Featherweight · United States
Abe Attell 110-17-26, 2 NC 38 KO · 1900–1917
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Abe Attell was a featherweight boxer from United States, born Feb 22, 1884. Record 110-17-26, 2 NC with 38 knockouts over 1900–1917. Abe Attell last fought Phil Virgets on Jan 8, 1917 and lost by TKO in round 4 of 15.
Also: אייב אטל · آبى اتيل · آبي أتيل +6 more अबे अटेल · અબે અટેલ · エイブ・アッテル · 阿貝·阿特爾 · Abraham Washington Attell · アブラハム・アッテル
Born Feb 22, 1884
Died Feb 7, 1970
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Height 163 cm
Reach 167.5 cm
Nickname The Little Hebrew
Debut Dec 20, 1900
Career 1900–1917
Rounds boxed 1097
KO share 35%
Born in San Francisco, California, U.S.
Titles World featherweight title 1909
Confirmed bouts 43 of 155
Career record Record
110-17-26, 2 NC, 38 KOs · 1900–1917
Last result L
Phil Virgets
TKO 4/15 · Orleans A.C., New Orleans, 🇺🇸
The record 155 bouts, 1900–1917, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 91-9-18
L
Phil Virgets
TKO 4/15 · Orleans A.C., New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Attell 110-16-26 · Virgets —
W
KO 3/10 · Gloversville, New York, 🇺🇸
Attell 109-16-26 · Callahan —
L
Willie Beecher
10 · Atlantic A.A., Rockaway Beach, 🇺🇸
Attell 109-15-26 · Beecher —
W
PTS 15/15 · Empire Theater, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Attell 108-15-26 · Chaney 31-6-1
NC
Benny Kaufman
NC 7/10 · Orpheum Theater, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Attell 108-15-26 · Kaufman —
W
10 · Forty-Fourth Street A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 107-15-26 · Walsh 50-16-24
W
TKO 3/10 · Forty-Fourth Street A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 106-15-26 · Kirk —
L
TKO 6/8 · Saint Louis, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Attell 106-14-26 · Kirk —
D
PTS 12/12
Attell 106-14-25 · Walsh 50-16-22
D
Jimmy Walsh
PTS 10/10 · Pilgrim A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Attell 106-14-24 · Walsh —
L
10 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 106-13-24 · Thomas —
D
PTS 20/20 · Coffroth's Mission Street Arena, Daly City, 🇺🇸
Attell 106-13-23 · Murphy 9-13-2
W
Eddie Marino
PTS 10/10 · Tacoma A.C., Tacoma, 🇺🇸
Attell 105-13-23 · Marino —
W
Jimmy Carroll
KO 7/20 · Capital AC, Sacramento, 🇺🇸
Attell 104-13-23 · Carroll —
L
PTS 20/20 · Coffroth's Arena, Daly City, 🇺🇸
Attell 104-12-23 · Murphy 8-13-2
L
Lost world featherweight title PTS 20/20 · Arena, Vernon, 🇺🇸
Attell 104-11-23 · Kilbane 34-5-11
L
Knockout Brown
10 · National S.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 104-10-23 · Brown —
W
Willie Jones
10 · Gowanus A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Attell 103-10-23 · Jones —
W
Patsy Kline
10 · Navarre A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Attell 102-10-23 · Kline —
W
Leo Johnson
TKO 5/10 · Malvern A.C., Bronx, 🇺🇸
Attell 101-10-23 · Johnson —
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Willie Jones
10 · Olympia Boxing Club, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 100-10-23 · Jones —
W
Young Johnny Cohen
10 · Houston A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 99-10-23 · Cohen —
W
Herman Smith
10 · International A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Attell 98-10-23 · Smith —
L
10 · Madison A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 98-9-23 · Wells 18-1-2
W
10 · New Amsterdam Opera House, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 97-9-23 · Burns —
NC
Tommy Kilbane
NC 4/10 · Eagles Club, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Attell 97-9-23 · Kilbane —
D
Billy Allen
10 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Attell 97-9-22 · Allen —
W
Patsy Kline
10 · New Amsterdam Opera House, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 96-9-22 · Kline —
W
Joe Coster
10 · Vanderbilt A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Attell 95-9-22 · Coster —
W
Philadelphia Pal Moore
10 · Fairmont A.C., Bronx, 🇺🇸
Attell 94-9-22 · Moore —
D
For world featherweight title PTS 15/15 · West Side A.C., Gretna, 🇺🇸
Attell 94-9-21 · Conley —
D
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 94-9-20 · Moran 66-9-6
W
KO 4 · Mohawk Valley A.C., Amsterdam, 🇺🇸
Attell 93-9-20 · Kelly —
W
Biz Mackey
TKO 6/10 · Brown's Gym, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 92-9-20 · Mackey —
W
PTS 10/10 · Hippodrome, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Attell 91-9-20 · Kilbane 23-3-7
D
Jack White
PTS 15/15 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦
Attell 91-9-19 · White —
W
Frankie White
10 · Hippodrome, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Attell 90-9-19 · White —
W
10 · Hippodrome, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Attell 89-9-19 · White 28-2-1
W
Billy Lauder
KO 7/15 · Mission Hill, Calgary, 🇨🇦
Attell 88-9-19 · Lauder —
W
Eddie Marino
KO 3/15 · Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦
Attell 87-9-19 · Marino —
W
10 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 86-9-19 · Moran 64-8-4
W
10 · New Amsterdam Opera House, National S.C., 🇺🇸
Attell 85-9-19 · Murphy 8-10-2
L
10 · Empire A.C., Manhattan Casino, 🇺🇸
Attell 85-8-19 · Murphy 7-10-2
W
10 · Fairmont A.C., Bronx, 🇺🇸
Attell 84-8-19 · Moran 61-7-4
W
Johnny Marto
10 · New Amsterdam Opera House, National S.C., 🇺🇸
Attell 83-8-19 · Marto —
W
TKO 7 · Troy, New York, 🇺🇸
Attell 82-8-19 · Forbes 85-12-26
W
10 · Long Acre A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Attell 81-8-19 · Neil 29-21-6
W
TKO 5/15 · Southern A.C., Savannah, 🇺🇸
Attell 80-8-19 · Kelly —
W
PTS 8/8 · Phoenix A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
Attell 79-8-19 · White 24-0-0
W
Johnny Moran
Retained world featherweight title PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Attell 78-8-19 · Moran —
W
Patsy Kline
6 · Nonpareil A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 77-8-19 · Kline —
W
Buck 'Twin' Miller
6 · Douglas A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 76-8-19 · Miller —
W
Tommy O'Toole
Retained world featherweight title PTS 12/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Attell 75-8-19 · O'Toole —
W
6 · Luna Park, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Attell 74-8-19 · Kelly —
D
10 · Convention Hall, Saratoga, 🇺🇸
Attell 74-8-18 · Stone —
W
Biz Mackey
Retained world featherweight title TKO 8/10 · Southern Theatre, Columbus, 🇺🇸
Attell 73-8-18 · Mackey —
W
Frankie White
KO 8/20 · Dayton A.C., Dayton, 🇺🇸
Attell 72-8-18 · White —
W
10 · Bedford A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Attell 71-8-18 · Neil 26-17-5
W
Patsy Kline
10 · Whirlwind A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Attell 70-8-18 · Kline —
W
Young Pierce
KO 6/15 · Olympic Club, Essington, 🇺🇸
Attell 69-8-18 · Pierce —
W
Young Pierce
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 68-8-18 · Pierce —
L
10 · National A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Attell 68-7-18 · Driscoll 57-4-5
W
Retained world featherweight title TKO 7/10 · Southern A.C., New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Attell 67-7-18 · Kelly —
W
Freddie Weeks
Retained world featherweight title KO 10/20 · Goldfield A.C., Goldfield, 🇺🇸
Attell 66-7-18 · Weeks —
W
Biz Mackey
Retained world featherweight title KO 8/15 · West Side A.C., Gretna, 🇺🇸
Attell 65-7-18 · Mackey —
D
10 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 65-7-17 · Wolgast 39-2-8
L
PTS 15/15 · Jeffries' Arena, Vernon, 🇺🇸
Attell 65-6-17 · Welsh 38-8-7
D
For world featherweight title PTS 23/23 · Mission Street Arena, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 65-6-16 · Moran 50-5-3
W
Eddie Marino
PTS 10/10 · Sandpoint, California, 🇺🇸
Attell 64-6-16 · Marino —
W
6 · Grand Union A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 63-6-16 · Baldwin —
W
Tommy Sullivan
TKO 4/20 · Coliseum, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 62-6-16 · Sullivan —
W
Retained world featherweight title KO 8/20 · Sound Beach, Washington, 🇺🇸
Attell 61-6-16 · Kelly —
D
PTS 15/15 · Coliseum, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 61-6-15 · Nelson 43-14-14
W
Retained world featherweight title TKO 7/20 · Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 60-6-15 · Kelly —
W
For world featherweight title TKO 13/20 · Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 59-6-15 · Neil 24-9-4
D
For world featherweight title PTS 25/25 · Coffroth's Arena, Colma, 🇺🇸
Attell 59-6-14 · Moran 48-5-2
W
Freddie Weeks
Retained world featherweight title TKO 4/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 58-6-14 · Weeks —
D
Tommy Sullivan
PTS 8/8 · Physical Culture Farm, Alton, 🇺🇸
Attell 58-6-13 · Sullivan —
W
For world featherweight title PTS 10/10 · Auditorium (Virginia Ave.), Indianapolis, 🇺🇸
Attell 57-6-13 · Walsh 34-7-11
W
Benny 'Kid' Solomon
Retained world featherweight title PTS 20/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 56-6-13 · Solomon —
L
Tommy O'Toole
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 56-5-13 · O'Toole —
D
Spike Robson
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 56-5-12 · Robson —
W
Harry Baker
Retained world featherweight title KO 8/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 55-5-12 · Baker —
W
For world featherweight title TKO 9/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 54-5-12 · Walsh 32-5-11
W
Billy DeCoursey
Retained world featherweight title PTS 15/15 · National Athletic Club, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Attell 53-5-12 · DeCoursey —
W
Harry Baker
Retained world featherweight title PTS 20/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 52-5-12 · Baker —
W
Frank Carsey
RTD 3/15 · Davenport, Iowa, 🇺🇸
Attell 51-5-12 · Carsey —
W
Frank Carsey
PTS 15/15 · Reed's Lake, Grand Rapids, 🇺🇸
Attell 50-5-12 · Carsey —
W
For world featherweight title PTS 20/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 49-5-12 · Neil 23-6-4
D
Kid Herman
PTS 20/20 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Attell 49-5-11 · Herman —
W
Phil Logan
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 48-5-11 · Logan —
W
Itsy Ryan
TKO 2/3 · Metropolitan A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 47-5-11 · Ryan —
W
Art Edmunds
3 · Marlborough A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 46-5-11 · Edmunds —
W
Tony Bender
3 · Consolidated A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 45-5-11 · Bender —
W
For world featherweight title PTS 15/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Attell 44-5-11 · Walsh 31-4-11
W
Billy Maynard
TKO 10/15 · Auditorium, Portland, 🇺🇸
Attell 43-5-11 · Maynard —
W
Tony Bender
3 · Olympia Boxing Club, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 42-5-11 · Bender —
W
Chester Goodwin
15 · Summit A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 41-5-11 · Goodwin —
W
Eddie Daly
3 · Summit A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 40-5-11 · Daly —
W
Barney Abel
3 · Summit A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 39-5-11 · Abel —
D
Kid Sullivan
PTS 15/15 · Eureka A.C., Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Attell 39-5-10 · Sullivan —
W
Tommy Mowatt
PTS 15/15 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Attell 38-5-10 · Mowatt —
W
Tommy Mowatt
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 37-5-10 · Mowatt —
W
Chick Tucker
3 · Summit A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Attell 36-5-10 · Tucker —
L
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 36-4-10 · Erne 82-17-21
W
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 35-4-10 · Nelson 39-10-12
W
PTS 10/10 · Light Guard Armory, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Attell 34-4-10 · Forbes 78-9-25
W
Jimmy Dunn
15 · Broadway Theater, Sharon, 🇺🇸
Attell 33-4-10 · Dunn —
W
Eddie Hanlon
6 · Industrial Hall, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 32-4-10 · Hanlon —
D
Kid Goodman
PTS 15/15 · Douglas A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Attell 32-4-9 · Goodman —
W
Tommy Feltz
PTS 15/15 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Attell 31-4-9 · Feltz —
W
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 30-4-9 · Murphy 1-0-0
W
Tommy Feltz
PTS 15/15 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 29-4-9 · Feltz —
W
PTS 20/20 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 28-4-9 · Erne 61-15-18
L
Tommy Sullivan
Lost world featherweight title KO 5/20 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 28-3-9 · Sullivan —
W
Johnny Reagan
Retained world featherweight title PTS 15/15 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 27-3-9 · Reagan —
L
Jack McClelland
PTS 15/15 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 27-2-9 · McClelland —
W
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 26-2-9 · Erne 50-12-17
W
PTS 6/6 · American A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Attell 25-2-9 · Herrera 61-7-8
W
Maurice Rauch
KO 6 · Whittington A.C., Hot Springs, 🇺🇸
Attell 24-2-9 · Rauch —
W
Patsy Haley
Retained world featherweight title KO 5/20 · Whittington A.C., Hot Springs, 🇺🇸
Attell 23-2-9 · Haley —
D
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Attell 23-2-8 · Erne 48-12-15
W
Kid Herman
PTS 20/20 · 9th Ward A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Attell 22-2-8 · Herman —
W
For world featherweight title KO 5/20 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 21-2-8 · Forbes 73-7-22
D
For world featherweight title PTS 12/12 · Indianapolis A.C., Indianapolis, 🇺🇸
Attell 21-2-7 · Forbes 73-7-21
W
Johnny Reagan
Won vacant world featherweight title PTS 20/20 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 20-2-7 · Reagan —
W
Eddie Toy
PTS 20/20 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 19-2-7 · Toy —
D
Eddie Hanlon
PTS 20/20 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 19-2-6 · Hanlon —
W
Buddy Ryan
PTS 6/6 · American A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Attell 18-2-6 · Ryan —
D
PTS 6/6 · America A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Attell 18-2-5 · Forbes 63-6-19
W
PTS 15/15 · Exposition Building, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Attell 17-2-5 · Herrera 42-4-4
W
Barney Abel
PTS 20/20 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 16-2-5 · Abel —
W
Barney Abel
PTS 6/6 · America A.C., Chicago, 🇺🇸
Attell 15-2-5 · Abel —
L
Benny Yanger
Yanger claimed vacant world featherweight title TKO 19/25 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 15-1-5 · Yanger —
W
Kid Broad
PTS 20/20 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 14-1-5 · Broad —
D
Kid Broad
PTS 15/15 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 14-1-4 · Broad —
L
PTS 15/15 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 14-0-4 · Forbes 46-6-18
W
PTS 15/15 · West End A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Attell 13-0-4 · Dixon 62-11-31
D
PTS 20/20 · Grand Opera House, Cripple Creek, 🇺🇸
Attell 13-0-3 · Dixon 62-10-30
D
PTS 10/10 · Coliseum Hall, Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 13-0-2 · Dixon 62-10-29
W
Colorado Jack Dempsey
PTS 20/20 · Rover's Club, Pueblo, 🇺🇸
Attell 12-0-2 · Dempsey —
W
Kid Decker
KO 3 · Pueblo, Colorado, 🇺🇸
Attell 11-0-2 · Decker —
W
Tommy Lewis
TKO 4/5 · Coliseum Hall, Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 10-0-1 · Lewis —
D
Scotty Williams
PTS 5/5 · Coliseum Hall, Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 10-0-1 · Williams —
W
William Henry
TKO 3/5 · Colorado A.A., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 9-0-1 · Henry —
W
Jockey Bozeman
TKO 3/10 · Wheel Club, Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 8-0-1 · Bozeman —
W
Young Cassidy
TKO 2/10 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 7-0-1 · Cassidy —
W
Scotty Williams
KO 2/5 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 6-0-1 · Williams —
W
Kid Pelser
TKO 2/5 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 5-0-1 · Pelser —
W
Tom Delaney
PTS 5/5 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 4-0-1 · Delaney —
W
John Ross
TKO 4/5 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 3-0-1 · Ross —
D
Young Buck
PTS 5/5 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 3-0-0 · Buck —
W
Young Buck
PTS 5/5 · Colorado A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Attell 2-0-0 · Buck —
W
Mike Smith
KO 2 · San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Attell 1-0-0 · Smith —
W
Jockey Bozeman
PTS 10/10 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Attell 0-0-0 · Bozeman —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Abe Attell's record? Abe Attell's professional record is 110-17-26, 2 NC with 38 knockouts.
Who did Abe Attell fight last? Abe Attell last fought Phil Virgets on Jan 8, 1917 and lost by TKO in round 4 of 15. Sources Boxerbook ID 10532 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10532 . 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.
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