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Ambrose Palmer vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ambrose Palmer

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Young Stribling

Ambrose Palmer (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Young Stribling (256-16-17) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Palmer

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Stribling

256

Wins129 KO · 50%

16

Losses

17

Draws290 tracked bouts

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

Stribling leads 1–0

Ambrose Palmer and Young Stribling have met 1 time; Stribling leads 1–0.

Ambrose Palmer and Young Stribling have met 1 time; Stribling leads 1–0.
Met1932Jul 4Series
Ambrose PalmerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Young StriblingFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR101Meeting

The Numbers

Palmer 0 · Stribling 4 of 4 measurable rows
PalmerStribling
Record†
2-3256-16-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
91.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 129
1
129 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡level0–100%
50%
50%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 22.9
0.8
22.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 290
5
290

† 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
Ambrose Palmer: 5′10″
Young Stribling: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Ambrose Palmer: Died aged 80
Young Stribling: Died aged 28
Stance
Ambrose Palmer: Not recorded
Young Stribling: Orthodox

Ambrose Palmer left, Young Stribling right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ambrose Palmer2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ambrose Palmer: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Young Stribling255 wins · from 290 tracked bouts

Young Stribling: 255 tracked wins — 128 by KO/TKO (50%), 93 on the cards (36%) and 34 by another method or unrecorded (13%). Counted from 290 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

128 by KO/TKO 50%93 on the cards 36%34 by another method or unrecorded 13%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ambrose Palmer 5, Young Stribling 290 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ambrose Palmer had won one in a row before losing a decision to Gus Lesnevich. Palmer last boxed on Dec 8, 1938.LWLWL

Stribling Jul 1932Shade Nov 1933Shade Jan 1934Miler Mar 1936Lesnevich Dec 19380.8 tracked bouts per year

Young Stribling has won three straight since losing to Pierre Charles. Stribling last boxed on Sep 22, 1933.WLWWW

McCorkindale Dec 1932Charles Mar 1933Neron Aug 1933O'Dell Aug 1933Rosenbloom Sep 193322.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ambrose Palmer and Young Stribling ever fought each other?
Yes. Ambrose Palmer and Young Stribling met once on July 4, 1932, and Young Stribling won by TKO in round 10.
The meeting

LJul 4, 1932 · Stribling · TKO R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Palmer or Stribling?
Ambrose Palmer is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Stribling is 256-16-17. Young Stribling has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Palmer2–340%

Stribling256–16–1791.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Palmer or Stribling?
Ambrose Palmer has 1 knockout win and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Palmer1

Stribling12950.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Palmer and Stribling have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ambrose Palmer and Young Stribling have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Palmer and Stribling?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ambrose Palmer and 290 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Palmer5bouts

Stribling290bouts

How They Win ↓

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