What is Gorilla Jones's record?

Gorilla Jones's professional record is 18-17-2 with 10 knockouts.

Middleweight · United States

Gorilla Jones

18-17-2 10 KO · 1913–1922

Gorilla Jones was a middleweight boxer from United States. Record 18-17-2 with 10 knockouts over 1913–1922. Gorilla Jones last fought Tim Kelly on Dec 29, 1922 and won by PTS over 4 rounds.

Born—

Country🇺🇸 United States

StanceOrthodox

NicknameThe Fighting Gorilla

DebutJun 2, 1913

Career1913–1922

Rounds boxed306

KO share56%

TitlesWorld colored welterweight title 1915

Boxerbook ratinginactive since Dec 1922Why here ›

Confirmed bouts1 of 37

Career record

Record

18-17-2, 10 KOs · 1913–1922

Last result

Tim Kelly

PTS 4/4 · L Street Arena, Sacramento, 🇺🇸

1922-12-29 ›
✓ one source

The record

37 bouts, 1913–1922, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.

Tim Kelly

PTS 4/4 · L Street Arena, Sacramento, 🇺🇸

Jones 17-17-2 · Kelly —

1922-12-29 ›
✓ one source

Tim Kelly

PTS 4/4 · L Street Arena, Sacramento, 🇺🇸

Jones 17-16-2 · Kelly —

1922-12-15 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Burns

PTS 4/4 · West Side Arena, San Jose, 🇺🇸

Jones 17-16-1 · Burns —

1922-10-26 ›
✓ one source

Lee Anderson 🇺🇸

KO 3/12 · City Auditorium, Galveston, 🇺🇸

Jones 17-15-1 · Anderson —

1922-08-15 ›
✓ one source

Sonny Goodrich

TKO 7/12 · Beethoven Hall, San Antonio, 🇺🇸

Jones 16-15-1 · Goodrich —

1922-06-02 ›
✓ one source

Billy Britton

TKO 12/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽

Jones 16-14-1 · Britton —

1922-04-25 ›
✓ one source

Eddie McGovern

PTS 4/4 · East Side Arena, San Jose, 🇺🇸

Jones 15-14-1 · McGovern —

1922-04-20 ›
✓ one source

Kid Reese

KO 2/4 · L Street Arena, Sacramento, 🇺🇸

Jones 14-14-1 · Reese —

1922-03-17 ›
✓ one source

Tiger Flowers 🇺🇸

For vacant Southwest middleweight title

KO 9/15 · Gonzalez Garden Arena, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽

Jones 14-13-1 · Flowers 25-3-0

1922-02-21 ›
✓✓ two sources

Speedball Hayden

KO 9/15 · Fort Bliss Arena, El Paso, 🇺🇸

Jones 13-13-1 · Hayden —

1922-01-06 ›
✓ one source

Chihuahua Kid Brown

KO 3 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽

Jones 12-13-1 · Brown —

1921-10-09 ›
✓ one source

Battling Ortega

DQ 1 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, 🇺🇸

Jones 11-13-1 · Ortega —

1921-09-05 ›
✓ one source

Chihuahua Kid Brown

TKO 5/15 · Armory, Albuquerque, 🇺🇸

Jones 10-13-1 · Brown —

1921-08-17 ›
✓ one source

Leo Matlock

KO 6/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽

Jones 9-13-1 · Matlock —

1921-06-19 ›
✓ one source

Andy Kid Palmer

PTS 15/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽

Jones 9-13-0 · Palmer —

1921-04-17 ›
✓ one source

Speedball Hayden

PTS 8/8 · Arizona A.C., Phoenix, 🇺🇸

Jones 9-12-0 · Hayden —

1921-04-01 ›
✓ one source

Sunny Jim Williams

KO 5/10 · Fort Bliss Arena, El Paso, 🇺🇸

Jones 8-12-0 · Williams —

1921-01-14 ›
✓ one source

Andy Kid Palmer

PTS 10/10 · Douglas, Arizona, 🇺🇸

Jones 8-11-0 · Palmer —

1920-12-11 ›
✓ one source

Speedball Hayden

DQ 4 · Columbus, New Mexico, 🇺🇸

Jones 8-10-0 · Hayden —

1920-11-25 ›
✓ one source

Battling Gahee

KO 15/15 · National Baseball Park, New Orleans, 🇺🇸

Jones 8-9-0 · Gahee —

1920-09-18 ›
✓ one source

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Battling Norfolk

PTS 15/15 · National Baseball Park, New Orleans, 🇺🇸

Jones 7-9-0 · Norfolk —

1920-07-16 ›
✓ one source

Battling Norfolk

KO 5/20 · Passtime Athletic Club, Alexandria, 🇺🇸

Jones 7-8-0 · Norfolk —

1920-04-21 ›
✓ one source

Young Kid Norfolk

TKO 9/15 · Dauphine Theater, New Orleans, 🇺🇸

Jones 7-7-0 · Norfolk —

1920-01-05 ›
✓ one source

Eddie Palmer 🇺🇸

PTS 15/15 · Tulane Arena, New Orleans, 🇺🇸

Jones 6-7-0 · Palmer —

1919-10-31 ›
✓ one source

Sal Carlo

KO 1/4 · Coliseum, San Francisco, 🇺🇸

Jones 6-6-0 · Carlo —

1919-10-02 ›
✓ one source

Jack Mitchell

KO 12/20 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 5-6-0 · Mitchell —

1917-03-14 ›
✓ one source

Hock Bones

TKO 11/20 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 4-6-0 · Bones —

1917-03-02 ›
✓ one source

Jamaica Kid 🇺🇸

PTS 15/15 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 3-6-0 · Kid —

1916-04-18 ›
✓ one source

Eddie Palmer 🇺🇸

KO 8 · McElroy, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 3-5-0 · Palmer —

1916-04-01 ›
✓ one source

Kyle Whitney

TKO 8/20 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 3-4-0 · Whitney —

1915-03-18 ›
✓ one source

Eddie Palmer 🇺🇸

Won world colored welterweight title

PTS 20/20 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 2-4-0 · Palmer —

1915-02-15 ›
✓ one source

Eddie Palmer 🇺🇸

PTS 20/20 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 1-4-0 · Palmer —

1915-01-23 ›
✓ one source

Eddie Palmer 🇺🇸

PTS 10/10 · McDonoghville Park, New Orleans, 🇺🇸

Jones 1-3-0 · Palmer —

1914-12-20 ›
✓ one source

One Round Charley

TKO 7/10 · Northside A.C., New Orleans, 🇺🇸

Jones 1-2-0 · Charley —

1914-02-11 ›
✓ one source

Young Tommy Coleman

PTS 10/10 · New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸

Jones 1-1-0 · Coleman —

1913-12-12 ›
✓ one source

Kyle Whitney

PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸

Jones 1-0-0 · Whitney —

1913-07-14 ›
✓ one source

Kid Sylvester

KO 2/8 · Phoenix A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸

Jones 0-0-0 · Sylvester —

1913-06-02 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

No world title reigns recorded.

Facts

What is Gorilla Jones's record?: Gorilla Jones's professional record is 18-17-2 with 10 knockouts.
Who did Gorilla Jones fight last?: Gorilla Jones last fought Tim Kelly on Dec 29, 1922 and won by PTS over 4 rounds.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 13756 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/13756. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Last fetched: 2026-10-11. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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