Heavyweight · United States
Kid McCoy 80-7-10, 4 NC 59 KO · 1891–1914
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Kid McCoy was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Oct 13, 1872. Record 80-7-10, 4 NC with 59 knockouts over 1891–1914. Kid McCoy last fought Matt Wells on Jan 17, 1914 and won by PTS over 20 rounds.
Also: Чарльз Маккой · كيد مكوى · كيد مكوي +17 more کڈ میک کوئے · کید مککوی · キッド・マッコイ · 키드 매코이 · Charles "Kid" McCoy · Charles Kid McCoy · Charles McCoy · Norman Selby · Кид Маккой · Маккой Кид · Маккой Чарльз · Маккой, Кид · Маккой, Чарльз · Норман Шелби · Шелби Норман · Шелби, Норман · 노먼 셀비
Born Oct 13, 1872
Died Apr 18, 1940
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Height 180 cm
Debut Jun 2, 1891
Career 1891–1914
Rounds boxed 569
KO share 74%
Born in Moscow, Indiana, U.S.
Titles American and world middleweight titles 1900
Confirmed bouts 14 of 101
Career record Record
80-7-10, 4 NC, 59 KOs · 1891–1914
Last result W
PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
The record 101 bouts, 1891–1914, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 86-6-6
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 101, Wikipedia (ru) · 1
W
PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
McCoy 79-7-10 · Wells 25-7-2
W
P.O. Matthew Curran
PTS 20/20 · Palais de la Jetée-Promenade, Nice, 🇫🇷
McCoy 78-7-10 · Curran —
W
George Gunther
PTS 10/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
McCoy 77-7-10 · Gunther —
W
Harry Croxon
KO 3/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
McCoy 76-7-10 · Croxon —
W
Jim Savage
KO 4/10 · Brown's Gym A.A., Far Rockaway, 🇺🇸
McCoy 75-7-10 · Savage —
W
Kid Elle
KO 1/10 · Brown's Gym, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 74-7-10 · Elle —
W
Bob Day
KO 1/8 · Island Stadium, Toronto, 🇨🇦
McCoy 73-7-10 · Day —
W
Jack Fitzgerald
6 · American A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 72-7-10 · Fitzgerald —
W
Jim Stewart
6 · National A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 71-7-10 · Stewart —
W
KO 2/6 · Sulzer Park, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 70-7-10 · Maher 6-12-2
W
Jack Crawford
KO 1/20 · Whittington Park A.C., Hot Springs, 🇺🇸
McCoy 69-7-10 · Crawford —
W
PTS 20/20 · Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
McCoy 68-7-10 · Sullivan —
D
6 · 2nd Regiment Armory, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 68-7-9 · O'Brien 115-6-18
W
TKO 2/6 · Lenox A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 67-7-9 · Placké —
L
For inaugural world light-heavyweight title PTS 10/10 · Light Guard Armory, Detroit, 🇺🇸
McCoy 67-6-9 · Root 43-1-1
W
Jack McCormick
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 66-6-9 · McCormick —
L
Kid Carter
6 · Industrial A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 66-5-9 · Carter —
W
Fred Russell
6 · Industrial A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 65-5-9 · Russell —
W
DQ 4/4 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
McCoy 62-5-9 · Ferguson —
W
Jack Scales
KO 1/3 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
McCoy 62-5-9 · Scales —
Show all 101 bouts W
David Barry
TKO 2/4 · Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, 🇬🇧
McCoy 62-5-9 · Barry —
L
KO 5/25 · Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 62-4-9 · Corbett 26-3-6
W
Jack Bonner
Retained American and world middleweight titles TKO 13/25 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 61-4-9 · Bonner —
D
PTS 6/6 · Tattersall's, Chicago, 🇺🇸
McCoy 61-4-8 · Ryan 60-1-11
W
TKO 6/20 · Broadway A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 60-4-8 · Creedon —
W
RTD 4/25 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
McCoy 59-4-8 · Choynski 47-10-6
W
KO 5/25 · Coney Island Stadium, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
McCoy 58-4-8 · Maher 5-5-2
W
Jack McDonough
KO 4 · Hawthorne A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
McCoy 57-4-8 · McDonough —
W
Billy Stift
KO 13/20 · Coliseum, Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
McCoy 56-4-8 · Stift —
D
PTS 6/6 · Star Theatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
McCoy 56-4-7 · Choynski 43-10-5
W
Jack McCormick
TKO 8/20 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
McCoy 55-4-7 · McCormick —
W
Steve O'Donnell
KO 6/20 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
McCoy 54-4-7 · O'Donnell —
W
Geoff Thorne
KO 3/20 · Broadway A.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
McCoy 53-4-7 · Thorne —
L
Jack McCormick
KO 1/6 · Star Theatre, Chicago, 🇺🇸
McCoy 53-3-7 · McCormick —
W
Jim Carter
KO 5/10 · Club Theatre, Joplin, 🇺🇸
McCoy 52-3-7 · Carter —
W
Jack Graham
TKO 4/5 · Saengerfest Hall, Davenport, 🇺🇸
McCoy 50-3-7 · Graham —
W
Tom Duggan
TKO 2/5 · Saengerfest Hall, Davenport, 🇺🇸
McCoy 50-3-7 · Duggan —
W
PTS 20/20 · Mechanic's Pavilion, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
McCoy 49-3-7 · Choynski 39-9-5
L
KO 10/20 · Lenox A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 49-2-7 · Sharkey 28-3-6
W
DQ 5/6 · Arena A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 48-2-7 · Goddard 33-10-11
W
PTS 20/20 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
McCoy 47-2-7 · Ruhlin —
NC
Vern Hardenbrook
4 · Princess Rink, Fort Wayne, 🇺🇸
McCoy 46-2-7 · Hardenbrook —
W
Jim Bates
KO 1/4 · Princess Rink, Fort Wayne, 🇺🇸
McCoy 46-2-7 · Bates —
W
KO 2 · Whitington Park, Hot Springs, 🇺🇸
McCoy 45-2-7 · Burley —
W
Retained world middleweight title RTD 15/25 · Long Island City AC Arena, Long Island City, 🇺🇸
McCoy 44-2-7 · Creedon —
W
Australian Billy Smith
TKO 2/6 · 2nd Regiment Armory, Chicago, 🇺🇸
McCoy 43-2-7 · Smith —
W
Beech Ruble
TKO 2/4 · Opera House, Dayton, 🇺🇸
McCoy 41-2-7 · Ruble —
W
George LaBlanche
KO 1/4 · Opera House, Dayton, 🇺🇸
McCoy 41-2-7 · LaBlanche —
NC
NC 5/6 · Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 41-2-7 · Hall —
D
PTS 5/5 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
McCoy 41-2-6 · Ryan 44-1-9
W
Dan Bayliff
KO 3 · Casino Hall, Dayton, 🇺🇸
McCoy 40-2-6 · Bayliff —
W
Dick Moore
KO 2/20 · Olympic A.C., Buffalo, 🇺🇸
McCoy 39-2-6 · Moore —
W
KO 3/20 · Manhattan A.C., Troy, 🇺🇸
McCoy 38-2-6 · Burley —
W
Jack Bonner
6 · Quaker City A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 37-2-6 · Bonner —
W
Dick O'Brien
TKO 10/25 · Palace A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 36-2-6 · O'Brien —
W
Mike O`Hara
KO 1 · Bijou Theater, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
McCoy 34-2-6 · O`Hara —
W
Mike Creedon
KO 2 · Bijou Theater, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
McCoy 34-2-6 · Creedon —
W
Jack Graham
KO 2/4 · Grand OPera House, Indianapolis, 🇺🇸
McCoy 33-2-6 · Graham —
W
Bill Doherty
Retained world middleweight title KO 9/20 · The Amphitheatre, Johannesburg
McCoy 32-2-6 · Doherty —
NC
Jimmy Fox
4 · Art A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 32-2-6 · Fox —
W
Dick Moore
PTS 10/10 · Empire Theater, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
McCoy 31-2-6 · Moore —
W
Retained world middleweight title DQ 6/15 · Newton Street Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
McCoy 30-2-6 · Smith 19-5-9
W
Jim Daly
TKO 2/12 · New Manhattan A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 29-2-6 · Daly —
W
Frank Bosworth
KO 2/10 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
McCoy 28-2-6 · Bosworth —
W
Won vacant world middleweight title KO 15/20 · Empire A.C., Maspeth, 🇺🇸
McCoy 27-2-6 · Ryan 33-0-9
W
Tommy West
KO 2/10 · New Manhattan A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
McCoy 26-2-6 · West —
NC
Charles Johnson
4 · Caledonian A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
McCoy 26-2-6 · Johnson —
L
Ted White
PTS 10/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
McCoy 26-1-6 · White —
W
Abe Ullman
TKO 13/20 · Front Street Theater, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
McCoy 25-1-6 · Ullman —
W
Dick Moore
TKO 6/20 · Buckingham Theater, Louisville, 🇺🇸
McCoy 24-1-6 · Moore —
D
Dick O'Brien
PTS 25/25 · West Newton Street polo rink, Boston, 🇺🇸
McCoy 24-1-5 · O'Brien —
W
Jack Wilkes
TKO 2/15 · West Newton Street polo rink, Boston, 🇺🇸
McCoy 23-1-5 · Wilkes —
W
Billy Maber
PTS 10/10 · Pastime A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
McCoy 22-1-5 · Maber —
W
Al Roberts
KO 5/10 · Highland House, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
McCoy 21-1-5 · Roberts —
D
Al Roberts
PTS 10/10 · Highland House, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
McCoy 21-1-4 · Roberts —
W
Billy Steffers
PTS 10/10 · Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
McCoy 20-1-4 · Steffers —
W
Jack Grace
KO 7 · Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
McCoy 19-1-4 · Grace —
W
Billy Steffers
PTS 10/10 · Cleveland A.C., Cleveland, 🇺🇸
McCoy 18-1-4 · Steffers —
W
Harry O`Connor
KO 3 · Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
McCoy 17-1-4 · O`Connor —
W
Charles Maxwell
PTS 6/6 · Akron, Ohio, 🇺🇸
McCoy 16-1-4 · Maxwell —
D
Jim Barron
PTS 10/10 · Twin City A.C., Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
McCoy 16-1-3 · Barron —
L
Billy Steffers
KO 1/10 · Cleveland A.C., Cleveland, 🇺🇸
McCoy 16-0-3 · Steffers —
W
Jim Scully
KO 7 · New Bedford A.C., New Bedford, 🇺🇸
McCoy 15-0-3 · Scully —
W
Joe Burke
KO 2 · Fall River, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
McCoy 14-0-3 · Burke —
W
Pat Hayden
KO 2/10 · Metropole A.C., Providence, 🇺🇸
McCoy 13-0-3 · Hayden —
W
Deaf Mute
KO 4 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
McCoy 12-0-3 · Mute —
W
John Welch
KO 9 · Belmont Park, Wheeling, 🇺🇸
McCoy 11-0-3 · Welch —
D
George Bennett
PTS 8/8 · Akron, Ohio, 🇺🇸
McCoy 11-0-2 · Bennett —
W
Frank Merritt
KO 2 · Parnell Hall, Indianapolis, 🇺🇸
McCoy 10-0-2 · Merritt —
W
Dick Harris
KO 1 · Marion, Indiana, 🇺🇸
McCoy 9-0-2 · Harris —
D
Ike Boone
PTS 19/19 · Muncie, Indiana, 🇺🇸
McCoy 9-0-1 · Boone —
W
Charles Bull McCarthy
KO 3 · Athletic ball park, Muncie, 🇺🇸
McCoy 8-0-1 · McCarthy —
W
Frank Murray
KO 2 · Indianapolis, Indiana, 🇺🇸
McCoy 7-0-1 · Murray —
W
Frank Lamode
KO 3 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
McCoy 6-0-1 · Lamode —
W
Unknown
KO 2 · Milan, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
McCoy 5-0-1 · Unknown —
W
Jim Conners
KO 3 · Hot Springs, Arkansas, 🇺🇸
McCoy 4-0-1 · Conners —
W
Jim Dickson
KO 5 · Hot Springs, Arkansas, 🇺🇸
McCoy 3-0-1 · Dickson —
D
Herbert Hale
PTS 8/8 · Third St. Garden, Columbus, 🇺🇸
McCoy 3-0-0 · Hale —
W
Bob Lewis
KO 1 · Indianapolis, Indiana, 🇺🇸
McCoy 2-0-0 · Lewis —
W
Billy Barlow
PTS 6/6 · Indianapolis, Indiana, 🇺🇸
McCoy 1-0-0 · Barlow —
W
Peter Jenkins
PTS 4/4 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
McCoy 0-0-0 · Jenkins —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Kid McCoy's record? Kid McCoy's professional record is 80-7-10, 4 NC with 59 knockouts.
Who did Kid McCoy fight last? Kid McCoy last fought Matt Wells on Jan 17, 1914 and won by PTS over 20 rounds. Sources Boxerbook ID 236 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/236 . 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.
