Lightweight · United States
Rocky Kansas 123-27-15, 1 NC 38 KO · 1911–1932
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Rocky Kansas was a lightweight boxer from United States, born Apr 21, 1893. Record 123-27-15, 1 NC with 38 knockouts over 1911–1932. World titles: WBA lightweight (1925–1926). Rocky Kansas last fought Joe Trippe on Sep 30, 1932 and lost by UD over 6 rounds.
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Born Apr 21, 1893
Died Jan 10, 1954
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 157 cm
Debut Jan 1, 1911
Career 1911–1932
Rounds boxed 594
KO share 31%
Born in Italy
Titles WBA lightweight · 1925–1926
Confirmed bouts 27 of 166
Career record Record
123-27-15, 1 NC, 38 KOs · 1911–1932
Last result L
Joe Trippe
UD 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
The record 166 bouts, 1911–1932, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 64-12-7
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 166, Wikipedia (es) · 2
L
Joe Trippe
UD 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 123-26-15 · Trippe —
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring lightweight titles PTS 10/10 · Comiskey Park, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Kansas 123-25-15 · Mandell 84-5-11
L
Pal Moran
10 · Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Kansas 123-24-15 · Moran —
W
Joe Tiplitz
10 · Fleetwood Arena, Miami Beach, 🇺🇸
Kansas 122-24-15 · Tiplitz —
W
Freddie Jacks
TKO 6/10 · Benjamin Field Arena, Tampa, 🇺🇸
Kansas 121-24-15 · Jacks —
W
Won NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring lightweight titles UD 15/15 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 120-24-15 · Goodrich 94-25-18
W
Fred Kelly
TKO 1/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 119-24-15 · Kelly —
W
Joe Jawson
KO 2/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 118-24-15 · Jawson —
W
Joe Jawson
UD 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 117-24-15 · Jawson —
L
DQ 5/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 117-23-15 · Terris 61-4-2
W
Red Cap Wilson
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 116-23-15 · Wilson —
W
UD 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 115-23-15 · Bernstein —
W
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 114-23-15 · Vicentini 20-5-1
L
KO 11/15 · Queensboro Stadium, Long Island City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 114-22-15 · Vicentini 19-4-1
W
Freddie Jacks
UD 6/6 · Johnson Field, Johnson City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 113-22-15 · Jacks —
W
UD 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 112-22-15 · Dundee 191-51-45
D
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 112-22-14 · Bernstein —
W
Teddy Meyers
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 111-22-14 · Meyers —
W
Freddie Jacks
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 110-22-14 · Jacks —
L
UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 110-21-14 · Bernstein —
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Johnny Mendelsohn
10 · Arena Ice Gardens, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Kansas 109-21-14 · Mendelsohn —
W
Alex Hart
8 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 108-21-14 · Hart —
W
PTS 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 107-21-14 · White 120-31-13
W
Chubby Brown
PTS 12/12 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Kansas 106-21-14 · Brown —
W
Sammy Berne
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 105-21-14 · Berne —
W
Johnny Donnelly
10 · Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Kansas 104-21-14 · Donnelly —
W
Pete Hartley
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 103-21-14 · Hartley —
L
TKO 8/10 · Sky Blue Arena, Michigan City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 103-20-14 · Leonard 158-21-8
W
Johnny Harvey
TKO 4/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 102-20-14 · Harvey —
W
Gene Delmont
UD 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 101-20-14 · Delmont —
L
For NYSAC and NBA lightweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 101-19-14 · Leonard 154-20-8
W
10 · Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Kansas 100-19-14 · Ray —
D
Sid Barbarian
PTS 10/10 · Armouries, Windsor, 🇨🇦
Kansas 100-19-13 · Barbarian —
W
Barney Adair
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 99-19-13 · Adair —
W
Johnny Mendelsohn
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Kansas 98-19-13 · Mendelsohn —
W
Packy Hommey
TKO 2/12 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Kansas 97-19-13 · Hommey —
W
PTS 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 96-19-13 · Tendler 98-5-5
W
Frankie Britt
PTS 10/10 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
Kansas 95-19-13 · Britt —
W
Mixer Mitchell
KO 8/15 · Star Park, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Kansas 94-19-13 · Mitchell —
W
Frankie Schoell
UD 12/12 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 93-19-13 · Schoell —
L
NYSAC and NBA lightweight titles at stake 12 · Federal League Baseball Park, Harrison, 🇺🇸
Kansas 93-18-13 · Leonard 151-20-8
W
Gene Delmont
PTS 12/12 · Walker AC, Astoria, 🇺🇸
Kansas 92-18-13 · Delmont —
W
Harlem Eddie Kelly
KO 2/12 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 91-18-13 · Kelly —
L
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Kansas 91-17-13 · Dundee 154-40-41
W
Bobby Ward
KO 5/10 · Auditorium, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸
Kansas 90-17-13 · Ward —
W
Willie Jackson
PTS 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 89-17-13 · Jackson —
W
Richie Mitchell
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Kansas 88-17-13 · Mitchell —
W
Richie Mitchell
KO 1/12 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 87-17-13 · Mitchell —
W
Lockport Jimmy Duffy
KO 1/12 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 86-17-13 · Duffy —
W
Larry Hansen
TKO 10/12 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 85-17-13 · Hansen —
W
PTS 12/12 · Oriole Park, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Kansas 84-17-13 · Chaney 94-23-5
W
10 · Navin Field, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Kansas 83-17-13 · Mitchell 16-3-2
W
Allentown Dundee
10 · Buffalo Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 82-17-13 · Dundee —
W
Matt Brock
10 · Navin Field, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Kansas 81-17-13 · Brock —
W
Joe Welling
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 80-17-13 · Welling —
W
Frankie Bull
KO 6/10 · Arena, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Kansas 79-17-13 · Bull —
W
Ralph Brady
PTS 12/12 · Albaugh Theater, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Kansas 78-17-13 · Brady —
W
Babe Picato
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 77-17-13 · Picato —
L
Babe Picato
10 · Convention Hall, Rochester, 🇺🇸
Kansas 77-16-13 · Picato —
W
Westside Jimmy Duffy
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 76-16-13 · Duffy —
D
Pete Hartley
PTS 12/10 · Albaugh Theater, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Kansas 76-16-12 · Hartley —
D
10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Kansas 76-16-11 · Valger —
W
Frankie Britt
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 75-16-11 · Britt —
W
Ralph Brady
10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Kansas 74-16-11 · Brady —
W
Joe Tiplitz
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 73-16-11 · Tiplitz —
W
Eddie Dorsey
TKO 9/10 · Massey Hall, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Kansas 72-16-11 · Dorsey —
W
K.O. Mars
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 71-16-11 · Mars —
W
Artie O'Leary
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 70-16-11 · O'Leary —
L
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 70-15-11 · Tendler 57-4-4
L
Frankie Britt
PTS 12/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Kansas 70-14-11 · Britt —
D
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 70-14-10 · Valger —
D
Frankie Britt
PTS 12/12 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
Kansas 70-14-9 · Britt —
D
PTS 12/12 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
Kansas 70-14-8 · Dundee 130-25-30
W
Joe Thomas
4 · Baseball Park, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 69-14-8 · Thomas —
W
Phil Bloom
8 · Wrightstown, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Kansas 68-14-8 · Bloom —
D
Patsy Cline
12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 68-14-7 · Cline —
W
Jake Schiffer
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 67-14-7 · Schiffer —
W
Eddie 'Kid' Black
KO 2/4 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 66-14-7 · Black —
W
Fighting Zunner
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 65-14-7 · Zunner —
W
Lockport Jimmy Duffy
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 64-14-7 · Duffy —
W
Artie O'Leary
TKO 5/6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 63-14-7 · O'Leary —
L
Patsy Cline
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 63-13-7 · Cline —
W
Young Terry McGovern
6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 62-13-7 · McGovern —
W
Willie Jackson
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 61-13-7 · Jackson —
D
Willie Jackson
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 61-13-6 · Jackson —
W
Clonie Tait
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 60-13-6 · Tait —
L
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 60-12-6 · Tendler 32-4-4
D
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 60-12-5 · Callahan —
L
Willie Jackson
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 60-11-5 · Jackson —
W
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 59-11-5 · Chaney 72-12-5
W
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 58-11-5 · Chaney 72-11-5
L
Babe Picato
10 · Opera House, New Castle, 🇺🇸
Kansas 58-10-5 · Picato —
L
PTS 12/12 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
Kansas 58-9-5 · Dundee 108-22-24
W
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 57-9-5 · Welsh 117-24-16
W
Red Dolan
10 · Auditorium, Racine, 🇺🇸
Kansas 56-9-5 · Dolan —
W
Phil Virgets
10 · Gray's Armory, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Kansas 55-9-5 · Virgets —
W
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 54-9-5 · Kilbane 91-9-14
W
Cal Delaney
10 · Central Armory, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Kansas 53-9-5 · Delaney —
W
Pete Hartley
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 52-9-5 · Hartley —
W
Jake Schiffer
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 51-9-5 · Schiffer —
W
Henry Cherry
TKO 8/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 50-9-5 · Cherry —
W
Gene Belmont
PTS 10/10 · Windsor A.C., Windsor, 🇨🇦
Kansas 49-9-5 · Belmont —
W
Johnny O'Leary
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 48-9-5 · O'Leary —
W
Harry Condon
10 · Flower City A.C., Rochester, 🇺🇸
Kansas 47-9-5 · Condon —
W
Shamus O'Brien
10 · Urban Liberty Park, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 46-9-5 · O'Brien —
W
Gene Delmont
10 · Urban Liberty Park, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 45-9-5 · Delmont —
W
Pete Hartley
10 · Rochester, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 44-9-5 · Hartley —
W
Jack White
TKO 2 · Welland, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Kansas 43-9-5 · White —
L
Jake Schiffer
10 · Majestic Theater, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 43-8-5 · Schiffer —
W
Frankie Nelson
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 42-8-5 · Nelson —
W
Tickle Sanders
10 · Garden Theater, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 41-8-5 · Sanders —
L
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 41-7-5 · Leonard 59-17-5
W
Patsy Drouillard
PTS 10/10 · Windsor A.C., Windsor, 🇨🇦
Kansas 40-7-5 · Drouillard —
W
10 · Garden Theater, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 39-7-5 · Callahan —
L
Frankie Russell
PTS 15/15 · Orleans A.C., New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Kansas 39-6-5 · Russell —
W
Frankie Russell
PTS 15/15 · Orleans A.C., New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Kansas 38-6-5 · Russell —
D
10 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 38-6-4 · Mandot —
D
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 38-6-3 · Mandot —
W
10 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 37-6-3 · Wolgast 75-20-15
W
Frankie Daley
10 · Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Kansas 36-6-3 · Daley —
L
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 36-5-3 · Dundee 72-18-20
L
Joe Goldberg
10 · Garden Roller Rink, Rochester, 🇺🇸
Kansas 36-4-3 · Goldberg —
W
Eddie Morgan
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 35-4-3 · Morgan —
W
Eddie Morgan
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 34-4-3 · Morgan —
L
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 34-3-3 · Kilbane 68-7-13
W
Harry Boyle
10 · Miller's Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 33-3-3 · Boyle —
W
Kid Julian
10 · Alhambra Rink, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Kansas 32-3-3 · Julian —
W
Bobby Reynolds
12 · Liberty A.C., Bridgeport, 🇺🇸
Kansas 31-3-3 · Reynolds —
W
Harry Condon
10 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kansas 30-3-3 · Condon —
W
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 28-3-3 · Dundee 56-15-15
W
Tommy Bresnahan
KO 2/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 28-3-3 · Bresnahan —
W
Joe Goldberg
10 · Elmwood Music Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 27-3-3 · Goldberg —
W
Jimmy Cavanaugh
KO 3/10 · Miller's Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 26-3-3 · Cavanaugh —
W
Eddie Wallace
10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 25-3-3 · Wallace —
W
Eddie Sentry
TKO 5/6 · Grand Opera House, Youngstown, 🇺🇸
Kansas 24-3-3 · Sentry —
W
Johnny Sokol
TKO 9/10 · Elmwood Music Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 23-3-3 · Sokol —
W
Jack Dexter
TKO 5/10 · Elmwood Music Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 22-3-3 · Dexter —
W
Young Joey
10 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Kansas 21-3-3 · Joey —
W
Harry Boyle
KO 2/6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 20-3-3 · Boyle —
W
Johnny Harris
6 · Elmwood Music Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 19-3-3 · Harris —
W
Jack Dexter
TKO 4/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 18-3-3 · Dexter —
D
Oscar Williams
PTS 10/10 · Paducah, Kentucky, 🇺🇸
Kansas 18-3-2 · Williams —
L
Jack Dexter
6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 18-2-2 · Dexter —
W
Danny McCabe
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 17-2-2 · McCabe —
W
Oscar Williams
TKO 10/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 16-2-2 · Williams —
L
Stanley Scully
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kansas 16-1-2 · Scully —
W
Sammy Baker
6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 15-1-2 · Baker —
D
Joe Clark
6 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 15-1-1 · Clark —
W
Jack Dexter
6 · Convention Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 14-1-1 · Dexter —
W
Joe Stein
TKO 8/10 · International A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 13-1-1 · Stein —
D
Jack Dexter
6 · International A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 13-1-0 · Dexter —
W
Dick Clancy
KO 3 · Convention Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 12-1-0 · Clancy —
W
Jack Joynt
KO 1 · International A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 11-1-0 · Joynt —
W
Jack White
KO 3 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 10-1-0 · White —
W
Jack White
KO 3 · Welland, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Kansas 9-1-0 · White —
W
Jack Harris
KO 1 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 8-1-0 · Harris —
W
Young Nelson
KO 2 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 7-1-0 · Nelson —
L
Jack Dexter
TKO 3 · Convention Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 7-0-0 · Dexter —
W
George Ross
PTS 6/6 · Welland, Ontario, 🇨🇦
Kansas 6-0-0 · Ross —
W
Young Tuttle
KO 1 · Convention Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 5-0-0 · Tuttle —
W
Willie O'Neill
KO 1/4 · International A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kansas 4-0-0 · O'Neill —
W
Battling Kline
KO 2 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 3-0-0 · Kline —
W
Young Green
KO 2 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 2-0-0 · Green —
NC
Kid George
4 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 2-0-0 · George —
W
Young Thomas
KO 2 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 1-0-0 · Thomas —
W
Young Thomas
KO 3 · Buffalo, New York, 🇺🇸
Kansas 0-0-0 · Thomas —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Rocky Kansas's record? Rocky Kansas's professional record is 123-27-15, 1 NC with 38 knockouts.
Who did Rocky Kansas fight last? Rocky Kansas last fought Joe Trippe on Sep 30, 1932 and lost by UD over 6 rounds.
Which world titles has Rocky Kansas held? Rocky Kansas has held 1 world title reign: WBA lightweight (1925–1926). Sources Boxerbook ID 18959 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/18959 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
