Stanley Ketchel

[AntonTheMeh]

Is He The Youngest Middleweight Champion Ever?

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Is He The Youngest Middleweight Champion Ever?

No!

Al McCoy was born on October 23, 1894 & won the Middleweight Title on April 7, 1914. That comes to 19 years 5 months 15 days.

[AntonTheMeh]

Yeah Just Found That Out Thanks Anyway.

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Here's some others in the Middleweight Division:

Champion ---- Born --------Date of Title Won
Al McCoy October 23, 1894 – April 7, 1914
Les Darcy October 31, 1895 – May 22, 1915 – Australian World Middleweight Title
Dave Rosenberg May 15, 1901 – August 14, 1922
Gorilla Jones May 4, 1910 – January 25, 1932
Lou Brouillard May 23, 1911 – August 9, 1933
Al Hostak January 7, 1916 – July 26, 1938
Mike O’Dowd April 5, 1895 – November 14, 1917
Mick King June 24, 1893 – August 8, 1914 - Australian World Middleweight Title

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Yeah Just Found That Out Thanks Anyway.

Yea, I answered it on the "Non Stop Boxing" Forum too.

[AntonTheMeh]

Cool Thanks.

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Is He The Youngest Middleweight Champion Ever?

i thought he might have been until i saw that post Al McCoy, ketchel is the first to win back the title.

[McGoorty]

Is He The Youngest Middleweight Champion Ever?

No I think Les Darcy was the youngest to win a version of the MIDDLEWEIGHT Title. I'll have to check his exact age at the time, in his last fight Darcy was only 20 years of age and had defended his Title at least 7 times and never lost it. I think he was just over 19, yeah, an incredible achievement eh', by any standards.