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.
Big Boy Peterson (2-6 across 8 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 3 common opponents.
Big Boy Peterson vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Young Stribling leads 1–0- Young Stribling wonStribling vs PetersonNov 26, 1926 · TKO · R5
The Numbers
- 2-6
- Record
- 256-16-17 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 91.5% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 129 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 50.39%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.3
- Bouts per year
- 23 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 291
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 121
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBig Boy Peterson · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
Young Stribling · 256 wins
KO/TKO
128
Decision
93
Other
35
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 291 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBig Boy Peterson
LTKO R2 · Dec 1932LKO R1 · Jan 1930Young Stribling
WDQ R7 · Dec 1929LDQ R4 · Nov 1929Big Boy Peterson
LPTS · Dec 1928Young Stribling
LUD · May 1927WPTS · Mar 1925WPTS · Jun 1924
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Big Boy Peterson
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Dec 13, 1932
Young Stribling
WWWLW
W3 streak · last fought Sep 22, 1933
Common Questions
- Have Big Boy Peterson and Young Stribling ever fought each other?
- Yes. Big Boy Peterson and Young Stribling met once on November 26, 1926, and Young Stribling won by TKO in round 5.
- Who has the better record, Big Boy Peterson or Young Stribling?
- Big Boy Peterson is 2-6 across the 8 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Big Boy Peterson or Young Stribling?
- Big Boy Peterson has 0 knockout wins and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
- Do Big Boy Peterson and Young Stribling have any common opponents?
- Big Boy Peterson and Young Stribling share 3 common opponents: Primo Carnera, Ernie Schaaf and Tommy Loughran. Young Stribling fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Big Boy Peterson and Young Stribling?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Big Boy Peterson and 291 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.