Boxing
b. Feb. 12, 1896, New Orleans, LA
d. April 13, 1973
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Herman became a professional boxer in 1912, when he was only sixteen, and he had several fights that are not officially recorded. On February 7, 1916, he met Kid Williams for the world bantamweight championship, but Williams retained his title with a 20-round draw.
They met again on January 9, 1917. This time Herman won a 20-round decision and the championship. After serving in the Navy during World War I, Herman lost the title to Joe Lynch in a 15-round decision on December 22, 1920.
Herman opened 1921 with five consecutive knockouts. He took a 15-round decision from Lynch on July 25 to reclaim the title, then lost it to Johnny Buff in a 15-round decision on September 23.
After five more fights, Herman was forced to retire because of failing eyesight caused by a ring injury. He went blind shortly afterward but operated a successful cafe in his native New Orleans until his death.
Herman won 71 of his 148 professional bouts, 19 by knockout, and lost 12, 1 by knockout. He also fought 10 draws and 57 no-decisions.
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| Date | Opponent | Result | Site |
| 1912 |
| Sep. 30 | Eddie Coulon | D 6 | New Orleans |
| Oct. 14 | Kid Atkins | TKO 3 | New Orleans |
| Oct. 21 | Eddie Coulon | D 6 | New Orleans |
| Nov. 18 | Johnny Fisse | L 8 | New Orleans |
| Nov. 23 | Johnny Fisse | L 8 | New Orleans |
| 1913 |
| Jan. 1 | Kid Gormley | W 15 | Lake Charles, LA |
| Jan. 13 | Johnny "Young" Rosner | W 8 | New Orleans |
| Jan. 20 | Kid Gormley | D 15 | Lake Charles, LA |
| Feb. 8 | Johnny Fisse | L 10 | New Orleans |
| Mar. 8 | Stanley Everett | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Mar. 17 | Henry Koster | ND 8 | New Orleans |
| Apr. 26 | Phil Virgets | ND 10 | New Orleans |
| May 30 | Johnny Fisse | ND 10 | New Orleans |
| July 4 | Bobby Dubbins | TKO 6 | New Orleans |
| July 13 | Johnny Fisse | L 15 | McDonoughville, LA |
| July 21 | Abe Kabakoff | W 8 | Memphis |
| Aug. 4 | Jim Walsh | W 8 | Memphis |
| Aug. | Nate Jackson | W 8 | Memphis |
| Sep. | Eddie Coulon | W 8 | Memphis |
| Sep. | Nate Jackson | W 8 | Memphis |
| Sep. | Johnny Fisse | W 8 | Memphis |
| Oct. 6 | Ruby Hirsch | ND 10 | New Orleans |
| Oct. | Kid Greaves | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Nov. 3 | Joe Wagner | ND 10 | New Orleans |
| Nov. | Bill Stevens | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Dec. | Buddy Garic | W 10 | New Orleans |
| 1914 |
| Jan. | Nate Jackson | D 15 | New Orleans |
| Feb. 2 | Young Allen | KO 10 | New Orleans |
| Feb. 18 | Marty Taylor | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Mar. 9 | Johnny Eggers | ND 10 | New Orleans |
| Apr. | Frankie Sinnett | W 10 | New Orleans |
| May 11 | Artie Simons | W 10 | New Orleans |
| June | Johnny Fisse | W 10 | New Orleans |
| June 30 | Kid Williams | ND 10 | New Orleans |
| July | Jimmy Pappas | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Aug. | Johnny Fisse | W 15 | New Orleans |
| Sep. 13 | Eddie Campi | W 20 | New Orleans |
| Nov. 15 | Frankie Burns | LT 13 | New Orleans |
| Nov. 24 | Young Zulu Kid | W 15 | New Orleans |
| 1915 |
| Jan. 12 | Johnny Eggers | W 10 | Atlanta |
| Feb. 6 | Marty Taylor | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Mar. 1 | Johnny Solzberg | W 8 | Memphis |
| May 1 | Young Zulu Kid | D 10 | New Orleans |
| May 18 | Al Shubert | W 15 | New Orleans |
| June 18 | Harry Bramer | KO 4 | Denver |
| July 21 | Jack Doyle | W 15 | New Orleans |
| Sep. 6 | Nate Jackson | LF 3 | Denver |
| Sep. 13 | Nate Jackson | W 15 | Denver |
| Oct. 7 | Sammy Sandow | W 15 | New Orleans |
| Nov. 6 | Young Zulu Kid | W 15 | New Orleans |
| Nov. 15 | "Memphis" Pal Moore | L 8 | Memphis |
| Dec. 13 | Eddie Coulon | KO 4 | New Orleans |
| 1916 |
| Feb. 7 | Kid Williams | D 20 | New Orleans |
| For the World Bantamweight Championship |
| Feb. 28 | Lew Tendler | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Mar. 23 | Frankie Brown | D 15 | Baltimore |
| June 12 | Frankie Brown | W 15 | New Orleans |
| July 10 | George Brown | KO 5 | Memphis |
| July 31 | Roy Moore | W 15 | New Orleans |
| Sep. 4 | Jimmy Pappas | W 10 | Atlanta |
| Sep. 30 | Barney Hahn | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Nov. 6 | Johnny Eggers | W 20 | New Orleans |
| Dec. 10 | Leo Schneider | W 8 | Memphis |
| 1917 |
| Jan. 9 | Kid Williams | W 20 | New Orleans |
| Won World Bantamweight Championship |
| Feb. 12 | Sammy Sandow | ND 10 | Cincinnati |
| Feb. 20 | Harry Kabakoff | ND 10 | St. Louis |
| Mar. 6 | Jabez White | ND 10 | Albany, NY |
| Mar. 14 | Dutch Brandt | ND 10 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Apr. 27 | Pekin Kid Herman | ND 10 | Peoria, IL |
| May 3 | Harry Coulin | ND 10 | Buffalo, NY |
| May 14 | Johnny Coulon | TKO 3 | Racine, WI |
| May 21 | Gussie Lewis | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| June 1 | Joe Lynch | ND 10 | New York, NY |
| June 13 | Kid Williams | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Aug. 21 | Jack Douglas | ND 10 | New Orleans |
| Sep. 3 | Nate Jackson | ND 10 | Tulsa, OK |
| Sep. 10 | Earl Puryear | ND 10 | Tulsa, OK |
| Sep. 17 | Johnny Eggers | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Nov. 5 | Frankie Burns | W 20 | New Orleans |
| Dec. 10 | Joe Tuber | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Dec. 14 | Frankie Mason | TKO 3 | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Dec. 19 | Gussie Lewis | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| 1918 |
| May 4 | Jack Sharkey | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| May 8 | Andy Chaney | ND 10 | Baltimore |
| July 3 | Frankie Burns | ND 10 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Sep. 2 | Jack Sharkey | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Sep. 6 | Young Zulu Kid | ND 8 | Jersey City, NJ |
| 1919 |
| Feb. 10 | Patsy Scanlon | ND 10 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Mar. 4 | Jack "Kid" Wolfe | ND 10 | Cleveland, OH |
| Mar. 10 | Al Shubert | D 10 | New Bedford, MA |
| Mar. 24 | "Memphis" Pal Moore | L 8 | Memphis |
| Apr. 8 | Al Shubert | ND 10 | Baltimore |
| Apr. 21 | Patsy Johnson | ND 8 | Trenton, NJ |
| Apr. 25 | Kid Regan | ND 8 | St. Louis |
| May 3 | Patsy Wallace | KO 6 | Philadelphia |
| May 12 | Johnny Solzberg | ND 10 | Syracuse, NY |
| May 23 | Johnny "Kewpie" Ertle | KO 5 | Minneapolis |
| May 29 | Kid Regan | ND 8 | St. Louis |
| June 10 | Terry McHugh | ND 10 | Allentown, PA |
| July 4 | Dick Griffin | ND 10 | Fort Wayne, IN |
| Aug. 6 | Barney Hahn | ND 6 | Atlanta |
| Aug. 15 | Jack Sharkey | ND 10 | Milwaukee |
| Sep. 1 | Joe Lynch | ND 10 | Waterbury, CT |
| Sep. 15 | Jack Sharkey | ND 10 | Detroit |
| Sep. 30 | Sammy Sandow | ND 10 | Newport, KY |
| Oct. 13 | Harold Farese | ND 8 | Newark, NJ |
| Nov. 12 | Joe Lynch | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Nov. 24 | Johnny Buff | ND 8 | Trenton, NJ |
| Nov. 27 | Mickey Russell | ND 8 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Dec. 1 | Patsy Johnson | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Dec. 4 | Kid Regan | KO 3 | St. Louis |
| 1920 |
| Jan. 7 | Johnny Ritchie | KO 8 | New Orleans |
| Feb. 10 | Johnny Solzberg | ND 8 | St. Louis |
| Mar. 1 | Earl Puryear | ND 8 | Trenton, NJ |
| Mar. 19 | Lew Angelo | KO 8 | Paterson, NJ |
| Mar. 25 | Patsy Johnson | ND 8 | Jersey City, NJ |
| Mar. 31 | Joe O'Donnell | ND 8 | Camden, NJ |
| Apr. 19 | Paul Demers | W 10 | New Bedford, MA |
| May 10 | Jabez White | ND 8 | Philadelphia |
| May 19 | Roy Moore | ND 6 | Philadelphia |
| Aug. 19 | Roy Moore | W 10 | Colorado Springs |
| Sep. 5 | George Lee | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Sep. 6 | Joe Burman | ND 8 | St. Louis |
| Sep. 11 | Jack Sharkey | ND 10 | East Chicago, IN |
| Sep. 21 | Jimmy Kelly | ND 10 | Beardstown, IL |
| Dec. 22 | Joe Lynch | L 15 | New York, NY |
| Lost World Bantamweight Championship |
| 1921 |
| Jan. 13 | Jimmy Wilde | TKO 17 | London, Eng |
| Mar. 24 | George Adams | KO 1 | New York, NY |
| Mar. 30 | Willie Spencer | TKO 12 | New York, NY |
| Apr. 4 | Johnny Solzberg | TKO 7 | Freeport, NY |
| Apr. 7 | Barney Snyder | TKO 5 | Worcester, MA |
| Apr. 15 | Young Montreal | L 10 | Boston |
| Apr. 29 | Frankie Dailey | W 15 | New Orleans |
| May 27 | Young Montreal | L 10 | Boston |
| July 11 | Jim Higgins | KO 11 | London, Eng |
| July 25 | Joe Lynch | W 15 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Won World Bantamweight Championship |
| Sep. 5 | Charles Ledoux | W 10 | New Orleans |
| Sep. 23 | Johnny Buff | L 15 | New York, NY |
| Lost World Bantamweight Championship |
| Nov. 12 | Roy Moore | W 15 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Dec. 9 | Packy O'Gatty | KO 1 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Dec. 13 | Abe Friedman | W 10 | Boston |
| Dec. 22 | Midget Smith | L 15 | New York, NY |
| 1922 |
| Feb. 20 | Babe Asher | TKO 7 | New Orleans |
| Apr. 24 | Roy Moore | W 10 | Boston |
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