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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Lineal Champion

Al McCoy
(Alexander Rudolph)

BORN   October 23 1894; Rosenhayn, New Jersey
DIED August 22 1966; Los Angeles, California
HEIGHT 5-8
WEIGHT 145-163 1/2 lbs
MANAGER. T. Brennan, Jack Daugherty, Dan Morgan, A.I. Rudolph, Leo P. Flynn

McCoy was a light-hitting left-hander who fought in many "No Decision" bouts; Consequently, he was not a popular fighter; He won the Middleweight Championship in a surprise one-round knockout of tough George Chip

During his career, he defeated such men as George Chip, Willie Lewis and Eddie Hanlon in bouts with "official" verdicts and "bested" many others in "No Decision" contests

McCoy was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989

1910
Jun 14 Gus Murphy                  Boston, Ma                       L  6
Jun 30 Benny Burke                 Boston, Ma                       W  4
Jul 21 Chester Walcott             Boston, Ma                       L  6
Sep 10 "Young" Hugo Kelly          Portland, USA                    W  6
          -Some sources report "W 12"
Sep 21 "Young" Hugo Kelly          Portland, USA                   ND  6
Oct  8 Jim Rippin                  Portland, USA                   ND  6
Nov  5 Kid Parsons                 Portland, USA                   ND  6
Nov  8 Kid Parsons                 Portland, USA                   ND  6
Nov 12 Terry Brooks                Eastport, USA                   ND  6
Nov 18 Joe Werner                  Brooklyn, USA                   KO  3
Nov 25 Young Buck                  Brooklyn, USA                   KO  1
Dec  2 Monk Green                  Brooklyn, USA                   ND  6
Dec  9 Jimmy Anderson              Brooklyn, USA                   ND  6
Dec 23 Battling Pete               Brooklyn, USA                   ND  4
Dec 27 Battling Pete               New York, NY                    KO  5

1911
Jan  7 Kid Ryan                    Portland, Me                    KO  3
Jan 13 Shadow McCormick            Auburn, NY                      ND  6
Jan 14 Billy Shea                  Portland, Me                    ND  6
Jan 21 "Young" Hugo Kelly          Biddeford, Me                   ND  6
Feb  4 Johnny Fraser               Portland, Me                    ND  6
Feb 11 Johnny Glover               Portland, Me                    ND  6
Feb 25 Al King                     Brooklyn, NY                    ND  4
Mar  7 Al King                     New York, NY                    ND  6
Mar 18 Monk Green                  Brooklyn, NY                    ND  4
Mar 25 Mike Farrell                New York, NY                    ND  6
Apr 28 Jim Gallant                 Biddeford, Me                   ND  6
May  6 Jack Ryan                   Portland, Me                    KO  2
Jun 11 George Niedoff              Eastport, Me                    ND  6
          -Some sources report 6/20/11
Aug  3 Jim McGuinness              Pembroke, Me                    KO  1
Aug  9 Jim McGuinness              Pembroke, Me                    KO  6
Aug 28 George Niedoff              Eastport, Me                    ND 12
Oct 30 Terry Brooks                Eastport, Me                    ND  6
Nov 30 Henry Hall                  Eastport, Me                    ND  6
May 15 Bill Fleming                Old Town, USA                   ND  6
May 20 Al King                     Brooklyn, USA                   ND  4
Jun  2 Young Gilbert               Rockaway Beach, USA             ND  4
Aug 11 Al King                     Brooklyn, USA                   ND  6
Oct 23 Johnny Stewart              Eastport, USA                   ND  6
Nov 11 Fighting Pete               Brooklyn, USA                   ND  6
Nov 20 Chester Walcott             Eastport, USA                   ND  6

1912
Jan  6 Young DeGrano               Brooklyn, NY                    KO  7
Jan 13 "Young" Joe Grim            Brooklyn, NY                    ND  6
Feb 10 Jack Smith                  Brooklyn, NY                    TK  2
Mar  2 Tommy McGraw                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Mar 29 Young Otto                  Long Island City, NY            ND 10
Apr 19 Johnny Waltz                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
May  2 Rudolph Hinz                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jun  1 Eddie Hanlon                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Jun 15 Willie Fitzgerald           Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jun 25 Joe Kastner                 Jamaica, NY                     ND 10
Jul  5 "Battling" Jack Nelson      Rockaway Beach, NY              KO  4
Jul 13 Young Hickey                Bronx, NY                       ND 10
Jul 19 Mike Farrell                Rockaway Beach, NY              ND 10
Aug 12 Dave Kurtz                  New York, NY                    ND 10
Aug 13 Paddy Sullivan              Rockaway Beach, NY              ND 10
Sep 10 Bill Fleming                Eastport, Me                    ND  6
Sep 28 Charley Sieger              New York, NY                    KO  3
Oct 16 Johnny Shaw                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  3
Oct 18 Joe Stein                   New York, NY                    ND 10
Nov  2 Marty Brown                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov  9 Young Erne                  Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Nov 21 Jack Howard                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report "KO 10" on 11/23/12
Dec  4 Gus Christie                Dayton, Oh                       D 15
Dec 25 Joe White                   Brooklyn, NY                    TK  8
          -Some sources report "LF 8"

1913
Jan  1 John "Young" McCartney      Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Jan  8 Harry Price                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jan 23 "Wildcat" Ferns             Dayton, Oh                       D 15
Feb  7 Al Thiel                    Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Mar  7 Bull Anderson               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report 3/14/13
Apr 29 "Battling" Larry Ryan       Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
May 14 "Young" Jake Ahearn         New York, NY                    ND 10
May 16 Eddie Mack                  Brooklyn, NY                    KO  4
May 28 "Wildcat" Ferns             Dayton, Oh                       D 20
Jun  6 Terry Mitchell              Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jun 27 Billy Sherman               Far Rockaway, NY                KO  2
Jul 11 Jacob "Soldier" Bartfield   Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report 8/11/13
Jul 22 Mike Farrell                Rockaway Beach, NY              ND 10
Aug  9 Bull Anderson               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Aug 12 Billy Grupp                 New York, NY                    ND 10
Aug 26 Bill Fleming                Bangor, Me                      ND  6
          -Some sources report 7/26/13
Sep  9 Johnny Stewart              Bangor, Me                      ND  6
Sep 25 Noah Brusso                 Boston, Ma                       W 10
          -Some sources report "W 12"
Oct 18 Willie "K.O." Brennan       Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report 10/22/13
Nov  1 Fred Kiebler                New York, NY                    ND 10
Nov  7 Mike Farrell                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 19 Bull Anderson               Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Dec 19 Zulu Kid                    Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10

1914
Jan 24 Eddie Neary                 Woodhaven, NY                   ND 10
Jan 31 Johnny Shaw                 Bronx, NY                       KO  3
Feb  7 Jack Smith                  Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Feb 23 Mike Gibbons                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Feb 28 Joe Chip                    Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Apr  3 Tommy Teague                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Apr  7 George Chip                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  1
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
May  8 George Pearsall             Norwalk, Ct                     KO  1
May 21 "Fighting" Billy Murray     New York, NY                    ND 10
Jun 11 "Fighting" Billy Murray     New York, NY                    ND 10
Jul 20 Billy Grupp                 New York, NY                    ND 10
Oct 13 Willie Lewis                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  5
Oct 19 Willie "K.O." Brennan       Buffalo, NY                     ND 10
Nov 10 Jacob "Soldier" Bartfield   Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 17 Jack McCarron               Pottsville, Pa                  ND 10
Dec  1 Bill Fleming                Albany, NY                      ND 10
Dec  4 Emmett "Kid" Wagner         Wilkes-Barre, Pa                ND 10
Dec 11 "Italian" Joe Gans          New York, NY                    ND 10
Dec 22 Jacob "Soldier" Bartfield   Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10

1915
       Bob "K.O." Sweeney          Albany, NY                      ND 10
Jan 23 Billy Grupp                 New York, NY                    ND 10
Jan 25 "Young" Joe Borrell         Philadelphia, Pa                ND  6
Feb 16 Al Thiel                    Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Mar 23 Thomas "Silent" Martin      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Apr  6 George Chip                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
May  4 Jimmy Clabby                Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
May 31 Thomas "Silent" Martin      Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Sep  9 "Young" Jake Ahearn         Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Oct 23 Jacob "Soldier" Bartfield   Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 13 Zulu Kid                    Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Nov 25 Thomas "Silent" Martin      Waterbury, Ct                   ND 15

1916
Jan  1 "Young" Jake Ahearn         Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jan 20 George Chip                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Mar 21 Leo Bens                    Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Apr  7 Jack Hammond                Brooklyn, NY                    KO  2
Apr 17 Al Thiel                    Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
May  9 "Young" Jake Ahearn         Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Jun 26 Hugh Ross                   Bridgeport, Ct                   W 15
          -Some sources report "L 15"
Jul  3 Dave Kurtz                  Rockaway Beach, NY              ND 10
Sep 25 Jack Hanlon                 Brooklyn, NY                    KO  3
Sep 28 Jackie Clark                Scranton, Pa                    ND 10
Oct 21 Johnny Saxon                New York, NY                    TK  7
Nov 28 Jack McCarron               Allentown, Pa                   ND 10

1917
Feb 27 Jack Dillon                 Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10
Apr 30 Harry Greb                  Pittsburgh, Pa                  ND 10
Jul  4 Jackie Clark                Lonaconing, Md                  ND 10
Nov  8 "Montana" Dan Sullivan      North Adams, Ma                  W 12
Nov 14 Mike O'Dowd                 Brooklyn, NY                    LK  6
          -Middleweight Championship of the World

1918
Jan  9 Battling Ortega             Emeryville, Ca                   L  4
          -Some sources report 1/16/18 at "Oakland, Ca"
Jan 30 Jack Downey                 San Diego, Ca                    D  4
Mar  2 "Sailor" Ed Petroskey       San Francisco, Ca                L  4
          -Some sources report "Oakland, Ca"
Mar 13 Harry Greb                  Cincinnati, Oh                  ND 10
Jul  4 Jack Dillon                 Charleston, Oh                  ND 10

1919
Feb 15 Young Fisher                Syracuse, NY                    ND 10
          -Some sources report 2/17/19
Mar 31 Leo Houck                   Lancaster, Pa                   ND  6
Apr  4 Gordon McKay                Jersey City, NJ                 ND  8
Apr 29 Joe Chip                    Youngstown, Oh                  LT  6
Jul 17 Mike O'Dowd                 St. Paul, Mn                    LK  3
Nov  3 Frankie Fleming             Bayonne, NJ                     ND  8

1920
Mar 22 Eugene Brousseau            Montreal, Que, Can              LK  2

1924
Feb 13 Jack Downey                 Huntington Beach, Ca             D  4
Dec  9 Jack Matlock                Denver, Co                       L  3

 *** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1908
       an unnamed opponent                                         KO  2

1909
       Willie Scott                Brooklyn, NY                    ND  4
       Chester Walcott                                             ND  6
       Dave Seide                                                  KO  6
       Spike O'Neill                                               ND  6
       Young Cote                                                  ND  6
       Kid Ryan                                                    KO  2
       Joe Gilbert                                                 ND 10
       Mickey Flynn                                                ND  6
       Billy Shea                                                  ND  6
       Spike O'Neill                                               ND  6
       Arthur Cote                                                 ND  6

1910
       Cliff Cote                                                   W  6
       Tommy Reilly                                                 W  6
       Johnny Glover                                                W 12
       Jim McGuinness                                               D 12
       Billy Shea                                                   W 12
       Eddie Hamburg                                                W  6
       Johnny Stewart                                               D  6
       Jack Langdon                                                 W 12
       Tommy Reilly                                                 W  6
       Bill Fleming                                                 W  6
       Spike O'Neill                                                W  6
       George Niedoff                                               W 15

1911
       Jack Ryan                                                   KO  3
       Eddie Hamburg                                               KO  2
       Billy Shea                                                  ND 12
       Billy O'Brien                                               ND  6
       Jack Langdon                                                ND 12
       George Niedoff                                              ND  6
       Spike O'Neil                                                ND  6

1912
Jan    Dick Grant                                                  KO  3
Jan    Jack Beckman                                                KO  2
Feb    Sailor Maher                New York, NY                    KO  3

1914
Jul 27 Young Jasper                Boston, Ma                       D 10
Aug 17 Jack Palmer                 New York, NY                    ND 10
Sep 23 Young Jasper                Boston, Ma                       D 12
Oct 30 Fred Kiebler                New York, NY                    ND 10

1916
May 22 Al Ross                     New Haven, Ct                    D 20

1918
       Billy Neal                                                   L 10
Aug 10 "Stockyards" Tommy Murphy   New York, NY                    EX  4
Oct 11 "Stockyards" Tommy Murphy   Brooklyn, NY                    ND 10

*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization