 | Henry Schaft | Win | TKO4 |
78 | Sep 23, 1937 | 27 | Ceferino Garcia | Win * | UD |
77 | Aug 9, 1937 | 27 | Al Manfredo | Win | NWS |
76 | Jun 27, 1937 | 27 | Jackie Burke | Win | KO5 |
75 | Jun 17, 1937 | 27 | Chuck Woods | Win | KO4 |
74 | Jan 29, 1937 | 27 | Al Manfredo | Win | PTS |
73 | Nov 27, 1936 | 26 | Izzy Jannazzo | Win * | UD |
72 | Jul 22, 1936 | 26 | Phil Furr | Win | UD |
71 | Jun 22, 1936 | 26 | Morrie Sherman | Win | KO2 |
70 | Jun 10, 1936 | 26 | Laddie Tonielli | Win | TKO5 |
69 | May 1, 1936 | 26 | Chuck Woods | Win | TKO5 |
68 | Mar 11, 1936 | 26 | Gordon Wallace | Win | MD |
67 | Jan 27, 1936 | 26 | Lou Halper | Win | TKO8 |
66 | Nov 29, 1935 | 25 | Ceferino Garcia | Win | UD |
65 | Sep 13, 1935 | 25 | Ceferino Garcia | Win | PTS |
64 | Sep 6, 1935 | 25 | Baby Joe Gans | Win | KO2 |
63 | May 28, 1935 | 25 | Jimmy McLarnin | Win * | UD |
62 | Apr 9, 1935 | 25 | Henry Woods | Win | UD |
61 | Jan 28, 1935 | 25 | Frankie Klick | Win | UD |
60 | Dec 10, 1934 | 24 | Bobby Pacho | Win | PTS |
59 | Sep 17, 1934 | 24 | Jimmy McLarnin | Loss * | SD |
58 | May 28, 1934 | 24 | Jimmy McLarnin | Win * | SD |
57 | Mar 27, 1934 | 24 | Bobby Pacho | Win | PTS |
56 | Mar 14, 1934 | 24 | Kid Moro | Win | PTS |
55 | Mar 5, 1934 | 24 | Frankie Klick | Draw | PTS |
54 | Feb 7, 1934 | 24 | Pete Nebo | Win | PTS |
53 | Jan 24, 1934 | 24 | Billy Petrolle | Win | UD |
52 | Nov 17, 1933 | 23 | Sammy Fuller | Win | MD |
51 | Sep 12, 1933 | 23 | Tony Canzoneri | Win * | SD |
50 | Jul 26, 1933 | 23 | Johnny Farr | Win | TKO6 |
49 | Jun 23, 1933 | 23 | Tony Canzoneri | Win * | MD |
48 | May 3, 1933 | 23 | Joe Ghnouly | Win | PTS |
47 | Mar 22, 1933 | 23 | Billy Petrolle | Win | UD |
46 | Feb 22, 1933 | 23 | Tommy Grogan | Win | PTS |
45 | Jan 30, 1933 | 23 | Johnny Datto | Win | KO2 |
44 | Nov 25, 1932 | 22 | Johnny Farr | Win | PTS |
43 | Nov 11, 1932 | 22 | Goldie Hess | Win | PTS |
42 | Oct 21, 1932 | 22 | Battling Battalino | Win | UD |
41 | Sep 15, 1932 | 22 | Frankie Petrolle | Win | KO2 |
40 | Aug 26, 1932 | 22 | Ray Miller | Win | UD |
39 | Jul 28, 1932 | 22 | Henry Perlick | Win | TKO3 |
38 | May 20, 1932 | 22 | Dick Sisk | Win | TKO6 |
37 | Apr 5, 1932 | 22 | Frankie Hughes | Win | PTS |
36 | Mar 2, 1932 | 22 | Nick Ellenwood | Win | PTS |
35 | Feb 18, 1932 | 22 | Billy Gladstone | Win | PTS |
34 | Feb 8, 1932 | 22 | Micky O'Neill | Win | PTS |
33 | Nov 18, 1931 | 21 | Jimmy Lundy | Win | PTS |
32 | Nov 13, 1931 | 21 | Young Terry | Win | PTS |
31 | Nov 4, 1931 | 21 | Lou Jallos | Win | PTS |
30 | Oct 2, 1931 | 21 | Glen Gamp | Win | PTS |
29 | Jul 30, 1931 | 21 | Jimmy Alvarado | Win | PTS |
28 | Jul 15, 1931 | 21 | Babe Ruth | Win | TKO4 |
27 | May 13, 1931 | 21 | Billy Shaw | Win | PTS |
26 | May 1, 1931 | 21 | Jackie Dugan | Win | KO2 |
25 | Apr 24, 1931 | 21 | Lud Abella | Win | TKO2 |
24 | Apr 8, 1931 | 21 | Midget Mike O'Dowd | Win | PTS |
23 | Mar 27, 1931 | 21 | Roger Bernard | Loss | PTS |
22 | Mar 20, 1931 | 21 | Jackie Davis | Win | PTS |
21 | Feb 20, 1931 | 21 | Young Terry | Win | UD |
20 | Jan 14, 1931 | 21 | Henry Falegano | Win | PTS |
19 | Nov 21, 1930 | 20 | Harry Dublinsky | Draw | PTS |
18 | Nov 6, 1930 | 20 | Petey Mack | Win | KO1 |
17 | Oct 14, 1930 | 20 | Sammy Binder | Win | KO2 |
16 | Sep 19, 1930 | 20 | Young Terry | Draw | PTS |
15 | Aug 2, 1930 | 20 | Luis Perez | Win | KO1 |
14 | Jul 1, 1930 | 20 | Eddie Koppy | Win | PTS |
13 | Apr 25, 1930 | 20 | Mickey Genaro | Win | PTS |
12 | Apr 21, 1930 | 20 | Carlos Garcia | Loss | PTS |
11 | Apr 8, 1930 | 20 | Eddie Bojack | Win | TKO2 |
10 | Mar 3, 1930 | 20 | Jackie Davis | Win | NWS |
9 | Feb 24, 1930 | 20 | Jiro Kumagai | Win | PTS |
8 | Jan 24, 1930 | 20 | Johnny Andrews | Win | PTS |
7 | Jan 10, 1930 | 20 | Louis New | Win | PTS |
6 | Dec 5, 1929 | 19 | Al DeRose | Win | PTS |
5 | Nov 29, 1929 | 19 | Joey Barth | Win | PTS |
4 | Oct 21, 1929 | 19 | Virgil Tobin | Win | KO2 |
3 | Oct 12, 1929 | 19 | Joe Borola | Win | PTS |
2 | Sep 14, 1929 | 19 | Joe Borola | Win | PTS |
1 | Aug 31, 1929 | 19 | Ramon Lugo | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Barney Ross was an American professional boxer. He was born in New York City, U.S. on December 23, 1909. He was a two-weight-class world champion. He died on January 18, 1967 at the age of 57 years. Ross was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990. His professional boxing career spanned more than 8 years — from 1929 to 1938.
Ross made his professional boxing debut against Ramon Lugo at the age of 19 on August 31, 1929, defeating Lugo via 6 round PTS. He went on to win 10 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 2 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on June 23, 1933 after 48 professional fights, against Tony Canzoneri for the lightweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Canzoneri via 10 round majority decision to become the lightweight champion of the world.
Ross won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Ross' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Ross had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a welterweight title defense bout against fellow American boxer Henry Armstrong at 28 years of age, on May 31, 1938. Ross lost the fight via 15 round unanimous decision — and lost his NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles.
Ross had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning nine world titles and three successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost two.
Barney Ross fought for world titles in three fights and won all three of them. In total, he won three belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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May 28, 1935 | Jimmy McLarnin | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
May 28, 1934 | Jimmy McLarnin | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | SD |
Jun 23, 1933 | Tony Canzoneri | Lightweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | MD |
Barney Ross had five world-title defense fights across two weight classes — lightweight and welterweight (x4). He won three of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 23, 1937 | Ceferino Garcia | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Nov 27, 1936 | Izzy Jannazzo | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Sep 12, 1933 | Tony Canzoneri | Lightweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | SD |
Barney Ross lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of six titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 31, 1938 | Henry Armstrong | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Sep 17, 1934 | Jimmy McLarnin | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | SD |
Ross fought a total of 81 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
June 23, 1933: Ross wins his first world titles by defeating Tony Canzoneri via 10 round majority decision. He is now the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring lightweight world champion.
September 12, 1933: Ross successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring lightweight titles against Tony Canzoneri, winning the fight via 15 round split decision.
May 28, 1934: Ross wins the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles from Jimmy McLarnin, by beating McLarnin via 15 round split decision.
May 28, 1935: Ross wins the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles from Jimmy McLarnin, by beating McLarnin via 15 round unanimous decision.
September 13, 1935: Barney Ross beats Ceferino Garcia via 10th round PTS.
November 29, 1935: Barney Ross beats Ceferino Garcia via 10th round unanimous decision.
September 23, 1937: Ross successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles against Ceferino Garcia, winning the fight via 15 round unanimous decision.
Ross knocked out 22 of his 81 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 27.2%. Of his total 74 wins, 22 of them were via KO (29.7%).
Ross' first world-title win were the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring belts at lightweight. He defeated Tony Canzoneri via 10 round majority decision to win the titles.
Ross won three world titles at two weight classes.
Ross had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost two times.