Welterweight · United States
Dixie Kid 92-47-21, 6 NC 59 KO · 1900–1926
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Dixie Kid was a welterweight boxer from United States, born Dec 23, 1883. Record 92-47-21, 6 NC with 59 knockouts over 1900–1926. Dixie Kid last fought Larry Gains on Apr 12, 1926 and lost by KO in round 2 of 10.
Also: ديكسي كيد · ディキシー・キッド · Aaron Brown +2 more Aaron Lister Brown · デキシー・キッド
Born Dec 23, 1883
Died Apr 6, 1934
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Height 173 cm
Debut Mar 2, 1900
Career 1900–1926
Rounds boxed 1315
KO share 64%
Born in Fulton, Missouri, U.S.
Titles World welterweight title "claim" 1912
Confirmed bouts 9 of 166
Career record Record
92-47-21, 6 NC, 59 KOs · 1900–1926
Last result L
KO 2/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
The record 166 bouts, 1900–1926, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 80-29-12
L
KO 2/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Kid 92-46-21 · Gains 26-7-2
L
RTD 3/10 · Fair Grounds Arena, Allentown, 🇺🇸
Kid 92-45-21 · Fall 56-17-3
L
Paul Buisson
PTS 12/12 · Casino de la Plage, Marseille, 🇫🇷
Kid 92-44-21 · Buisson —
L
Constant Pluyette
PTS 10/10 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Kid 92-43-21 · Pluyette —
W
Rautal
KO 2 · Teatro del Bosque, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Kid 91-43-21 · Rautal —
W
Frank Hoche
PTS 20/20 · Frontón Principal Palace, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Kid 90-43-21 · Hoche —
D
Frank Hoche
PTS 15/15 · Iris Park, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Kid 90-43-20 · Hoche —
D
Frank Hoche
PTS 15/15 · Iris Park, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Kid 90-43-19 · Hoche —
W
Tom Stokes
PTS 10/10 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 89-43-19 · Stokes —
L
Corporal Billy Fullerton
PTS 15/15 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 89-42-19 · Fullerton —
L
Dai Roberts
PTS 15/15 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 89-41-19 · Roberts —
W
Billy Williams
KO 7/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 88-41-19 · Williams —
W
Liscombe Morland
TKO 12 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 87-41-19 · Morland —
W
Jack Morris
TKO 5/10 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 86-41-19 · Morris —
W
Louis Verger
PTS 20/20 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 85-41-19 · Verger —
W
Tom Tees
TKO 15/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 84-41-19 · Tees —
L
Patsy Cokeley
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 84-40-19 · Cokeley —
L
Billy Williams
PTS 20/20 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 84-39-19 · Williams —
L
Hippolyte Tyncke
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 84-38-19 · Tyncke —
W
Johnny Horan
TKO 8 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 83-38-19 · Horan —
Show all 166 bouts D
Hippolyte Tyncke
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 83-38-18 · Tyncke —
D
Nicol Simpson
PTS 20/20 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 83-38-17 · Simpson —
L
Nicol Simpson
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 83-37-17 · Simpson —
W
Bill Bristowe
KO 2/15 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 82-37-17 · Bristowe —
L
Alf Wye
PTS 10/10 · Canterbury Music Hall, Lambeth, 🇬🇧
Kid 82-36-17 · Wye —
W
Bill Bristowe
KO 2/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 81-36-17 · Bristowe —
L
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 81-35-17 · Nelson —
L
Bill Bristowe
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 81-34-17 · Bristowe —
W
Jim Rideout
TKO 8/10 · Acton Baths, Acton, 🇬🇧
Kid 80-34-17 · Rideout —
W
Fred Drummond
TKO 5 · London Palladium, West End, 🇬🇧
Kid 79-34-17 · Drummond —
D
Tom Stokes
PTS 10/10 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 79-34-16 · Stokes —
W
Fireman George Anderson
KO 2/20 · Drill Hall, Birkenhead, 🇬🇧
Kid 78-34-16 · Anderson —
L
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 78-33-16 · Blake —
W
Fireman George Anderson
PTS 10/10 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 77-33-16 · Anderson —
W
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Kid 76-33-16 · Nelson —
L
Henri Demlen
PTS 15/15 · Élysée Montmartre, Paris, 🇫🇷
Kid 76-32-16 · Demlen —
W
TKO 13/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Kid 75-32-16 · Nelson —
W
Albert Scanlon
PTS 20/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Kid 74-32-16 · Scanlon —
W
KO 4 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 73-32-16 · Goldswain —
L
Private Jim Harris
PTS 10/10 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 73-31-16 · Harris —
NC
Johnny Mathieson
NC 9/20 · St James Hall, Newcastle, 🇬🇧
Kid 73-31-16 · Mathieson —
L
Jerry Thompson
RTD 1/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Kid 73-30-16 · Thompson —
L
Johnny Mathieson
DQ 12/20 · Boulevard Rink, Leicester, 🇬🇧
Kid 73-29-16 · Mathieson —
W
Louis Verger
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 72-29-16 · Verger —
W
Seaman Hulls
KO 4 · Cosmopolitan Gymnasium, Plymouth, 🇬🇧
Kid 71-29-16 · Hulls —
W
Jack Morris
KO 4/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Kid 70-29-16 · Morris —
L
Johnny Mathieson
PTS 20/20 · Stadium, Sparbrook, 🇬🇧
Kid 70-28-16 · Mathieson —
W
Arthur Evernden
KO 9/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Kid 69-28-16 · Evernden —
W
Arthur Harman
TKO 9/15 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 68-28-16 · Harman —
W
Jack Meekins
PTS 15/15 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 67-28-16 · Meekins —
W
Bob Reston
KO 3 · London, England, 🇬🇧
Kid 66-28-16 · Reston —
D
Johnny Mathieson
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 66-28-15 · Mathieson —
D
Jack Meekins
PTS 10/10 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 66-28-14 · Meekins —
L
Johnny Mathieson
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 66-27-14 · Mathieson —
L
Marcel Thomas
Lost world welterweight title "claim" PTS 15/15 · Élysée Montmartre, Paris, 🇫🇷
Kid 66-26-14 · Thomas —
NC
Charlie Knock
NC 2/20 · Vickers' Sports Grounds, Carbrook, 🇬🇧
Kid 66-26-14 · Knock —
L
Jack Morris
PTS 10/10 · Premierland, Whitechapel, 🇬🇧
Kid 66-25-14 · Morris —
W
Wag Marshall
KO 3/15 · Pheasant Inn Grounds, Carbrook, 🇬🇧
Kid 65-25-14 · Marshall —
L
PTS 10/10 · Scottish National AC, Glasgow, 🇬🇧
Kid 65-24-14 · Flynn —
W
George Gunther
DQ 15 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Kid 64-24-14 · Gunther —
W
Retained world welterweight title "claim" TKO 11/20 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Kid 63-24-14 · Bernard —
W
Harry Duncan
PTS 20/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 62-24-14 · Duncan —
W
Ted Lee
KO 4/20 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 61-24-14 · Lee —
W
Young Johnny Johnson
RTD 3/15 · Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil, 🇬🇧
Kid 60-24-14 · Johnson —
W
Gunner James Durn
KO 6/10 · The Ring, Blackfriars Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 59-24-14 · Durn —
L
TKO 8/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Kid 59-23-14 · Lewis 102-36-25
W
Retained world welterweight title "claim" KO 2/20 · Liverpool Stadium, Pudsey Street, 🇬🇧
Kid 58-23-14 · Summers —
W
Seaman Brown
KO 6 · Plymouth, Devon, 🇬🇧
Kid 57-23-14 · Brown —
W
TKO 5/15 · Trouville, Calvados, 🇫🇷
Kid 56-23-14 · Carpentier 46-7-5
NC
Harry Duncan
Billed for world welterweight title "claim" NC 6/20 · Rotunda Rink, Dublin, 🇮🇪
Kid 56-23-14 · Duncan —
L
DQ 3/15 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
Kid 56-22-14 · McCloskey —
W
Fred Stuber
KO 3 · Reims, Marne, 🇫🇷
Kid 55-22-14 · Stuber —
W
Young Loughrey
DQ 10/15 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Kid 54-22-14 · Loughrey —
L
PTS 20/20 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Kid 54-21-14 · Lewis —
NC
Kid Wilson
10 · Harrison, New York, 🇺🇸
Kid 54-21-14 · Wilson —
L
10 · Miller's Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kid 54-20-14 · Moha 11-1-3
L
10 · Harmonia Hall, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Kid 54-19-14 · Sullivan 29-6-17
NC
Frank Mantell
NC 4/12 · Waterbury, Connecticut, 🇺🇸
Kid 54-19-14 · Mantell —
L
10 · National S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 54-18-14 · Lewis —
W
Dennis Tighe
10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 53-18-14 · Tighe —
D
10 · Olympia Boxing Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 53-18-13 · Nelson —
W
10 · National S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 52-18-13 · Lewis —
D
Joe Uvanni
10 · Casino A.C., Glens Falls, 🇺🇸
Kid 52-18-12 · Uvanni —
L
Fighting Kennedy
10 · Lehigh A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 52-17-12 · Kennedy —
W
Frank Mantell
10 · Olympia Boxing Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 51-17-12 · Mantell —
W
George Cole
KO 4/10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 50-17-12 · Cole —
W
Fighting Kennedy
TKO 8/10 · Olympia Boxing Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 49-17-12 · Kennedy —
NC
Bill Hurley
NC 8/10 · Casino A.C., Glens Falls, 🇺🇸
Kid 49-17-12 · Hurley —
W
Billy West
KO 4 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 48-17-12 · West —
L
10 · Empire A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 48-16-12 · Clabby —
W
Joe Gaynor
KO 3 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 47-16-12 · Gaynor —
W
Jack Fitzgerald
10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 46-16-12 · Fitzgerald —
W
Bill Hurley
10 · Casino A.C., Glens Falls, 🇺🇸
Kid 45-16-12 · Hurley —
D
Kid Henry
10 · Beaver A.C., Troy, 🇺🇸
Kid 45-16-11 · Henry —
L
Kyle Whitney
PTS 8/8 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Kid 45-15-11 · Whitney —
W
Bill Hurley
TKO 4/10 · Troy, New York, 🇺🇸
Kid 44-15-11 · Hurley —
W
Jack Fitzgerald
10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 43-15-11 · Fitzgerald —
W
Jack Farrell
KO 9/10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 42-15-11 · Farrell —
L
For world colored heavyweight title claim KO 3/8 · Phoenix A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
Kid 42-14-11 · Langford 63-6-23
W
Christy Williams
KO 3 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Kid 41-14-11 · Williams —
W
Bert Whirlwind
KO 3/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Kid 40-14-11 · Whirlwind —
W
Jeff Clark
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Kid 39-14-11 · Clark —
W
Jeff Clark
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Kid 38-14-11 · Clark —
W
Jack Gray
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Kid 37-14-11 · Gray —
W
Eugene Sims
KO 3 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Kid 36-14-11 · Sims —
L
For world colored heavyweight title claim RTD 5/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Kid 36-13-11 · Langford 60-6-23
W
Battling Jack Johnson
KO 2 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Kid 35-13-11 · Johnson —
W
Young Sam Langford
TKO 1 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 34-13-11 · Langford —
W
Mickey McDonough
10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 33-13-11 · McDonough —
W
KO 4 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Kid 32-13-11 · Williams 0-0-0
W
Sailor Cunningham
KO 5/10 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Kid 31-13-11 · Cunningham —
W
Young Tommy Coleman
6 · Douglas A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 30-13-11 · Coleman —
L
George Cole
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 30-12-11 · Cole —
W
Fighting Ghost
KO 2 · Highland Park, York, 🇺🇸
Kid 29-12-11 · Ghost —
W
Cub White
6 · West End A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 28-12-11 · White —
W
Jeff Clark
6 · Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 27-12-11 · Clark —
D
Cub White
6 · Broadway A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 27-12-10 · White —
L
Ed Givens
6 · Business Men's Club, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Kid 27-11-10 · Givens —
D
6 · Maennerchor Hall, Lancaster, 🇺🇸
Kid 27-11-9 · Grim —
L
George Cole
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 27-10-9 · Cole —
D
Larry Temple
PTS 15/15 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Kid 27-10-8 · Temple —
D
PTS 15/15 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Kid 27-10-7 · Jackson 71-19-21
W
Dave Holly
6 · Manhattan A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 26-10-7 · Holly —
L
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 26-9-7 · O'Brien 122-7-19
D
Larry Temple
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 26-9-6 · Temple —
L
Dave Holly
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Kid 26-8-6 · Holly —
W
PTS 6/6 · Mount Clemens, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Kid 25-8-6 · Grim —
W
PTS 10/10 · Saginaw, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Kid 24-8-6 · Grim —
W
John Dancer
KO 4 · Cincinnati, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Kid 23-8-6 · Dancer —
W
Josh Mills
KO 9 · Saint Louis, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Kid 22-8-6 · Mills —
W
World welterweight title at stake DQ 20/20 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Kid 21-8-6 · Walcott 80-13-13
W
John Solomon
KO 11/20 · Central A.C., Fresno, 🇺🇸
Kid 20-8-6 · Solomon —
W
Al Neill
KO 1/15 · Sequoia A.C., Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 19-8-6 · Neill —
W
Mose LaFontise
KO 10/20 · Seattle, Washington, 🇺🇸
Kid 18-8-6 · LaFontise —
W
Al Neill
PTS 20/20 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 17-8-6 · Neill —
W
Charles Dutch Thurston
KO 1 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 16-8-6 · Thurston —
W
Eddie Cain
KO 2/10 · Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Kid 15-8-6 · Cain —
W
KO 5/10 · Dietz Opera House, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 14-8-6 · Green —
W
Freddie Mueller
KO 8 · Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Kid 13-8-6 · Mueller —
D
Charles Dutch Thurston
PTS 20/20 · Stockton Athletic Club, Stockton, 🇺🇸
Kid 13-8-5 · Thurston —
W
Mike McClure
TKO 3/8 · Exposition Building, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 12-8-5 · McClure —
W
John Dukelow
KO 6 · Reliance A.C., Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 11-8-5 · Dukelow —
W
Fred Williams
KO 1/6 · Reliance A.C., Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 10-8-5 · Williams —
W
Henry Lewis
KO 11/15 · Woodward's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Kid 9-8-5 · Lewis —
W
John Dukelow
TKO 1/6 · Reliance A.C., Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 8-8-5 · Dukelow —
W
Frank McConnell
KO 4 · West Oakland Club, Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 7-8-5 · McConnell —
L
Cyclone Kelly
PTS 4/4 · Reliance A.C., Oakland, 🇺🇸
Kid 7-7-5 · Kelly —
D
Kid Williams
PTS 10/10 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 7-7-4 · Williams —
W
Mike McClure
TKO 2 · Stockton, California, 🇺🇸
Kid 6-7-4 · McClure —
W
Tim Leonard
KO 1 · Avon Theater, Stockton, 🇺🇸
Kid 5-7-4 · Leonard —
L
Kid Williams
PTS 10/10 · Stockton Athletic Club, Stockton, 🇺🇸
Kid 5-6-4 · Williams —
L
Henry Lewis
DQ 20/20 · Fresno, California, 🇺🇸
Kid 5-5-4 · Lewis —
W
Jack Dean
PTS 10/10 · Fresno, California, 🇺🇸
Kid 4-5-4 · Dean —
W
Frank Dougherty
KO 2 · Fresno, California, 🇺🇸
Kid 3-5-4 · Dougherty —
L
Henry Lewis
KO 4 · Stockton, California, 🇺🇸
Kid 3-4-4 · Lewis —
D
Kid Williams
PTS 6/6 · Los Angeles Athletic Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 3-4-3 · Williams —
W
Kid Sharkey
PTS 4/4 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Kid 2-4-3 · Sharkey —
L
Kid Williams
PTS 20/20 · United Republican Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 2-3-3 · Williams —
L
Kid Williams
PTS 20/20 · United Republican Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 2-2-3 · Williams —
W
Oakland Kid
PTS 6/6 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Kid 1-2-3 · Kid —
D
Clyde Burnham
PTS 6/6 · Manhattan Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 1-2-2 · Burnham —
L
Kid Williams
PTS 20/20 · Manhattan Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 1-1-2 · Williams —
W
Kid Thompson
PTS 4/4 · Manhattan Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 0-1-2 · Thompson —
L
Bob Morrissey
TKO 2/4 · Manhattan Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 0-0-2 · Morrissey —
D
Kid Morrissey
PTS 3/3 · Manhattan Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 0-0-1 · Morrissey —
D
Cuter Kid
PTS 3/3 · Manhattan Club, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Kid 0-0-0 · Kid —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Dixie Kid's record? Dixie Kid's professional record is 92-47-21, 6 NC with 59 knockouts.
Who did Dixie Kid fight last? Dixie Kid last fought Larry Gains on Apr 12, 1926 and lost by KO in round 2 of 10. Sources Boxerbook ID 2333 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/2333 . 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.
