Super lightweight · United States
Pinky Mitchell 48-26-6, 3 NC 10 KO · 1917–1928
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Pinky Mitchell was a super lightweight boxer from United States, born Jan 1, 1899. Record 48-26-6, 3 NC with 10 knockouts over 1917–1928. World titles: WBA super lightweight (1922–1926). Pinky Mitchell last fought Phil Kaplan on May 22, 1928 and lost by DQ in round 4 of 10.
Also: بينكي ميتشل
Born Jan 1, 1899
Died Mar 11, 1976
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Nickname Pinky
Debut Nov 6, 1917
Career 1917–1928
Rounds boxed 222
KO share 21%
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Titles WBA super lightweight · 1922–1926
Confirmed bouts 10 of 83
Career record Record
48-26-6, 3 NC, 10 KOs · 1917–1928
Last result L
Phil Kaplan
DQ 4/10 · Queensboro Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
The record 83 bouts, 1917–1928, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
L
Phil Kaplan
DQ 4/10 · Queensboro Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 48-25-6 · Kaplan —
L
Dick Evans
10 · Rayen-Wood Auditorium, Youngstown, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 48-24-6 · Evans —
NC
NC 6/10 · Borchert Field, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 48-24-6 · Dundee 73-12-10
D
Clyde Hull
10 · Fort Worth, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 48-24-5 · Hull —
NC
Tommy White
NC 12 · El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Mitchell 48-24-5 · White —
L
Shuffle Callahan
KO 3/10 · Dexter Park Pavilion, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 48-23-5 · Callahan —
L
Lost NBA light welterweight title PTS 10/10 · Arena, Vernon, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 48-22-5 · Callahan —
W
10 · Idora Park, Youngstown, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 47-22-5 · Levine —
W
Jimmy Finley
10 · Borchert Field, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 46-22-5 · Finley —
W
Georgie Ward
DQ 2 · Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 45-22-5 · Ward —
W
Tommy White
10 · Borchert Field, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 44-22-5 · White —
L
Tommy White
PTS 10/10 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Mitchell 44-21-5 · White —
L
10 · Olympic Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 44-20-5 · Freeman 54-7-10
L
Jimmy Finley
10 · Cedar Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 44-19-5 · Finley —
W
Russie LeRoy
10 · Fargo Auditorium, Fargo, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 43-19-5 · LeRoy —
L
Bermondsey Billy Wells
10 · Kenwood Armory, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 43-18-5 · Wells —
L
Oakland Jimmy Duffy
PTS 10/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 43-17-5 · Duffy —
L
SD 10/10 · Shibe Park, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 43-16-5 · Dundee 54-11-10
L
10 · State Fair Park, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 43-15-5 · Harmon —
W
Jimmy Gill
10 · Janesville, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 42-15-5 · Gill —
Show all 83 bouts L
12 · Newark Armory, Newark, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 42-14-5 · Harmon —
L
World light welterweight title at stake DQ 6/10 · Arena Gardens, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 42-13-5 · Herring —
L
TKO 7/10 · Redland Field, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 42-12-5 · Anderson —
W
Al Van Ryan
10 · Mizzou Park, Sioux City, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 41-12-5 · Ryan —
L
PTS 15/15 · Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 41-11-5 · Freeman 27-6-8
D
Joe Simonich
PTS 10/10 · Armory, Portland, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 41-11-4 · Simonich —
L
Oakland Jimmy Duffy
PTS 4/4 · Auditorium, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 41-10-4 · Duffy —
W
Bobby Harper
PTS 10/10 · Armory, Portland, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 40-10-4 · Harper —
L
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 40-9-4 · Tendler 116-10-5
W
Nate Goldman
DQ 4/10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 39-9-4 · Goldman —
W
Sid Barbarian
10 · Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 38-9-4 · Barbarian —
W
Joe Simonich
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 37-9-4 · Simonich —
L
Nate Goldman
8 · Shibe Park, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 37-8-4 · Goldman —
L
TKO 10/10 · Dexter Park Pavilion, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 37-7-4 · Leonard 161-21-8
W
Tim Droney
Retained NBA light welterweight title KO 5/12 · Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 36-7-4 · Droney —
W
Harvey Thorpe
NBA light welterweight title at stake 10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 35-7-4 · Thorpe —
W
Bobby Barrett
KO 3/8 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 34-7-4 · Barrett —
W
Johnny Tillman
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 33-7-4 · Tillman —
W
Bud Logan
NBA light welterweight title at stake 10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 32-7-4 · Logan —
W
Tommy O'Brien
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 31-7-4 · O'Brien —
D
Johnny Tillman
10 · Monona Park Auditorium, Madison, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 31-7-3 · Tillman —
W
Joe Jawson
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 30-7-3 · Jawson —
W
Billy Burns
KO 5 · Peoria, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 29-7-3 · Burns —
W
Billy Burns
KO 5 · Peoria, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 28-7-3 · Burns —
W
Frankie Welsh
KO 3 · Peoria, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 27-7-3 · Welsh —
W
Pal Moran
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 26-7-3 · Moran —
L
KO 4/10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 26-6-3 · Shade 53-11-48
W
Willie Doyle
10 · Muskegon, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 25-6-3 · Doyle —
W
Sid Barbarian
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 24-6-3 · Barbarian —
W
Tommy Neary
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 23-6-3 · Neary —
W
Jack Josephs
10 · Kenwood Armory, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 22-6-3 · Josephs —
L
Neal Allison
PTS 10/10 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 22-5-3 · Allison —
W
Neal Allison
TKO 9/10 · Duluth, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 21-5-3 · Allison —
W
Cal Delaney
10 · Des Moines, Iowa, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 20-5-3 · Delaney —
W
Patsy Cline
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 19-5-3 · Cline —
D
Willie Jackson
PTS 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 19-5-2 · Jackson —
W
Dennis O'Keefe
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 18-5-2 · O'Keefe —
W
Clonie Tait
10 · Kenwood Armory, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 17-5-2 · Tait —
L
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 17-4-2 · Britton 187-40-32
W
Johnny Noye
KO 4 · Peoria, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 16-4-2 · Noye —
L
10 · Navin Field, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 16-3-2 · Kansas 83-17-13
L
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 16-2-2 · Tendler 84-5-4
W
Frankie Schoell
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 15-2-2 · Schoell —
W
Barney Adair
10 · Empress Theater, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 14-2-2 · Adair —
W
Joe Welling
10 · Kenwood Armory, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 13-2-2 · Welling —
W
Cal Delaney
10 · Auditorium, Saint Paul, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 12-2-2 · Delaney —
W
Mike Paulson
10 · Empress Theater, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 11-2-2 · Paulson —
W
10 · Empress Theater, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 10-2-2 · Coogan —
W
Sailor Friedman
10 · Racine, Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 9-2-2 · Friedman —
W
Mickey Donley
10 · Empress Theater, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 8-2-2 · Donley —
W
Charlie McCarthy
KO 7 · Empress Theater, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 7-2-2 · McCarthy —
L
Charlie O'Connell
10 · Royal Moose, Detroit, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 7-1-2 · O'Connell —
D
George Ingle
PTS 12/12 · Broadway Theater, Butte, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 7-1-1 · Ingle —
D
Harry Schuman
PTS 4/4 · Arena, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 7-1-0 · Schuman —
W
Johnny Noye
10 · Empress Theater, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 6-1-0 · Noye —
W
Eddie Moy
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 5-1-0 · Moy —
W
Otto Wallace
TKO 9/10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 4-1-0 · Wallace —
W
Otto Wallace
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 3-1-0 · Wallace —
W
Otto Wallace
3 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 2-1-0 · Wallace —
W
Knockout Gorman
8 · Illinois Theater, Ottawa, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 1-1-0 · Gorman —
NC
Clint Flynn
10 · United States of America
Mitchell 1-1-0 · Flynn —
L
Johnny Mendelsohn
10 · Elite Rink, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 1-0-0 · Mendelsohn —
W
Joe Homeland
TKO 2 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Mitchell 0-0-0 · Homeland —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Pinky Mitchell's record? Pinky Mitchell's professional record is 48-26-6, 3 NC with 10 knockouts.
Who did Pinky Mitchell fight last? Pinky Mitchell last fought Phil Kaplan on May 22, 1928 and lost by DQ in round 4 of 10.
Which world titles has Pinky Mitchell held? Pinky Mitchell has held 1 world title reign: WBA super lightweight (1922–1926). Sources Boxerbook ID 10828 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10828 . 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.
