Middleweight Boxing
Rubin Carter vs Wilbert McClure
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
Meetings on record
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Rubin Carter and Wilbert McClure met once (1966). drawn in 1966 by decision.
SOURCE·Rubin Carter and Wilbert McClure — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Rubin Carter | Wilbert McClure | |
|---|---|---|
| 72″ (182.9 cm) | Reach | — |
| 68.1″ (173 cm) | Height | 71″ (180.3 cm) |
| +5.72% | Reach advantage | — |
| 27–12 | Record | 24–8 |
| 70% | Finish rate | 50% |
| 14 | Longest unbeaten run | — |
| 36 | Recorded bouts | — |
| Orthodox | Stance | Orthodox |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Rubin Carter
Wilbert McClure
Cross-references
Where this pairing leads
Rubin Carter
The full ledger: 36 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
27–12 Wilbert McClureThe same, from the other corner — 0 bouts and the cohort McClure is ranked inside.
24–8 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
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