Pete "Kid" Herman
BORN February 12 1896; New Orleans, Louisiana DIED April 13 1973; New Orleans, Louisiana HEIGHT 5-2 WEIGHT 105-125 lbs MANAGERS Jerome Gargano, Doc Cutch, Sammy Goldman, Red Walsh
Herman was a scrappy, tough fighter who hit hard and accurate with both fists; He was especially tough at inside fighting; Herman was stopped only once in eleven years in the ring. Herman was forced to retire in 1922 due to oncoming blindness; In retirement, he ran a bar in the French Quarter and received an honorary position on the Louisiana State Athletic Commission
Among those he defeated during his career were Johnny "Young" Rosner, Eddie Coulon, Eddie Campi, Young Zulu Kid, Johnny "Young" Solsberg, Al Shubert, Sammy Sandow, Frankie Brown, Kid Williams, Johnny Coulon, Johnny "Kewpie" Ertle, Frankie Burns, Frankie Mason, Johnny Ritchie, Jimmy Wilde, Joe Lynch, Charles Ledoux, Packy O'Gatty, and Abe Friedman
Nat Fleischer ranked Herman as the #2 All-Time Bantamweight; Charley Rose ranked him as the #3 All-Time Bantamweight; Herb Goldman ranked him as the #6 All-Time Bantamweight; Herman was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1959 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 19971912 Sep 30 Eddie Coulon New Orleans, La D 6 Oct 14 Kid Atkins New Orleans, La TK 3 Oct 21 Eddie Coulon New Orleans, La D 6 Nov 18 Johnny Fisse New Orleans, La L 8 Nov 23 Johnny Fisse New Orleans, La L 8 1913 Jan 1 Kid Gormley Lake Charles, La W 15 Jan 13 Johnny "Young" Rosner New Orleans, La W 8 Jan 20 Kid Gormley Lake Charles, La D 15 Feb 8 Johnny Fisse New Orleans, La L 10 Mar 8 Stanley Everett New Orleans, La W 10 Mar 17 Henry Koster New Orleans, La ND 8 Apr 26 Phil Virgets New Orleans, La ND 10 May 30 Johnny Fisse New Orleans, La ND 10 Jul 4 Bobby Dubbins New Orleans, La TK 6 Jul 13 Johnny Fisse McDonoughville, La L 15 Jul 21 Abe Kabakoff Memphis, Tn W 8 Aug 4 Jim Walsh Memphis, Tn W 8 Aug Nate Jackson Memphis, Tn W 8 Sep Eddie Coulon Memphis, Tn W 8 Sep Nate Jackson Memphis, Tn W 8 Sep Johnny Fisse Memphis, Tn W 8 Oct 6 Ruby Hirsch New Orleans, La ND 10 Oct Kid Greaves New Orleans, La W 10 Nov 3 Joe Wagner New Orleans, La ND 10 Nov Bill Stevens New Orleans, La W 10 Dec Buddy Garic New Orleans, La W 10 1914 Jan Nate Jackson New Orleans, La D 15 Feb 2 Young Allen New Orleans, La KO 10 Feb 18 Marty "Kid" Taylor New Orleans, La W 10 Mar 9 John "K.O." Eggers New Orleans, La ND 10 Apr Frankie Sinnett New Orleans, La W 10 May 11 Artie Simons New Orleans, La W 10 Jun Johnny Fisse New Orleans, La W 10 Jun 30 Kid Williams New Orleans, La ND 10 Jul Jimmy Pappas New Orleans, La W 10 Aug Johnny Fisse New Orleans, La W 15 Sep 13 Eddie Campi New Orleans, La W 20 Nov 15 Frankie Burns New Orleans, La LT 13 Nov 24 "Young" Zulu Kid New Orleans, La W 15 1915 Jan 12 John "K.O." Eggers Atlanta, Ga W 10 Feb 6 Marty "Kid" Taylor New Orleans, La W 10 Mar 1 Johnny "Young" Solsberg Memphis, Tn W 8 May 1 "Young" Zulu Kid New Orleans, La D 10 May 18 Al Shubert New Orleans, La W 15 Jun 18 Harry Bramer Denver, Co KO 4 Jul 2 Louisiana New Orleans, La W 20 Jul 21 Jack Doyle New Orleans, La W 15 Sep 6 Nate Jackson Denver, Co LF 3 Sep 13 Nate Jackson Denver, Co W 15 Oct 7 Sammy Sandow New Orleans, La W 15 Nov 6 "Young" Zulu Kid New Orleans, La W 15 Nov 15 "Memphis" Pal Moore Memphis, Tn L 8 Dec 13 Eddie Coulon New Orleans, La KO 4 1916 Feb 7 Kid Williams New Orleans, La D 20 -Bantamweight Championship of the World Feb 28 Lew Tendler Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Mar 23 Frankie Brown Baltimore, Md D 15 Jun 12 Frankie Brown New Orleans, La W 15 Jul 10 George Brown Memphis, Tn KO 5 Jul 31 Roy Moore New Orleans, La W 15 Sep 4 Jimmy Pappas Atlanta, Ga W 10 Sep 30 Bernie Hahn Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 6 John "K.O." Eggers New Orleans, La W 20 Dec 10 Leo Schneider Memphis, Tn W 8 1917 Jan 9 Kid Williams New Orleans, La W 20 -Bantamweight Championship of the World Feb 12 Sammy Sandow Cincinnati, Oh ND 10 Feb 20 Harry Kabakoff St. Louis, Mo ND 10 Mar 6 Jabez White Albany, NY ND 10 Mar 14 Charles "Dutch" Brandt Brooklyn, NY ND 10 Apr 27 Pekin Kid Herman Peoria, Il ND 10 May 3 Harry Coulin Buffalo, NY ND 10 May 14 Johnny Coulon Racine, Wi TK 3 May 21 Gussie Lewis Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Jun 1 Joe Lynch New York, NY ND 10 Jun 13 Kid Williams Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Aug 21 Jack Douglas New Orleans, La ND 10 Sep 3 Nate Jackson Tulsa, Ok ND 10 Sep 10 Earl Puryear Tulsa, Ok ND 10 Sep 17 John "K.O." Eggers Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 5 Frankie Burns New Orleans, La W 20 -Bantamweight Championship of the World Dec 10 Joe Tuber Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Dec 14 Frankie Mason Fort Wayne, In TK 3 Dec 19 Gussie Lewis Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 1918 May 4 "Little" Jackie Sharkey Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 May 8 Andy Chaney Baltimore, Md ND 10 Jul 3 Frankie Burns Jersey City, NJ ND 10 Sep 2 "Little" Jackie Sharkey Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Sep 6 "Young" Zulu Kid Jersey City, NJ ND 8 1919 Feb 10 Patsy Scanlon Pittsburgh, Pa ND 10 Mar 4 Jack "Kid" Wolfe Cleveland, Oh ND 10 Mar 10 Al Shubert New Bedford, Ma D 10 Mar 24 "Memphis" Pal Moore Memphis, Tn L 8 Apr 8 Al Shubert Baltimore, Md ND 10 Apr 21 Patsy Johnson Trenton, NJ ND 8 Apr 25 Kid Regan St. Louis, Mo ND 8 May 3 Patsy Wallace Philadelphia, Pa KO 6 May 12 Johnny "Young" Solsberg Syracuse, NY ND 10 May 23 Johnny "Kewpie" Ertle Minneapolis, Mn KO 5 May 29 Kid Regan St. Louis, Mo ND 8 Jun 10 Terry McHugh Allentown, Pa ND 10 Jul 4 Dick Griffin Fort Wayne, In ND 10 Aug 6 Bernie Hahn Atlanta, Ga ND 6 Aug 15 "Little" Jackie Sharkey Milwaukee, Wi ND 10 Sep 1 Joe Lynch Waterbury, Ct ND 10 Sep 15 "Little" Jackie Sharkey Detroit, Mi ND 10 Sep 30 Sammy Sandow Newport, Ky ND 10 Oct 13 Harold Farese Newark, NJ ND 8 Nov 12 Joe Lynch Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Nov 24 Johnny Buff Trenton, NJ ND 8 Nov 27 Mickey Russell Jersey City, NJ ND 8 Dec 1 Patsy Johnson Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Dec 4 Kid Regan St. Louis, Mo KO 3 1920 Jan 7 Johnny Ritchie New Orleans, La KO 8 Feb 10 Johnny "Young" Solsberg St. Louis, Mo ND 8 Mar 1 Earl Puryear Trenton, NJ ND 8 Mar 19 Lew Angelo Paterson, NJ KO 8 Mar 25 Patsy Johnson Jersey City, NJ ND 8 Mar 31 Joe O'Donnell Camden, NJ ND 8 Apr 19 Paul Demers New Bedford, Ma W 10 May 10 Jabez White Philadelphia, Pa ND 8 May 19 Roy Moore Philadelphia, Pa ND 6 Aug 19 Roy Moore Colorado Springs, Co W 10 Sep 5 George Lee New Orleans, La W 10 Sep 6 Joe Burman St. Louis, Mo ND 8 Sep 11 "Little" Jackie Sharkey East Chicago, In ND 10 Sep 21 Jimmy Kelly Beardstown, Il ND 10 Dec 22 Joe Lynch New York, NY L 15 -Bantamweight Championship of the World 1921 Jan 13 Jimmy Wilde London, Eng TK 17 Mar 24 George Adams New York, NY KO 1 Mar 30 "Wee" Willie Spencer New York, NY TK 12 Apr 4 Johnny "Young" Solsberg Freeport, NY TK 7 Apr 7 Barney Snyder Worcester, Ma TK 5 Apr 15 Young Montreal Boston, Ma L 10 Apr 29 Frankie Dailey New Orleans, La W 15 May 27 Young Montreal Boston, Ma L 10 Jul 11 Jim Higgins London, Eng KO 11 Jul 25 Joe Lynch Brooklyn, NY W 15 -Bantamweight Championship of the World Sep 5 Charles Ledoux New Orleans, La W 10 Sep 23 Johnny Buff New York, NY L 15 -Bantamweight Championship of the World Nov 12 Roy Moore Brooklyn, NY W 15 Dec 9 Packy O'Gatty Brooklyn, NY KO 1 Dec 13 Abe Friedman Boston, Ma W 10 Dec 22 Midget Smith New York, NY L 15 1922 Feb 20 Babe Asher New Orleans, La TK 7 Apr 24 Roy Moore Boston, Ma W 10
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian,
International Boxing Research Organization
