Larry Estridge (born 17 June 1902, St. Kitts, British West Indies) was a middleweight boxer and the last holder of the World Colored Middleweight Championship. The 5'7" middleweight fought out of New York City from 1922 to 1929, racking up a career record of 53 wins against 23 losses and two draws from 1922 to 1929.

Estridge fought African-American middleweight champion Panama Joe Gans for his title on July 26, 1924 at Yankee Stadium, defeating the champ via a unanimous decision in their 10-round bout. After scoring two victories over heavyweight Frank Yarchan, Estridge had a rematch with Gans for the colored title. On 11 August 1924 in Queensboro Stadium in Queens, New York, Estridge defeated Gans on points. It was his last defense of the title, which went into abeyance as African American Tiger Flowers won the world middleweight crown the following year.

Estridge never earned a shot at the world title. His status as a contender began to decline after he lost to future light-heavyweight champion Paul Berlenbach on 26 December 1924. Larry Estridge, who weight 155¾ lbs. to Berlenbach's 163¾ lbs., lost via a T.K.O. in the second round. His record was 38–2–1 at the time. Estridge won his next three fights but lost to Frankie Schoell on 13 March 1925, when they appeared as part of the undercard at Madison Square Garden that was topped by a fight between Berlenbach and former world light-heavyweight champion Battling Siki.

Estridge again won three fights before to losing to Sergeant Sammy Baker on 1 June 1925. He then racked up a record of six victories, three losses and a draw in his next 10 fights before he met Baker again on 7 May 1926. Baker K.O.-ed him in the second round, the first of 13 straight defeats. In his last loss of the streak, and the penultimate fight of his career, his former nemesis Paul Berlenbach K.O.-ed him in the eighth round of their fight on 22 May 1928. His last fight was against lightly regarded Mickey Taylor on 21 February 1929, whom he scored a T.K.O. against in the fifth round.

Professional boxing record All information in this section is derived from BoxRec, unless otherwise stated.

Official record

All newspaper decisions are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column. ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes78Win51–21–2 Mickey TaylorTKO5 (?)Feb 21, 192977Loss50–21–2 Paul BerlenbachRTD7 (10)May 22, 192876Loss50–20–2 Frank KonchinaTKO3 (8)May 8, 192875Loss50–19–2 Frank KonchinaPTS6Feb 24, 192874Loss50–18–2 Bernie HufnaglePTS6Jan 19, 192873Loss50–17–2 Walter HoganPTS8Apr 7, 192772Loss50–16–2 Joe CavalierTKO7 (10)Nov 9, 192671Loss50–15–2 Frankie SchöellPTS10Oct 25, 192670Loss50–14–2 Billy FranklinPTS12Oct 7, 192669Loss50–13–2 Phil KaplanTKO3 (10)Jul 30, 192668Loss50–12–2 Esteban GallardPTS15Jul 4, 192667Loss50–11–2 George CourtneyTKO4 (10)Jun 29, 192666Loss50–10–2 Harry GalfundKO8 (12)Jun 9, 192665Loss50–9–2 'Sergeant' Sammy BakerKO2 (?)May 7, 192664Win50–8–2 Mike SchultzPTS10Mar 29, 192663Win49–8–2 Freddie KrebsKO5 (?)Dec 7, 192562Win48–8–2 Joe SenterKO6 (10)Oct 29, 192561Loss47–8–2 Young FisherPTS10Oct 23, 192560Loss47–7–2 Frank MoodyPTS12Oct 9, 192559Win47–6–2 Charley MurrayKO7 (?)Sep 22, 192558Win46–6–2 Young FisherTKO10 (?)Sep 4, 192557Loss45–6–2 Lew ChesterPTS12Aug 24, 192556Draw45–5–2 'Italian' Joe GansPTS12Jul 24, 192555Win45–5–1 Harry MartoneKO4 (?)Jul 17, 192554Loss44–5–1 'Sergeant' Sammy BakerPTS12Jun 1, 192553Win44–4–1 Mike DempseyKO8 (12)May 26, 192552Win43–4–1 Charley PickerKO3 (12)May 19, 192551Win42–4–1 Mike DempseyKO8 (?)Mar 26, 192550Loss41–4–1 Frankie SchöellPTS10Mar 13, 192549Win41–3–1 George BowlandKO1 (12)Feb 25, 192548Win40–3–1 Warnie SmithTKO6 (12)Feb 13, 192547Win39–3–1 Charley NashertKO2 (?)Jan 16, 192546Loss38–3–1 Paul BerlenbachTKO2 (?)Dec 26, 192445Win38–2–1 Rocky SmithKO1 (?)Dec 16, 192444Win37–2–1 Dave RosenbergPTS12Nov 22, 192443Win36–2–1 Mike MorleyKO2 (10)Nov 8, 192442Win35–2–1 Henry ShawPTS10Oct 27, 192441Win34–2–1 Young FisherTKO10 (10)Sep 4, 192440Win33–2–1 Panama Joe GansPTS10Aug 11, 192439Win32–2–1 Frank YarchanPTS6Aug 2, 192438Win31–2–1 Frank YarchanPTS6Jul 1, 192437Win30–2–1 Panama Joe GansUD10Jun 26, 1924 36Win29–2–1 Tommy RobsonDQ6 (12)Jun 6, 192435Win28–2–1 Rocky SmithKO5 (?)May 31, 192434Win27–2–1 Jack FordKO3 (?)May 1, 192433Win26–2–1 Jimmy AmatoTKO2 (12)Apr 8, 192432Win25–2–1 Jack PerryKO7 (10)Mar 25, 192431Win24–2–1 'Sergeant' Jack LynchPTS12Mar 15, 192430Loss23–2–1 Augie RatnerPTS12Mar 1, 192429Draw23–1–1 'Sergeant' Jack LynchPTS12Feb 16, 192428Loss23–1 Ted MoorePTS12Jan 19, 192427Win23–0 Frank CarbonePTS12Dec 29, 192326Win22–0 'Guardsman' George WestKO8 (12)Dec 15, 192325Win21–0 Willie WalkerKO2 (12)Nov 24, 192324Win20–0 Jerry HayesNWS8Nov 16, 192323Loss20–0 Joe LibbyNWS8Oct 26, 192322Loss20–0 'Allentown' Joe GansNWS6Aug 29, 192321Win20–0 Jerome BairdKO2 (?)Aug 11, 192320Win19–0 Morty SeligmanKO3 (10)Aug 4, 192319Win18–0 Chief HalbranKO2 (?)Jul 10, 192318Win17–0 Jimmy BrownKO2 (?)Jul 1, 192317Win16–0 Joe CavalierKO3 (?)Jun 10, 192316Win15–0 Tony JamisonKO3 (?)Jun 1, 192315Loss14–0 Sailor DardenNWS12May 28, 192314Win14–0 Pete ColemanPTS6May 24, 192313Win13–0 Frankie SmithKO2 (?)May 1, 192312Win12–0 James ThomasKO1 (?)Apr 24, 192311Win11–0 Jack HerbertKO1 (?)Apr 17, 192310Win10–0 Eddie HughKO3 (?)Apr 1, 19239Win9–0 Jimmy BrownKO2 (?)Mar 1, 19238Win8–0 Charley ArthursKO3 (?), Feb 17, 19237Win7–0 Alex GibbonsPTS12Feb 6, 19236Win6–0 Sam BranchKO1 (?)Jan 2, 19235Win5–0 Alex GibbonsPTS12Nov 21, 19224Win4–0 Johnny HartKO1 (8)Nov 7, 19223Win3–0 Tommy HansomKO1 (?)Oct 17, 19222Win2–0 Kid JacksonKO2 (10)Oct 6, 19221Win1–0 Kid SlocumKO3 (6)Sep 22, 1922

Unofficial record

Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column. ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes78Win52–24–2 Mickey TaylorTKO5 (?)Feb 21, 192977Loss51–24–2 Paul BerlenbachRTD7 (10)May 22, 192876Loss51–23–2 Frank KonchinaTKO3 (8)May 8, 192875Loss51–22–2 Frank KonchinaPTS6Feb 24, 192874Loss51–21–2 Bernie HufnaglePTS6Jan 19, 192873Loss51–20–2 Walter HoganPTS8Apr 7, 192772Loss51–19–2 Joe CavalierTKO7 (10)Nov 9, 192671Loss51–18–2 Frankie SchöellPTS10Oct 25, 192670Loss51–17–2 Billy FranklinPTS12Oct 7, 192669Loss51–16–2 Phil KaplanTKO3 (10)Jul 30, 192668Loss51–15–2 Esteban GallardPTS15Jul 4, 192667Loss51–14–2 George CourtneyTKO4 (10)Jun 29, 192666Loss51–13–2 Harry GalfundKO8 (12)Jun 9, 192665Loss51–12–2 'Sergeant' Sammy BakerKO2 (?)May 7, 192664Win51–11–2 Mike SchultzPTS10Mar 29, 192663Win50–11–2 Freddie KrebsKO5 (?)Dec 7, 192562Win49–11–2 Joe SenterKO6 (10)Oct 29, 192561Loss48–11–2 Young FisherPTS10Oct 23, 192560Loss48–10–2 Frank MoodyPTS12Oct 9, 192559Win48–9–2 Charley MurrayKO7 (?)Sep 22, 192558Win47–9–2 Young FisherTKO10 (?)Sep 4, 192557Loss46–9–2 Lew ChesterPTS12Aug 24, 192556Draw46–8–2 'Italian' Joe GansPTS12Jul 24, 192555Win46–8–1 Harry MartoneKO4 (?)Jul 17, 192554Loss45–8–1 'Sergeant' Sammy BakerPTS12Jun 1, 192553Win45–7–1 Mike DempseyKO8 (12)May 26, 192552Win44–7–1 Charley PickerKO3 (12)May 19, 192551Win43–7–1 Mike DempseyKO8 (?)Mar 26, 192550Loss42–7–1 Frankie SchöellPTS10Mar 13, 192549Win42–6–1 George BowlandKO1 (12)Feb 25, 192548Win41–6–1 Warnie SmithTKO6 (12)Feb 13, 192547Win40–6–1 Charley NashertKO2 (?)Jan 16, 192546Loss39–6–1 Paul BerlenbachTKO2 (?)Dec 26, 192445Win39–5–1 Rocky SmithKO1 (?)Dec 16, 192444Win38–5–1 Dave RosenbergPTS12Nov 22, 192443Win37–5–1 Mike MorleyKO2 (10)Nov 8, 192442Win36–5–1 Henry ShawPTS10Oct 27, 192441Win35–5–1 Young FisherTKO10 (10)Sep 4, 192440Win34–5–1 Panama Joe GansPTS10Aug 11, 192439Win33–5–1 Frank YarchanPTS6Aug 2, 192438Win32–5–1 Frank YarchanPTS6Jul 1, 192437Win31–5–1 Panama Joe GansUD10Jun 26, 1924 36Win30–5–1 Tommy RobsonDQ6 (12)Jun 6, 192435Win29–5–1 Rocky SmithKO5 (?)May 31, 192434Win28–5–1 Jack FordKO3 (?)May 1, 192433Win27–5–1 Jimmy AmatoTKO2 (12)Apr 8, 192432Win26–5–1 Jack PerryKO7 (10)Mar 25, 192431Win25–5–1 'Sergeant' Jack LynchPTS12Mar 15, 192430Loss24–5–1 Augie RatnerPTS12Mar 1, 192429Draw24–4–1 'Sergeant' Jack LynchPTS12Feb 16, 192428Loss24–4 Ted MoorePTS12Jan 19, 192427Win24–3 Frank CarbonePTS12Dec 29, 192326Win23–3 'Guardsman' George WestKO8 (12)Dec 15, 192325Win22–3 Willie WalkerKO2 (12)Nov 24, 192324Win21–3 Jerry HayesNWS8Nov 16, 192323Loss20–3 Joe LibbyNWS8Oct 26, 192322Loss20–2 'Allentown' Joe GansNWS6Aug 29, 192321Win20–1 Jerome BairdKO2 (?)Aug 11, 192320Win19–1 Morty SeligmanKO3 (10)Aug 4, 192319Win18–1 Chief HalbranKO2 (?)Jul 10, 192318Win17–1 Jimmy BrownKO2 (?)Jul 1, 192317Win16–1 Joe CavalierKO3 (?)Jun 10, 192316Win15–1 Tony JamisonKO3 (?)Jun 1, 192315Loss14–1 Sailor DardenNWS12May 28, 192314Win14–0 Pete ColemanPTS6May 24, 192313Win13–0 Frankie SmithKO2 (?)May 1, 192312Win12–0 James ThomasKO1 (?)Apr 24, 192311Win11–0 Jack HerbertKO1 (?)Apr 17, 192310Win10–0 Eddie HughKO3 (?)Apr 1, 19239Win9–0 Jimmy BrownKO2 (?)Mar 1, 19238Win8–0 Charley ArthursKO3 (?), Feb 17, 19237Win7–0 Alex GibbonsPTS12Feb 6, 19236Win6–0 Sam BranchKO1 (?)Jan 2, 19235Win5–0 Alex GibbonsPTS12Nov 21, 19224Win4–0 Johnny HartKO1 (8)Nov 7, 19223Win3–0 Tommy HansomKO1 (?)Oct 17, 19222Win2–0 Kid JacksonKO2 (10)Oct 6, 19221Win1–0 Kid SlocumKO3 (6)Sep 22, 1922

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