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Abe Goldstein vs Earl Puryear — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Abe Goldstein

Earl Puryear

Abe Goldstein (102-24-9) and Earl Puryear (0-12-4 across 16 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Goldstein

102

Wins35 KO · 34%

24

Losses

9

Draws135 tracked bouts

Puryear

Tracked record

0–12–4

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Goldstein leads 1–0

Abe Goldstein and Earl Puryear have met 1 time; Goldstein leads 1–0.

Abe Goldstein and Earl Puryear have met 1 time; Goldstein leads 1–0.
Met1921Jul 1Series
Abe GoldsteinFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Earl PuryearFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Goldstein 5 · Puryear 1 of 6 measurable rows
GoldsteinPuryear
Record†
102-24-9 (edge)0-12-4
Win %0–100%
78.9% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 35
35 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
34.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
34%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 12.3
12.3 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
135
16

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Abe Goldstein: 5′5″
Earl Puryear: No height on file
Agenot held
Abe Goldstein: Died aged 78
Earl Puryear: No date of birth
Stance
Abe Goldstein: Orthodox
Earl Puryear: Not recorded

Abe Goldstein left, Earl Puryear right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Abe Goldstein102 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Abe Goldstein: 102 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (34%), 35 on the cards (34%) and 32 by another method or unrecorded (31%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 34%35 on the cards 34%32 by another method or unrecorded 31%

Earl Puryear0 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Earl Puryear: no tracked wins in the 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Puryear yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Abe Goldstein 135, Earl Puryear 16 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Goldstein better on 2

Goldstein

Opponent

Puryear

  • Abe Goldstein

    Win, PTS

    1923

    BurmanGoldstein better

    Earl Puryear

    Draw, PTS

    1918

  • Abe Goldstein

    Loss, NWS

    1921

    WilliamsGoldstein better

    Earl Puryear

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1921

    Loss, NWS

    1920

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Abe Goldstein had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ignacio Fernandez. Goldstein last boxed on Jun 24, 1927.DWLWL

Sarmiento Feb 1927Sarmiento Mar 1927Taylor May 1927Spencer May 1927Fernandez Jun 192712.3 tracked bouts per year

Earl Puryear last boxed on Oct 19, 1923 — 37,622 days ago. Puryear had lost six straight.LLLLL

Williams Nov 1920Williams Apr 1921Goldstein Jul 1921Moore Nov 1921Brown Oct 19232.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Abe Goldstein and Earl Puryear ever fought each other?
Yes. Abe Goldstein and Earl Puryear met once on July 1, 1921, and Abe Goldstein won by UD.
The meeting

WJul 1, 1921 · Goldstein · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Goldstein or Puryear?
Abe Goldstein is 102-24-9 and Earl Puryear is 0-12-4 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Abe Goldstein has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Goldstein102–24–978.9%

Puryear0–12–412.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Goldstein or Puryear?
Abe Goldstein has 35 knockout wins and Earl Puryear has 0. Abe Goldstein has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Goldstein3534.3%

Puryear0

The Numbers ↓
Do Goldstein and Puryear have any common opponents?
Abe Goldstein and Earl Puryear share 2 common opponents: Joe Burman and Kid Williams. Abe Goldstein fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Joe BurmanWD

Kid WilliamsLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Goldstein and Puryear?
This comparison is drawn from 135 bouts tracked for Abe Goldstein and 16 bouts tracked for Earl Puryear. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Goldstein135bouts

Puryear16bouts

How They Win ↓

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