Stamford Harris

Name: Stamford Harris
Alias: Big Bamboo
Birth Name: Stamford Antonarias
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
Birthplace: Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica
Died: 1975-01-01 (Age:33)
Pro Boxer: Record

Stamford "Kid" Harris had a traditional stand-up style, but looped his punches when going for the knockout. When matched with top-rated contenders Jerry Quarry, George Chuvalo, and Jose Manuel Urtain, Harris was knocked out against each boxer. Harris was short and thick set, footage of him fighting Jerry Quarry showed Harris several inches shorter than the 6'0" Quarry. He was described as being a 'Joe Frazier' lookalike in terms of build, Harris was wrongly listed as 6'5" on records but this was clearly incorrect and 5'9" is much more accurate.

Harris scored an upset victory over Canadian light heavyweight champion Leslie Borden, and in his final fight, Harris knocked out prospect Doug Kirk in 2 rounds. Harris was shot and killed in a bar-brawl in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1975.

Although Harris was still fighting as an amateur in the summer of 1962, his published record contains several pro fights held before that year. Some may be misdated bouts, but it's more likely these bouts were added to make Harris appear more experienced than he really was. Many of his opponents's names are only known from their appearance on this record:

• 1961-05-29 L8 Carl Baker Freeport, Bahamas
• 1960-08-01 L8 Carl Baker Nassau, Bahamas
• 1959-12-12 L10 Boston Blackie Nassau, Bahamas
• 1959-08-18 TKO4 Junior Grant, Nassau, Bahamas
• 1958-03-12 L15 Jason Jean Pierre, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• 1956-08-10 L10 Peter Robinson, Kingston, Jamaica
• 1956-06-01 L10 Carmelio Pascal, Barbados
• 1955-04-01 W10 Punchie Regis, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
• 1954-06-24 W10 Gillie Collins, Kingston, Jamaica
• 1954-05-12 W6 Cliff Johnson, Kingston, Jamaica
• 1954-01-18 W6 Jason Jean Pierre, Kingston, Jamaica
• 1953-12-17 LTKO1 Jason Jean Pierre. Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• 1953-11-28 W4 Allison Benjamin, Kingston, Jamaica
• 1953-11-14 W4 Foster Hope, Kingston, Jamaica
• 1953-11-07 W4 Gomeo Boyd, Kingston, Jamaica
• 1953-10-17 W4 Tar Baby Rollins, Kingston, Jamaica