Happy Woods

Name: Happy Woods
Birth Name: Albert C. Wood
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Birthplace: Arizona, USA
Died: 1995-05-25 (Age:95)
Pro Boxer: Record

According to his obituary in digital form in the June 13, 1995 edition of the Arizona Star (Tucson, Arizona), Albert C. Wood, a former boxer who fought out of Tucson as "Happy Woods" during the late 1910s and the early 1920s, died on May 25, 1995 at the age of 95 in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. A World War I veteran, Wood made his ring debut on July 4, 1919, knocking out "a local fighter named Lorenzo Camacho during the second legal boxing in Arizona history." After leaving the ring, Wood worked as a railroad welder and boilermaker. Among his survivors was a son, Albert C. Wood Jr. of Tucson.

According to his page on the Find A Grave website, one Albert C. Wood was born on October 8, 1899 and died on May 25, 1995. He is buried in the Hot Springs Cemetery in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. He shared tombstone with one Dorothy J. Wood, who was born during 1909 and died during 1981.

According to the U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 database on Ancestry.com, one Albert C. Wood was born on October 8, 1899 and died on May 25, 1995. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 9, 1917 and was discharged on May 31, 1919.

The Bisbee Daily Review ran a record of Happy Woods July 24, 1920 in which he was reportedly 13-3-2 (12 KO). Bouts not listed in the record currently:

Daily W-KO-1
Cullen W-KO-3
Ross W-KO-2
Peters W-KO-1