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Middleweight · United States
Eddie Babe Risko 65-26-12 18 KO · 1929–1939
Eddie Babe Risko was a middleweight boxer from United States, born Jul 14, 1911. Record 65-26-12 with 18 knockouts over 1929–1939. World titles: WBA middleweight (1935–1936). Eddie Babe Risko last fought Lloyd Marshall on May 17, 1939 and lost by KO in round 5 of 10.
Also: Бэйб Риско · エディ・リスコ · Babe Risko +3 more Eddie Risko · Henrikas Pilkauskas · Henry Pylkowski
Born Jul 14, 1911
Died Mar 7, 1957
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Reach 184 cm
Nickname Babe Risko, Eddie Risko, Sailor Puleski
Debut Oct 26, 1929
Career 1929–1939
Rounds boxed 742
KO share 28%
Born in Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Titles WBA middleweight · 1935–1936
Boxerbook rating 1366 ± 349 · inactive since May 1939Why here › Confirmed bouts 13 of 103
Career record Record
65-26-12, 18 KOs · 1929–1939
Last result L
KO 5/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, 🇺🇸
The record 103 bouts, 1929–1939, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 103, Wikipedia (ru) · 9
L
KO 5/10 · Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-25-12 · Marshall 16-4-1
L
Walter Franklin
KO 6/8 · New York Coliseum, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-24-12 · Franklin —
L
KO 3/10 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-23-12 · Soose 9-0-0
L
Ben Brown
KO 9/12 · Warren Arena, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-22-12 · Brown —
L
Larry Lane
KO 2/10 · Arena, Trenton, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-21-12 · Lane —
D
Ben Brown
PTS 10/10 · Warren Arena, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-21-11 · Brown —
L
Ralph DeJohn
KO 7/8 · Municipal Stadium, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-20-11 · DeJohn —
D
Al Quaill
PTS 10/10 · Hickey Park, Millvale, 🇺🇸
Risko 65-20-10 · Quaill —
W
PTS 10/10 · Armory, Akron, 🇺🇸
Risko 64-20-10 · Jones 121-27-17
L
George Black
KO 5/10 · State Fair Park, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Risko 64-19-10 · Black —
L
KO 7/10 · Civic Ice Arena, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Risko 64-18-10 · Hostak 37-1-8
L
UD 10/10 · Duquesne Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Risko 64-17-10 · Conn 30-6-1
L
For NBA and NYSAC middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 64-16-10 · Steele 115-2-11
W
Butch Lynch
KO 8/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 63-16-10 · Lynch —
W
Tony Tozzo
UD 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Risko 62-16-10 · Tozzo —
W
Harry Balsamo
UD 10/10 · Hippodrome, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 61-16-10 · Balsamo —
L
SD 10/10 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Risko 61-15-10 · Yarosz 84-4-2
L
For NBA and NYSAC middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Civic Stadium, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Risko 61-14-10 · Steele 107-2-11
L
PTS 10/10 · Dreamland Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Risko 61-13-10 · Apostoli 16-1-0
W
Mike Payan
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 60-13-10 · Payan —
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UD 10/10 · Civic Ice Arena, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Risko 60-12-10 · Steele 105-2-11
W
Tony Fisher
Retained NYSAC and NBA middleweight titles PTS 10/10 · Laurel Garden, Newark, 🇺🇸
Risko 59-12-10 · Fisher —
L
KO 1/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 59-11-10 · McAvoy —
W
Frank Battaglia
SD 10/10 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Risko 58-11-10 · Battaglia —
W
Chester Palutis
UD 10/10 · Town Hall, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Risko 57-11-10 · Palutis —
W
Jackie Aldare
PTS 10/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 56-11-10 · Aldare —
W
Won NYSAC and NBA middleweight titles UD 15/15 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Risko 55-11-10 · Yarosz 82-3-2
L
Paul Pirrone
PTS 10/10 · Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Risko 55-10-10 · Pirrone —
W
Frank Battaglia
UD 12/12 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Risko 54-10-10 · Battaglia —
L
Jimmy Belmont
SD 8/8 · Public Hall, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Risko 54-9-10 · Belmont —
W
Sammy Slaughter
PTS 10/10 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Risko 53-9-10 · Slaughter —
W
Benny Levine
TKO 2/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 52-9-10 · Levine —
W
Paul Pirrone
UD 10/10 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Risko 51-9-10 · Pirrone —
D
Solly Dukelsky
PTS 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Risko 51-9-9 · Dukelsky —
L
SD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 51-8-9 · Dundee 115-17-14
W
TKO 7/10 · Town Hall, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Risko 50-8-9 · Yarosz 80-2-2
W
Pete Susky
UD 6/6 · Town Hall, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Risko 49-8-9 · Susky —
W
Al Salbano
PTS 10/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 48-8-9 · Salbano —
W
Freddie Sallus
KO 8/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 47-8-9 · Sallus —
W
Weiner Wilch
KO 2/6 · Kalurah Temple, Binghamton, 🇺🇸
Risko 46-8-9 · Wilch —
W
Chester Palutis
UD 6/6 · Town Hall, Scranton, 🇺🇸
Risko 45-8-9 · Palutis —
D
Freddie Sallus
PTS 8/8 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 45-8-8 · Sallus —
W
Pete Susky
PTS 8/8 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 44-8-8 · Susky —
W
Weiner Wilch
TKO 3/8 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 43-8-8 · Wilch —
D
Larry Wagner
PTS 6/6 · Johnson Field, Johnson City, 🇺🇸
Risko 43-8-7 · Wagner —
W
Joe Desmond
PTS 6/6 · Convention Hall, Saratoga Springs, 🇺🇸
Risko 42-8-7 · Desmond —
D
Paulie Sykes
SD 6/6 · South Depot St. Arena, Oswego, 🇺🇸
Risko 42-8-6 · Sykes —
W
Thomas Lawless
KO 5/6 · Kalurah Temple, Binghamton, 🇺🇸
Risko 41-8-6 · Lawless —
W
Thomas Lawless
PTS 6/6 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 40-8-6 · Lawless —
W
Jackie Flowers
PTS 6/6 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 39-8-6 · Flowers —
W
Jackie Flowers
PTS 6/6 · Convention Hall, Utica, 🇺🇸
Risko 38-8-6 · Flowers —
W
Joe Lyons
KO 3/4 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 37-8-6 · Lyons —
W
Jackie Flowers
PTS 6/6 · Convention Hall, Utica, 🇺🇸
Risko 36-8-6 · Flowers —
W
Steve Wolanin
PTS 6/6 · Convention Hall, Utica, 🇺🇸
Risko 35-8-6 · Wolanin —
W
Frank LaSpina
KO 2/4 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Risko 34-8-6 · LaSpina —
L
Swede Berglund
KO 4/10 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 34-7-6 · Berglund —
W
Nick Ures
KO 3/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 33-7-6 · Ures —
W
Johnny 'Bandit' Romero
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 32-7-6 · Romero —
W
Deacon Leo Kelly
PTS 6/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 31-7-6 · Kelly —
L
Dutch Weimer
PTS 4/4 · Foreign Club Arena, Tijuana, 🇲🇽
Risko 31-6-6 · Weimer —
W
Johnny Cavos
TKO 3/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 30-6-6 · Cavos —
W
Ray Griffiths
TKO 3/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 29-6-6 · Griffiths —
W
Miles Murphy
TKO 6/6 · Greenwich Coliseum, Tacoma, 🇺🇸
Risko 28-6-6 · Murphy —
W
Guy McKinney
TKO 5/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 27-6-6 · McKinney —
L
Grant Willardson
DQ 3/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 27-5-6 · Willardson —
W
Guy McKinney
PTS 6/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 26-5-6 · McKinney —
W
PTS 6/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 25-5-6 · O'Neill —
W
Johnny Reed
PTS 6/6 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 24-5-6 · Reed —
W
Tony Pena
PTS 4/4 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 23-5-6 · Pena —
W
Billy McMullen
PTS 6/6 · Navy Field, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 22-5-6 · McMullen —
D
Harry Walton
PTS 4/4 · Coliseum, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Risko 22-5-5 · Walton —
L
Leroy Brown
KO 6/10 · Sullivan's Bowl, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 22-4-5 · Brown —
W
Jack McCarthy
PTS 8/8 · Freihofer Field, Phillipsburg, 🇺🇸
Risko 21-4-5 · McCarthy —
W
Vic Suquera
TKO 3/6 · Armory, White Plains, 🇺🇸
Risko 20-4-5 · Suquera —
W
Joe Smallwood
PTS 6/6 · New Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Risko 19-4-5 · Smallwood —
L
Joe Colucci
PTS 8/8 · 106th Infantry Regiment Armory, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 19-3-5 · Colucci —
W
Chick Williams
PTS 6/6 · New Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Risko 18-3-5 · Williams —
D
Leroy Brown
PTS 10/10 · Sullivan's Bowl, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 18-3-4 · Brown —
L
Rufus Miles
PTS 10/10 · Fair Grounds Arena, Orangeburg, 🇺🇸
Risko 18-2-4 · Miles —
W
Bud Spittle
PTS 10/10 · Sullivan's Bowl, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 17-2-4 · Spittle —
W
Carl Schlieper
PTS 6/6 · 106th Infantry Regiment Armory, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 16-2-4 · Schlieper —
W
Frank Sumter
PTS 10/10 · Sullivan's Bowl, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 15-2-4 · Sumter —
L
Charlie Brown
PTS 10/10 · Academy of Music, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 15-1-4 · Brown —
D
Bud Spittle
PTS 10/10 · Sumter Guards' Armory, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 15-1-3 · Spittle —
D
Rufus Miles
PTS 10/10 · Citadel Gymnasium, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 15-1-2 · Miles —
W
Larry Leavitt
PTS 10/10 · Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 14-1-2 · Leavitt —
W
Rufus Miles
UD 10/10 · Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 13-1-2 · Miles —
W
Wendell Weeks
PTS 10/10 · Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 12-1-2 · Weeks —
W
Bob Allison
PTS 10/10 · Ashley Park, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 11-1-2 · Allison —
W
Bob Allison
PTS 10/10 · Johnson Hagood Stadium, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 10-1-2 · Allison —
W
Larry Leavitt
PTS 10/10 · Elks Arena, Folly Beach, 🇺🇸
Risko 9-1-2 · Leavitt —
W
Wendell Weeks
PTS 10/10 · Elks Arena, Folly Beach, 🇺🇸
Risko 8-1-2 · Weeks —
W
Freddy Brewer
KO 4/6 · 22nd Engineers' Armory, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 7-1-2 · Brewer —
L
Eddie Cavanaugh
KO 2/6 · Armory, White Plains, 🇺🇸
Risko 7-0-2 · Cavanaugh —
D
Johnny Baruzzi
PTS 6/6 · Armory, White Plains, 🇺🇸
Risko 7-0-1 · Baruzzi —
W
Tony Dallas
PTS 6/6 · Armory, White Plains, 🇺🇸
Risko 6-0-1 · Dallas —
W
Roy LaDuca
TKO 3/6 · 102nd Medical Regiment Armory, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 5-0-1 · LaDuca —
W
Charlie McKain
PTS 4/4 · Armory, White Plains, 🇺🇸
Risko 4-0-1 · McKain —
D
Mule Brown
PTS 8/8 · Flushing Armory, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 4-0-0 · Brown —
W
Roy LaDuca
PTS 6/6 · 102nd Medical Regiment Armory, New York City, 🇺🇸
Risko 3-0-0 · LaDuca —
W
Wendell Weeks
PTS 6/6 · Marion Square Arena, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 2-0-0 · Weeks —
W
Young Murray
TKO 5/10 · Marion Square Arena, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 1-0-0 · Murray —
W
Diaz Music
PTS 4/4 · Marion Square Arena, Charleston, 🇺🇸
Risko 0-0-0 · Music —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
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Facts
What is Eddie Babe Risko's record? Eddie Babe Risko's professional record is 65-26-12 with 18 knockouts.
Who did Eddie Babe Risko fight last? Eddie Babe Risko last fought Lloyd Marshall on May 17, 1939 and lost by KO in round 5 of 10.
Which world titles has Eddie Babe Risko held? Eddie Babe Risko has held 1 world title reign: WBA middleweight (1935–1936). Sources Boxerbook ID 9991 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/9991 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.