Bantamweight · United Kingdom
Digger Stanley 73-21-10, 12 NC 18 KO · 1899–1918
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Digger Stanley was a bantamweight boxer from United Kingdom, born Feb 28, 1876. Record 73-21-10, 12 NC with 18 knockouts over 1899–1918. Digger Stanley last fought George Kilts on Jul 13, 1918 and lost by DQ in round 6 of 20.
Born Feb 28, 1876
Died Mar 7, 1919
Country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Debut Mar 25, 1899
Career 1899–1918
Rounds boxed 1032
KO share 25%
Born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England
Titles Lonsdale British bantamweight title 1913
Confirmed bouts 15 of 116
Career record Record
73-21-10, 12 NC, 18 KOs · 1899–1918
Last result L
George Kilts
DQ 6/20 · St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
The record 116 bouts, 1899–1918, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
L
George Kilts
DQ 6/20 · St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Stanley 73-20-10 · Kilts —
L
George Kilts
DQ 9/15 · St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Stanley 73-19-10 · Kilts —
L
Walter Young Ross
DQ 6/15 · Hoxton Baths, Hoxton, 🇬🇧
Stanley 73-18-10 · Ross —
W
Johnny Hughes
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 72-18-10 · Hughes —
W
KO 5/15 · Queen's Hall, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Stanley 71-18-10 · Beynon —
L
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 71-17-10 · Noble —
L
Walter Young Ross
PTS 15/15 · Pitfield Street Baths, Hoxton, 🇬🇧
Stanley 71-16-10 · Ross —
W
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 70-16-10 · Noble —
L
DQ 10/20 · Central Baths, Bradford, 🇬🇧
Stanley 70-15-10 · Fox —
W
Sid Whatley
KO 3/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 69-15-10 · Whatley —
L
Young Joe Brooks
PTS 15/15 · Hoxton Baths, Hoxton, 🇬🇧
Stanley 69-14-10 · Brooks —
L
DQ 13/15 · Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth, 🇬🇧
Stanley 69-13-10 · Symonds —
L
DQ 4/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Stanley 69-12-10 · Harrison —
W
PTS 15/15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Stanley 68-12-10 · Fox —
D
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 68-12-9 · Barry 63-16-16
W
RTD 4/10 · West London Stadium, Church Street, 🇬🇧
Stanley 67-12-9 · Palmer 51-14-4
L
Lost Lonsdale British bantamweight title DQ 15/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 67-11-9 · Walker —
W
Won Lonsdale British bantamweight title PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 66-11-9 · Beynon —
L
Lost Lonsdale British bantamweight title PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 66-10-9 · Beynon —
W
Alex Lafferty
Retained Lonsdale British bantamweight title PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 65-10-9 · Lafferty —
Show all 116 bouts W
Oswald Stapleton
KO 9/10 · Skating Rink, Chelmsford, 🇬🇧
Stanley 64-10-9 · Stapleton —
L
For world and European bantamweight titles KO 7/10 · Grand Hall des Magasins Généraux, Dieppe, 🇫🇷
Stanley 64-9-9 · Ledoux 46-7-3
W
For world and European bantamweight titles PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 63-9-9 · Ledoux 44-6-3
L
Jean Poesy
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 63-8-9 · Poesy —
W
Oswald Stapleton
KO 6/10 · Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil, 🇬🇧
Stanley 62-8-9 · Stapleton —
W
Ike Young Bradley
Retained IBU and world bantamweight titles PTS 20/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Stanley 61-8-9 · Bradley —
NC
3 · Guards Theatre, Chelsea Barracks, 🇬🇧
Stanley 61-8-9 · Driscoll 61-6-5
D
Tommy O'Toole
6 · American A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Stanley 61-8-8 · O'Toole —
D
10 · National Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Stanley 61-8-7 · Burns —
W
Retained IBU and world bantamweight titles PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 60-8-7 · Condon —
W
Won IBU, NSC British, and world bantamweight titles KO 8/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 59-8-7 · Bowker 33-8-1
D
Young Pierce
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 59-8-6 · Pierce —
W
Dick Golding
KO 3/10 · The Queens Theatre, Poplar, 🇬🇧
Stanley 58-8-6 · Golding —
W
Oswald Stapleton
KO 5/6 · The Athenaeum Club, Angel Court, 🇬🇧
Stanley 57-8-6 · Stapleton —
W
PTS 6/6 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 56-8-6 · Mitchell —
D
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 56-8-5 · Walsh 38-12-13
W
Bill Jordan
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 55-8-5 · Jordan —
D
Wally Morgan
PTS 6/6 · Cromwell Hall, Putney, 🇬🇧
Stanley 55-8-4 · Morgan —
W
Sam Kellar
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 54-8-4 · Kellar —
W
Young Sullivan
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 53-8-4 · Sullivan —
W
Ike Young Bradley
PTS 15/15 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 52-8-4 · Bradley —
W
Driver William Himphen
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 51-8-4 · Himphen —
W
Wally Morgan
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 50-8-4 · Morgan —
W
Wally Morgan
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 49-8-4 · Morgan —
W
Young Lilley
PTS 6/6 · Marlborough Lines Gymnasium, Aldershot, 🇬🇧
Stanley 48-8-4 · Lilley —
L
Bob Kendrick
DQ 9/20 · Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Stanley 48-7-4 · Kendrick —
L
Al Delmont
Lost World & English 112lbs bantamweight title claims DQ 12/20 · Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Stanley 48-6-4 · Delmont —
W
Ike Young Bradley
Retained World & English 112lbs bantamweight title claims PTS 20/20 · Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Stanley 47-6-4 · Bradley —
W
Harry Young Slough
Retained English 112lbs title claim KO 18/20 · Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Stanley 46-6-4 · Slough —
W
Billy Hughes
RTD 16/20 · Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Stanley 45-6-4 · Hughes —
W
Ike Young Bradley
Won disputed vacant world & English 112lbs bantamweight titles PTS 20/20 · Liverpool Gymnastic Club, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Stanley 44-6-4 · Bradley —
D
Darkey Haley
PTS 6/6 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 44-6-3 · Haley —
L
For world bantamweight title claim PTS 15/15 · Pythian Rink, Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Stanley 44-5-3 · Walsh 27-4-11
L
George Moore
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 44-4-3 · Moore —
W
Darkey Haley
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 43-4-3 · Haley —
W
Louis D'Or
RTD 7/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 42-4-3 · D'Or —
W
Alf Smith
KO 4/4 · Hounslow Town Gymnasium, Hounslow, 🇬🇧
Stanley 41-4-3 · Smith —
W
Lew Branson
KO 4/6 · Olympia, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Stanley 40-4-3 · Branson —
L
For NSC and Commonwealth bantamweight titles PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 40-3-3 · Moran 28-5-2
NC
4 · Temple of Varieties, Hounslow, 🇬🇧
Stanley 40-3-3 · Johnson 22-3-6
W
Syd Wilmott
Won vacant Commonwealth bantamweight title KO 4/20 · Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Stanley 39-3-3 · Wilmott —
W
Harry McDermott
KO 19/20 · Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Stanley 38-3-3 · McDermott —
W
Harry McDermott
KO 6/20 · Ginnetts Circus, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Stanley 37-3-3 · McDermott —
D
Billed 112lbs world title PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 37-3-2 · Walsh 19-2-8
W
PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 36-3-2 · Walsh 19-1-8
NC
Alf Butler
3 · Drill Hall, West Ealing, 🇬🇧
Stanley 36-3-2 · Butler —
W
Jack Walker
Retained Lonsdale flyweight title PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 35-3-2 · Walker —
W
Won NSC British flyweight title PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 34-3-2 · Moran 19-2-0
W
PTS 6/6 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 33-3-2 · Dixon 68-24-44
L
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 33-2-2 · Dixon 65-24-41
W
Jim Williams
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 32-2-2 · Williams —
L
PTS 12/12 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 32-1-2 · Palmer 33-5-1
W
Jack Guyon
PTS 10/10 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 31-1-2 · Guyon —
W
Jim Kenrick
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 30-1-2 · Kenrick —
W
Jack Walker
Billed World and English 110lbs titles PTS 12/12 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 29-1-2 · Walker —
W
Jack Guyon
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 28-1-2 · Guyon —
W
Jim Denhart
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 27-1-2 · Denhart —
D
Jack Guyon
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 27-1-1 · Guyon —
W
Dave Morbin
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 26-1-1 · Morbin —
W
Tom Rippington
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 25-1-1 · Rippington —
NC
Bob Garwood
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 25-1-1 · Garwood —
NC
Tom Bowker
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 25-1-1 · Bowker —
W
Jack Guyon
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 24-1-1 · Guyon —
NC
Tom Bowker
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 24-1-1 · Bowker —
W
Harry Young Slough
KO 5/8 · Fairground, Le Neves Booth, 🇬🇧
Stanley 23-1-1 · Slough —
NC
William King
3 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Stanley 23-1-1 · King —
W
Jack Fitzpatrick
PTS 6/6 · Tee to Tum Club, Stamford Hill, 🇬🇧
Stanley 22-1-1 · Fitzpatrick —
W
Tom King
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 21-1-1 · King —
W
George Collins
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 20-1-1 · Collins —
W
Tom King
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 19-1-1 · King —
W
Cockney Cohen
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 18-1-1 · Cohen —
L
PTS 10/10 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 18-0-1 · Palmer 28-4-1
W
Jack Fitzpatrick
PTS 8/8 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 17-0-1 · Fitzpatrick —
W
Jack Fitzpatrick
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 16-0-1 · Fitzpatrick —
W
Dick Golding
PTS 10/10 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 15-0-1 · Golding —
W
Tibby Watson
PTS 6/6 · Railway Arch Gym, Cambridge Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 14-0-1 · Watson —
W
Jack Christian
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 13-0-1 · Christian —
W
Tibby Watson
PTS 10/10 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 12-0-1 · Watson —
NC
Frank Connor
NC 3 · Hammersmith Gymnasium, Cambridge Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 12-0-1 · Connor —
NC
Sid Clarke
NC 3 · Hammersmith Gymnasium, Cambridge Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 12-0-1 · Clarke —
W
Jim Kenrick
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 11-0-1 · Kenrick —
W
Tibby Watson
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 10-0-1 · Watson —
W
Ginger Atkinson
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 9-0-1 · Atkinson —
W
Jim Denhart
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 8-0-1 · Denhart —
W
George Dunny
PTS 10/10 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 7-0-1 · Dunny —
W
Jim Denhart
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 6-0-1 · Denhart —
D
Frank Morcombe
PTS 12/12 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 6-0-0 · Morcombe —
NC
Jim Denhart
4 · The Atheneum Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 6-0-0 · Denhart —
NC
Jem Burden
4 · The Crown Gym, Lille Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 6-0-0 · Burden —
W
PTS 20/20 · Slaney Street Assembly Rooms, Birmingham, 🇬🇧
Stanley 5-0-0 · Moran 6-0-0
W
Jack Norman
PTS 6/6 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 4-0-0 · Norman —
W
Charlie Ward
RTD 5/10 · The Crown Gym, Lille Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 3-0-0 · Ward —
NC
Frank Jenkins
4 · Paddington Baths, Queen's Road, 🇬🇧
Stanley 3-0-0 · Jenkins —
W
J Newlands
PTS 4/4 · Lillie Hall, West Brompton, 🇬🇧
Stanley 2-0-0 · Newlands —
W
J Newlands
PTS 4/4 · Lillie Hall, West Brompton, 🇬🇧
Stanley 1-0-0 · Newlands —
W
Johnny Ford
PTS 10/10 · Beresford Street Drill Hall, Woolwich, 🇬🇧
Stanley 0-0-0 · Ford —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Digger Stanley's record? Digger Stanley's professional record is 73-21-10, 12 NC with 18 knockouts.
Who did Digger Stanley fight last? Digger Stanley last fought George Kilts on Jul 13, 1918 and lost by DQ in round 6 of 20.
Sources Boxerbook ID 13196 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/13196 . 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.