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With a record of 24-8-1 (10 KO's) Duke Harris born May 26th 1932 was a NA boxer with a 4 year career as a professional lasting from October 1953 to November 22nd, 2018. November 2018 was the last time Duke Harris fought. Harris's longest KO streak is 2 fights long out of his 33 pro career fights.
It didn't take Harris long to get accustomed to the pro style of fighting. Becoming the first person to go the distance with Jimmy Pitt in a successful pro debut. Harris continued his mostly successful career with numerous fights following his debut against boxers including Pat Lowry, Giuseppe Fusaro and Gene Parker. Fights included fighting 3 times in 1953 and once in 1955.
Taking a knock to his career, Harris fought and was defeated by Allie Gronik on June 8th, 1954 taking his record to 6-1-1. Coming into the fight with high confidence Harris fought his next fight against Allie Gronik on June 8th, 1954. Unfortunately, Harris was outclassed and lost the decision on the judges scorecards taking his record to 6-1-1. Harris continued his success in the next 10 fights taking his record to 14 wins, 3 losses and 1 draws.
On August 10th, 1955, Harris went into action again and beat Johnny Eubanks taking the winning record to 15 wins. Eubanks was a worthy challenger but Harris was too much and became the first person to stop Eubanks via KO during round 5. Harris's record of 18-3-1 came following 2 fights against boxers such as 4th person to stop Mickey Savage and 6th person to defeat Andy Watkins
Harris went into his next career fight with a record of 18-3-1 and took this to 19 wins with a win against Brian Kelly on April 7th, 1956. The win against Kelly happened in the 5th round of a 10 round fight via TKO. Taking his record to 21 wins, 3 losses and 1 draws, Harris then went on to win a further 2 fights.
Taking a knock to his career, Harris fought and was defeated by Isaac Logart on November 7th, 1956 taking his record to 21-4-1. Isaac Logart became the first person to stop Harris. The win came via TKO in the 7th round of a 10 round bout.
On April 12th, 1958, Harris went into action again and beat Johnny Neal taking the winning record to 24 wins. Neal was a great challenge for Harris, losing over the full 10 round distance and crowning Harris as the 10th person to have defeated Neal.
The next defeat of Harris's career came against Rudell Stitch on June 25th, 1958. This took his career record to 24-8-1. Showing he is not at the level he once was, Harris took a decision loss to end his 33 fight career. The fight ended in a PTS loss for Harris.