Duplicate Fighter Profile and ambiguous result, plus additional fight

[marcianofan]

There are currently two profiles in the database for a 1920s fighter called "Wop" Stonum. One is under that name (https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/1060963), while another is under just his last name (https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/772291).

The second profile has one fight listed against Young Camp on 4-25-27. While I've seen a newspaper mention of Young Camp defeating "Chop" Stonum on that date (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the- ... 192959611/) (they also misspelled Camp's hometown) in a 10-round fight that day, this source calls it a 4-round draw, and shows that it was definitely Wop.: (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the- ... 192959179/).

I'm not sure how newspaper decisions are handled when newspapers disagree, especially when they disagree even as to the length of the fight, but I at least wanted to let you know that both Stonum profiles are for the same fighter.

Let me know if there's a better way to do this, but here's another Stonum fight that involves a relative of mine, Cliff "Buddy" Schlereth (https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-l ... 192106014/) in which Schlereth wins by DQ4. The particular fight is detailed about halfway through the subheading about the Durso fight (ie 2nd paragraph). Here's a preview article about the card which shows it to have been scheduled for 6 rounds (https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-l ... 192961855/). Schlereth's profile is https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/217456.

I did a little research to try and find Stonum's real name and his birth and death date. I did find one local article from Dunklin County (Wop's home county, as he is variously attributed to Senath and Kennett) that calls him Fred "Wop" Stonum, but there seems to only have been one large Stonum family in the county- headed by Harry Oscar Stonum, who was likely Wop's father. Unfortunately it does not appear any of his children were named Fred.