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.
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.
Happy Howard vs Young Stribling — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Young Stribling leads 2–0- Young Stribling wonStribling vs HowardJun 25, 1923 · PTS
- Young Stribling wonStribling vs HowardApr 19, 1923 · PTS
The Numbers
- 1-7
- Record
- 256-16-17 (edge)
- 12.5%
- Win %
- 91.5% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 129 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 50.39%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 1
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.8
- 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 onlyHappy Howard · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
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
1 sharedHappy Howard
WNWS · May 1916LNWS · May 1915Young Stribling
WNWS · Mar 1924WNWS · Mar 1924DPTS · Oct 1923
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Happy Howard
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Oct 27, 1924
Young Stribling
WWWLW
W3 streak · last fought Sep 22, 1933
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Happy Howard or Young 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Happy Howard or Young Stribling?
- Happy Howard has 0 knockout wins and Young Stribling has 129. Young Stribling has more.
- Do Happy Howard and Young Stribling have any common opponents?
- Happy Howard and Young Stribling share 1 common opponent: Mike McTigue. Young Stribling fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Happy Howard and Young Stribling?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Happy Howard and 291 bouts tracked for Young Stribling. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.