Young Stribling
Toronto Daily Star, January 27 1930
William Lawrence (Young) Stribling Jr. (1904-1933) set a record in his short life: he fought 253 heavyweight bouts, more than any other fighter. He had been a boxer literally his whole life: as a child, he and his younger brother, "Baby" Stribling, were part of a family vaudeville act that ended with a mock fight between the two.
Stribling died in a motorcycle accident in 1933 while on his way to visit the hospital where his wife and his newborn third child were. He passed away in that hospital.
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