Youngest fighters to turn pro

wow 10 years old. I find that hard to believe.

 

Two that spring to mind are

Len Harvey aged 12
Tommy Farr aged 13

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Rodolfo Gonzalez - 13 years 11 months
Nipper Pat Daly - 9 years 11 months

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Pipino Cuevas 13y 10½ months

 

10 years old, that's nothing.
My first manager was my pediatrician ! That's YOUNG !

 

Baby Arizmendi at the age of just 10

The Ring magazine said that Baby Arizmendi was perhaps the youngest person ever to have become a professional boxer; he turned pro at the ripe old age of 13, although some swore he was only seven when he had his first pro fight. Others have him listed as 10.

I don't think anyone knows for sure but here a list:

Len Harvey 12 years 175 days, Pro Debut January 2, 1920
Teddy Baldock 12 years 298 days. Pro debut Mrach 14, 1921
Baby Arizmendi 13 years 208 days, Pro debut March 17, 1914
Rodolfo Gonzalez 13 years 336 days, Pro debut November 17, 1959

Al Diamond out of Paterson New Jersey was just 13 when he started in 1927.

Manuel Medina, who fought and defeated Scott Harrison and was then beaten in the return a year or 2 ago, he was 14 years old when he began boxing as a pro.

Here's another list:

Youngest pro debut by a fighter:
1. Baby Arizmendi age 10
2. Teddy Baldock age 14
3. Al McCoy age 14
4. Battling Nelson age 14
5. Georges Carpentier age 14

Nipper Pat Daly (boxrec.com) - he was 8 or 9 years old in his first pro fight. he had a record of 100 wins - 11 losses and 8 draws.

 

Surely there has got to be other unknown pro fighters(fighters who fought for a purse) of round the same age that these fighters were fighting at 10 years old.

 

jiselle salandy - went pro 13 died at 21

 

Nipper Pat Daly was the first name that came to mind.
Turn pro at 9, I think. He was all finished at retired at 17 !

 

9 and 10 seems quite outrageous to me that someone would let them fight. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but it's absurd, to me. Freddie Steele I think was pretty young, 14/15 somewhere.

 

How do you want to hold your own against grown man at the age of 10. That´s beyond me.

 

Les Darcy was 14.

 

Benitez was quite young not sure exactly how old. Duran also