Young Stribling was the elder brother of fellow boxer Herbert "Baby" Stribling.
14 Facts About Young Stribling
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Young Stribling's parents were devout Christians from rural southwestern Georgia.
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The Young Stribling family traveled widely as vaudeville performers with a wholesome family act that included gymnastics and balancing acts and ended with a brief boxing match between four-year-old "Strib" and his two-year-old brother, "Baby" Young Stribling.
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Young Stribling was one of the best high school basketball players in the United States.
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Young Stribling's team went to the national interscholastic tournament at Chicago, but he was ruled ineligible to play because of his professional boxing.
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Young Stribling was an avid and accomplished aviator who loved to fly.
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Young Stribling never drank or smoked, and he was always careful about what went into his body.
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Young Stribling fought 38 bouts in 1928, winning all but two by a knockout.
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Young Stribling ended the tour by knocking out three different opponents within four days in three different cities, no opponent lasting more than two rounds.
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Young Stribling was created a Shriner of Macon's Al Sihah Temple on May 23,1929.
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Young Stribling received numerous gifts from admirers, including a motorcycle on which he often had a rider, his mother.
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The battle was a rout before it was half over; the only round Young Stribling might have won was the 4th.
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Young Stribling was knocked out only once, and it was a technical KO during the final round with Germany's Max Schmeling in 1931.
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Young Stribling gained attention from the media as an outstanding boxer beginning with his first professional fight at age 16 in Atlanta.