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Happy Howard vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared

Happy Howard

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Young Stribling

Happy Howard (1-7 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 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Howard

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 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 2–0

Happy Howard and Young Stribling have met 2 times; Stribling leads 2–0.

Happy Howard and Young Stribling have met 2 times; Stribling leads 2–0.
Met1923Apr 191923Jun 25Series
Happy HowardFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Young StriblingFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Howard 1 · Stribling 5 of 6 measurable rows
HowardStribling
Record†
1-7256-16-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
91.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 129
0
129 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50.39%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
50% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 22.9
0.8
22.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 290
8
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

Agenot held
Happy Howard: No date of birth
Young Stribling: Died aged 28
Stance
Happy Howard: Not recorded
Young Stribling: Orthodox

Happy Howard 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
Happy Howard1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Happy Howard: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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 — Happy Howard 8, Young Stribling 290 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Stribling better on 1

Howard

Opponent

Stribling

  • Happy Howard

    1–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    McTigueStribling better

    Young Stribling

    1–0–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1924

    Draw, PTS

    1923

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

Happy Howard last boxed on Oct 27, 1924 — 37,247 days ago. Howard had lost six straight.LLLLL

Greb Jun 1919Delaney Aug 1921Stribling Apr 1923Stribling Jun 1923Smith Oct 19240.8 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 Happy Howard and Young Stribling ever fought each other?
Yes. Happy Howard and Young Stribling have met 2 times and Young Stribling leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LJun 25, 1923 · Stribling · PTS

LApr 19, 1923 · Stribling · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Howard or Stribling?
Happy Howard is 1-7 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.
Records · win %

Howard1–712.5%

Stribling256–16–1791.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Howard or Stribling?
Happy Howard has 0 knockout wins and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Howard0

Stribling12950.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Howard and Stribling have any common opponents?
Happy Howard and Young Stribling share 1 common opponent: Mike McTigue. Young Stribling fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Mike McTigue1–11–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Howard and Stribling?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Happy Howard and 290 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Howard8bouts

Stribling290bouts

How They Win ↓

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