Chalky Wright Record

171-46-19

Total Fights	238
Wins	171
Losses	46
Draws	19
No-Contests	2

Title Wins	2
Title Defenses	2
Title-Fight KOs	2
KO Wins	87
KO Losses	7

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What is Chalky Wright's boxing record?

In a professional boxing career spanning 20 years, Chalky Wright fought 238 times with 171 wins, 46 losses, and 19 draws.

Wright retired from professional boxing with a record of 171-46-19, which included two featherweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 36.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 87 of his total 238 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. Wright suffered seven knockout losses, none of which were in title fights.

His last fight was a 3rd round RTD defeat to Ernie Hunick on March 9, 1948.

Some of Wright's best fights and notable victories include wins over Harry Jeffra, Joey Archibald, Lou Transparenti, Joe Marinelli, Curley St Angelo, Carlos Cuebas, and Henry Vasquez.

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
238	Mar 9, 1948	36	Ernie Hunick	Loss	RTD3
237	Jun 24, 1947	35	Larry Cisneros	Loss	PTS
236	May 12, 1947	35	Frankie Saucedo	Draw	PTS
235	Nov 27, 1946	34	Willie Pep	Loss	KO3
234	Oct 15, 1946	34	Enrique Bolanos	Loss	UD
233	Aug 27, 1946	34	Johnny Dell	Loss	PTS
232	Apr 17, 1946	34	Frankie Moore	Loss	PTS
231	Mar 27, 1946	34	Frankie Moore	Loss	KO1
230	Mar 5, 1946	34	Georgie Hansford	Win	RTD3
229	Feb 19, 1946	34	Enrique Bolanos	Loss	UD
228	Jan 25, 1946	33	Pedro Firpo	Win	UD
227	Dec 14, 1945	33	Johnny Bratton	Win	UD
226	Nov 2, 1945	33	Leroy Willis	Win	UD
225	Oct 5, 1945	33	Bobby Ruffin	Win	UD
224	Sep 21, 1945	33	Humberto Zavala	Win	UD
223	Aug 28, 1945	33	Enrique Bolanos	Win	SD
222	Jul 31, 1945	33	Henry Jordan	Win	KO6
221	Apr 17, 1945	33	Willie Joyce	Win	UD
220	Apr 9, 1945	33	Jackie Wilson	NC	NC
219	Feb 5, 1945	33	Willie Joyce	Loss	UD
218	Dec 5, 1944	32	Willie Pep	Loss	UD
217	Sep 29, 1944	32	Willie Pep	Loss ^*	UD
216	Jul 17, 1944	32	Johnny Cockfield	Win	TKO5
215	Jul 10, 1944	32	Ruby Garcia	Win	TKO8
214	Jun 5, 1944	32	Vince Dell'Orto	Win	KO3
213	May 22, 1944	32	Sammy Daniels	Win	KO8
212	May 1, 1944	32	Clyde English	Win	TKO1
211	Mar 5, 1944	32	Young Finnigan	Draw	PTS
210	Feb 6, 1944	32	Al Carlos	Win	KO6
209	Jan 23, 1944	31	Baby Al Brown	Win	KO5
208	Nov 19, 1943	31	Al Reasoner	Win	RTD1
207	Nov 8, 1943	31	Billy Banks	Win	TKO5
206	Oct 26, 1943	31	Patsy Spataro	Win	TKO2
205	Aug 9, 1943	31	Angel Aviles	Win	TKO7
204	Jul 21, 1943	31	Lulu Costantino	Loss	PTS
203	Jul 3, 1943	31	National Kid	Win	KO8
202	Jun 4, 1943	31	Phil Terranova	Win	KO5
201	May 25, 1943	31	Billy Pinti	Win	KO4
200	May 17, 1943	31	Frankie Carto	Win	TKO8
199	Mar 10, 1943	31	Joey Pirrone	Win	KO3
198	Feb 23, 1943	31	Joey Peralta	Win	PTS
197	Feb 15, 1943	31	Morris Parker	Win	KO4
196	Jan 15, 1943	30	Joey Peralta	Win	PTS
195	Nov 20, 1942	30	Willie Pep	Loss ^*	UD
194	Oct 20, 1942	30	Henry Vasquez	Win	TKO8
193	Oct 13, 1942	30	Carlos Cuebas	Win	TKO4
192	Sep 25, 1942	30	Lulu Costantino	Win ^*	SD
191	Aug 27, 1942	30	Joe Marinelli	Win	KO2
190	Aug 15, 1942	30	Curley St Angelo	Win	KO2
189	Aug 6, 1942	30	Allie Stolz	Loss	UD
188	Jul 13, 1942	30	Lou Transparenti	Win	TKO4
187	Jun 19, 1942	30	Harry Jeffra	Win ^*	TKO10
186	May 7, 1942	30	Lulu Costantino	Win	MD
185	Apr 6, 1942	30	Vern Bybee	Loss	UD
184	Mar 24, 1942	30	Jorge Morelia	Win	TKO6
183	Feb 18, 1942	30	Richie Fontaine	Win	PTS
182	Feb 3, 1942	30	Richie Lemos	Win	TKO6
181	Jan 13, 1942	29	Bobby Ruffin	Loss	UD
180	Nov 28, 1941	29	Jorge Morelia	Win	TKO6
179	Oct 31, 1941	29	Ray Lunny	Win	PTS
178	Oct 14, 1941	29	Leo Rodak	Win	PTS
177	Oct 2, 1941	29	Joey Peralta	Loss	UD
176	Sep 11, 1941	29	Joey Archibald	Win ^*	KO11
175	Aug 5, 1941	29	Paco Villa	Win	KO6
174	Jul 17, 1941	29	Jackie Wilson	Win	UD
173	Jun 24, 1941	29	Bobby McIntire	Win	TKO5
172	Jun 17, 1941	29	Lloyd Pine	Win	TKO2
171	Jun 3, 1941	29	Guillermo Puentes	Win	PTS
170	May 29, 1941	29	Norment Quarles	Win	PTS
169	May 22, 1941	29	Sal Bartolo	Win	PTS
168	May 1, 1941	29	Charley Varre	Win	PTS
167	Mar 17, 1941	29	Charles Schnappauf	Win	TKO5
166	Mar 5, 1941	29	Texas Lee Harper	Win	KO3
165	Feb 24, 1941	29	Maurice Arnault	Win	TKO2
164	Feb 19, 1941	29	Frankie Terranova	Win	TKO5
163	Feb 4, 1941	29	Norman Rahn	Win	TKO2
162	Jan 14, 1941	28	Norment Quarles	Win	PTS
161	Jan 6, 1941	28	Mel Williams	Win	TKO5
160	Dec 9, 1940	28	Jimmy Leto	Loss	MD
159	Oct 7, 1940	28	Teddy Baldwin	Win	TKO4
158	Sep 9, 1940	28	Joey Ferrando	Win	TKO4
157	Aug 12, 1940	28	Paul Junior	Win	TKO5
156	Jul 15, 1940	28	Joey Silva	Win	TKO7
155	Jun 24, 1940	28	Saverio Turiello	Win	PTS
154	Apr 29, 1940	28	Herbert Lewis Hardwick	Loss	MD
153	Apr 1, 1940	28	Tommy Speigal	Win	PTS
152	Mar 11, 1940	28	Charley Gomer	Win	KO4
151	Feb 22, 1940	28	Mike Martinez	Win	TKO3
150	Feb 19, 1940	28	Frankie Gilmore	Win	MD
149	Jan 29, 1940	27	Paul Junior	Loss	UD
148	Jan 16, 1940	27	Sammy Julian	Win	PTS
147	Dec 1, 1939	27	Everette Rightmire	Win	PTS
146	Sep 18, 1939	27	Lew Feldman	Loss	UD
145	Aug 21, 1939	27	Billy Bullock	Win	TKO5
144	Aug 8, 1939	27	Teddy Baldwin	Win	PTS
143	Jun 8, 1939	27	Richie Tanner	Win	KO7
142	May 25, 1939	27	George Daly	Win	PTS
141	Apr 27, 1939	27	Dan McAllister	Win	TKO5
140	Mar 21, 1939	27	Carl Guggino	Win	PTS
139	Mar 11, 1939	27	Joe De Jesus	Win	KO2
138	Feb 14, 1939	27	Johnny Bellus	Loss	PTS
137	Jan 31, 1939	26	Lew Feldman	Loss	PTS
136	Jan 14, 1939	26	Johnny Rohrig	Win	PTS
135	Jan 3, 1939	26	Tommy Speigal	Win	PTS
134	Dec 26, 1938	26	Joey Ferrando	Loss	PTS
133	Dec 5, 1938	26	Pete DeGrasse	Win	KO5
132	Nov 25, 1938	26	Vince Dell'Orto	Win	PTS
131	Nov 7, 1938	26	Cristobal Jaramillo	Win	PTS
130	Aug 17, 1938	26	Al Reid	Win	KO4
129	Feb 1, 1938	26	Henry Armstrong	Loss	KO3
128	Nov 30, 1937	25	Bus Breese	Win	PTS
127	Oct 19, 1937	25	Babe Santello	Win	KO1
126	Oct 5, 1937	25	Baby Arizmendi	Loss	PTS
125	Sep 7, 1937	25	Georgie Hansford	Win	PTS
124	Aug 17, 1937	25	Georgie Hansford	Draw	PTS
123	Jul 21, 1937	25	Norbert Meehan	Win	TKO5
122	Jul 5, 1937	25	Henry Mendola	Win	KO1
121	Jun 9, 1937	25	Mike Martinez	Win	TKO3
120	May 18, 1937	25	Sonny Valdez	Win	PTS
119	Apr 14, 1937	25	Kid Ray	Win	PTS
118	Jan 15, 1937	24	Jimmy McClain	Win	KO2
117	Sep 29, 1936	24	Douglas Worth	Win	TKO1
116	Aug 20, 1936	24	Cecil Payne	Draw	PTS
115	Jul 6, 1936	24	Eddie Spina	Win	PTS
114	May 21, 1936	24	Eddie Spina	Win	PTS
113	Apr 28, 1936	24	Willie Davies	Win	TKO7
112	Apr 17, 1936	24	Elmer Brown	Win	PTS
111	Apr 10, 1936	24	Young Corpuz	Win	PTS
110	Mar 25, 1936	24	Claude Varner	Win	PTS
109	May 10, 1935	23	Pablo Dano	Loss	KO2
108	Apr 6, 1935	23	Mark Diaz	Win	TKO4
107	Feb 16, 1935	23	Chico Cisneros	Loss	PTS
106	Feb 2, 1935	23	Baby Arizmendi	Loss	KO4
105	Nov 17, 1934	22	Lew Monte	Loss	PTS
104	Oct 8, 1934	22	Mose Butch	Loss	PTS
103	Jun 29, 1934	22	Perfecto Lopez	Win	PTS
102	Jun 8, 1934	22	Freddie Miller	Loss	PTS
101	May 29, 1934	22	Perfecto Lopez	Draw	PTS
100	May 25, 1934	22	Frankie Venegas	Win	KO5
99	May 1, 1934	22	Albert Ladou	Win	PTS
98	Apr 17, 1934	22	Jimmy Alvarado	Win	TKO3
97	Feb 20, 1934	22	Augie Soliz	Win	TKO5
96	Jan 30, 1934	21	Bobby Gray	Win	PTS
95	Oct 17, 1933	21	Eddie Shea	Loss	KO1
94	Sep 19, 1933	21	Allan Foston	Draw	PTS
93	Sep 5, 1933	21	Willie Jubera	Win	RTD2
92	Sep 1, 1933	21	Huerta Evans	Win	TKO4
91	Aug 22, 1933	21	Whitey Neal	Win	PTS
90	Apr 11, 1933	21	Mickey Cohen	Win	TKO3
89	Jan 6, 1933	20	Pedro Villanueva	Win	PTS
88	Dec 15, 1932	20	Benny Garcia	Win	PTS
87	Dec 7, 1932	20	Huerta Evans	Win	PTS
86	Nov 22, 1932	20	Al Greenfield	Win	PTS
85	Nov 15, 1932	20	Baby Jack Dempsey	Win	KO2
84	Nov 9, 1932	20	Johnny Ryan	Win	TKO2
83	Oct 19, 1932	20	Victor Kid Ponce	Win	KO1
82	Oct 11, 1932	20	Jesse Maxey	Win	KO1
81	Sep 2, 1932	20	Mose Bailey	Draw	PTS
80	Aug 26, 1932	20	Johnny Minella	Win	PTS
79	Jul 12, 1932	20	Al Greenfield	Win	PTS
78	Jun 7, 1932	20	Huerta Evans	Win	TKO5
77	May 18, 1932	20	Joe Pimentel	Win	KO2
76	May 3, 1932	20	Willie Davies	Win	PTS
75	Apr 29, 1932	20	Al Greenfield	Win	PTS
74	Feb 16, 1932	20	Martin Zuniga	Draw	PTS
73	Feb 5, 1932	20	Ray Montoya	Win	PTS
72	Jan 12, 1932	19	Tony Tassi	Win	TKO4
71	Nov 24, 1931	19	Clem Avila	Win	PTS
70	Oct 29, 1931	19	Huerta Evans	Draw	PTS
69	Oct 8, 1931	19	Huerta Evans	Win	PTS
68	Sep 15, 1931	19	Mike Cordova	Win	PTS
67	Aug 11, 1931	19	Baby Jack Dempsey	Win	KO2
66	Aug 6, 1931	19	Martin Zuniga	Draw	PTS
65	Jul 29, 1931	19	Adam Moraga	Win	TKO3
64	Jul 4, 1931	19	Martin Zuniga	Loss	PTS
63	Jun 12, 1931	19	Rod Alcantera	Win	KO1
62	May 1, 1931	19	Claude Roberts	Win	PTS
61	Apr 27, 1931	19	Frank Abendino	NC	NC
60	Apr 24, 1931	19	Ricky Hall	Win	PTS
59	Apr 7, 1931	19	Mike Cordova	Win	PTS
58	Mar 31, 1931	19	Mike Cordova	Win	PTS
57	Mar 10, 1931	19	Ernie Chacon	Win	PTS
56	Feb 13, 1931	19	Sailor Ray Butler	Win	PTS
55	Jan 28, 1931	18	Bobby Guinn	Win	TKO2
54	Jan 13, 1931	18	Huerta Evans	Loss	PTS
53	Dec 12, 1930	18	Ray Montoya	Loss	PTS
52	Nov 18, 1930	18	Ray Cervantes	Win	PTS
51	Nov 14, 1930	18	Jerry Duffy	Win	PTS
50	Nov 7, 1930	18	Johnny Lee	Win	KO3
49	Oct 24, 1930	18	Mose Bailey	Draw	PTS
48	Oct 21, 1930	18	Marion Cano	Win	KO4
47	Oct 7, 1930	18	Kid Avelino	Win	PTS
46	Sep 16, 1930	18	Manuel Trevino	Win	KO1
45	Aug 12, 1930	18	Sid Torres	Win	PTS
44	Jul 21, 1930	18	Sammy Seaman	Draw	PTS
43	Jul 10, 1930	18	Carlos Chipres	Win	KO2
42	Jul 5, 1930	18	Frisco Lenda	Loss	PTS
41	Jun 26, 1930	18	Ramon Navarro	Win	TKO5
40	Jun 17, 1930	18	Frisco Lenda	Win	PTS
39	Jun 12, 1930	18	Jimmy Mack	Win	PTS
38	May 8, 1930	18	Clayton Gouyd	Win	PTS
37	Apr 24, 1930	18	Canto Robledo	Loss	PTS
36	Jan 30, 1930	17	Danny Arnuf	Win	TKO1
35	Dec 3, 1929	17	Luis Echeveste	Loss	PTS
34	Nov 27, 1929	17	Jess Vasquez	Win	PTS
33	Oct 24, 1929	17	Harry Barrere	Win	PTS
32	Oct 10, 1929	17	Harry Purdue	Win	PTS
31	Oct 2, 1929	17	Tony Moreno	Draw	PTS
30	Sep 12, 1929	17	Pal Shoaf	Win	PTS
29	Sep 10, 1929	17	Louie Medina	Loss	PTS
28	Sep 4, 1929	17	Pastor Calope	Win	PTS
27	Aug 29, 1929	17	Ray Vilalobos	Win	KO5
26	Aug 21, 1929	17	Clem Avila	Loss	PTS
25	Jul 5, 1929	17	Frisco Lenda	Loss	PTS
24	May 2, 1929	17	Ray Vilalobos	Draw	PTS
23	Apr 18, 1929	17	Johnny Mason	Win	PTS
22	Apr 9, 1929	17	Henry Wallender	Draw	PTS
21	Apr 2, 1929	17	Johnny Gabucco	Win	PTS
20	Mar 28, 1929	17	Paul Hardy	Win	KO3
19	Mar 14, 1929	17	Tony Apodaca	Win	PTS
18	Feb 7, 1929	17	Joe Velardi	Loss	PTS
17	Jan 24, 1929	16	Frisco Lenda	Draw	PTS
16	Jan 17, 1929	16	Pastor Calope	Win	TKO2
15	Dec 20, 1928	16	Ray Davis	Win	PTS
14	Dec 13, 1928	16	Louie Contreras	Draw	PTS
13	Nov 22, 1928	16	Ray Davis	Win	PTS
12	Oct 3, 1928	16	Jimmy Martinez	Win	TKO1
11	Sep 13, 1928	16	Joe Hernandez	Draw	PTS
10	Aug 23, 1928	16	Joe Hernandez	Loss	PTS
9	Jul 26, 1928	16	Ray Davis	Loss	PTS
8	Jul 12, 1928	16	Valentino Castellanos	Draw	PTS
7	Jun 20, 1928	16	June Lagera	Win	PTS
6	May 31, 1928	16	Victor Acosta	Win	KO2
5	May 24, 1928	16	Tommy Sanchez	Win	PTS
4	May 3, 1928	16	Valemo Martin	Win	PTS
3	Apr 12, 1928	16	Nilo Balles	Win	KO3
2	Mar 1, 1928	16	Jodie Greyson	Loss	PTS
1	Feb 23, 1928	16	Nilo Balles	Win	PTS

* World-title fight

Boxing career

Albert Wright (Chalky) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Willcox, Arizona, U.S. on February 1, 1912. He was a featherweight world champion. He died on August 12, 1957 at the age of 45 years. Wright was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1997. His professional boxing career spanned more than 20 years — from 1928 to 1948.

Wright made his professional boxing debut against Nilo Balles at the age of 16 on February 23, 1928, defeating Balles via 4 round PTS.

He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on September 11, 1941 after 175 professional fights, against Joey Archibald for the featherweight NYSAC and The Ring titles. He defeated Archibald via 11th round KO to become the featherweight champion of the world.

Wright won one world title at featherweight. For all the details about Wright's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

Wright had a total of 46 losses in his professional boxing career.

His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Ernie Hunick at 36 years of age, on March 9, 1948. Wright lost the fight via 3rd round RTD.

Championships

Wright had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won three of these fights and lost two.

Title Wins

Chalky Wright fought for a featherweight world title in two fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one featherweight belt.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Won	Method
Sep 11, 1941	Joey Archibald	Featherweight	NYSAC, The Ring	KO

Title Defenses

Chalky Wright had three featherweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost once.

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
Sep 25, 1942	Lulu Costantino	Featherweight	NYSAC, The Ring	SD
Jun 19, 1942	Harry Jeffra	Featherweight	NYSAC, The Ring	TKO

Title Losses

Chalky Wright lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Lost	Method
Nov 20, 1942	Willie Pep	Featherweight	NYSAC, The Ring	UD

Highlights

Wright fought a total of 238 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the featherweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.

September 11, 1941: Wright wins his first world titles by defeating Joey Archibald via 11th round KO. He is now the NYSAC and The Ring featherweight world champion.
June 19, 1942: Wright successfully defends the NYSAC and The Ring featherweight titles against Harry Jeffra, winning the fight via 10th round TKO.

FAQs

How many KOs does Chalky Wright have on his record?
Wright knocked out 87 of his 238 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 36.9%. Of his total 171 wins, 87 of them were via KO (50.9%).
What was Chalky Wright's first world title win?
Wright's first world-title win were the NYSAC and The Ring belts at featherweight. He defeated Joey Archibald via 11 round KO to win the titles.
How many world titles did Chalky Wright win?
Wright won one world title at featherweight.
How many title defenses did Chalky Wright make?
Wright had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.

Chalky Wright Record

What is Chalky Wright's boxing record?

Boxing career

Championships

Title Wins

Title Defenses

Title Losses

Highlights

FAQs

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