page_title: James Red Herring
section_title: Loss to future champion Mushy Callahan
hierarchical_section_title: James Red Herring / Taking a disputed World Jr. Welterweight Championship / Loss to future champion Mushy Callahan
context_page_description: James Bryan Herring, also known as Red Herring, was an American boxer, who claimed the world light welterweight championship in 1925.
context_section_description: Herring lost to future world junior welterweight champion Mushy Callahan before a packed house of around 10,000, on August 18, 1925 in a 10-round points decision in Vernon, California.  Callahan kept his long left aimed at Herring's face, and used vicious swings to the body to gain an advantage in points in nearly every round but the first.  Though the bout was not billed as a title match, Herring's claim to the junior welterweight title, significantly diminished as valid in the eyes of most after 1926.
  On September 1, 1925, Herring defeated Charley O'Connell in a 10-round points decision in Vernon, California.  In a slow, and close fight, Herring piled on in the 10th with rights and lefts to the head and body, giving him the margin on points.  Herring appeared to be the superior boxer in the infighting, but the bout was listless with clinching in the early rounds, and many fans left during the fifth.  A highly rated opponent, in March 1925 O'Connell had contended for the world lightweight title against Solly Seeman.
  Herring defeated Sid Barbarian on November 13, 1925 in 10 rounds on points at Danceland Arena in Detroit.  Herring was credited with five rounds, two were given to Barbarian, and three were ruled a draw.  Barbarian had earlier won a 10-round points decision on January 16, 1925 at Detroit's Arena Gardens.  Barbarian piled up a lead in the first six rounds, which Herring was unable to compensate for in the final four, though he appeared to have gained points in each of the final rounds.
  Herring lost a bout to Sargent Sammy Baker in a 10-round preliminary bout on June 10, 1926 at New York's Yankee Stadium. Baker knocked down Herring for a count of four in the fifth, but it was the only knockdown of the bout.  Toward the later rounds, Herring worked in closer, and both boxers fought toe to toe, though the bout was slow going in the early rounds.
  Before a crowd of 5,000, Herring dropped a 12-round points decision to the skilled Nick Testo on August 24, 1926, in a charity bout at the Stadium in Troy, New York. Herring was down once in round 11 and twice in round 12.  In their match the following month, Herring lost in a fifth-round disqualification when he hit Testo while on one knee.  In a rough fight, Testo had been down once in the third and twice in the fifth.   
  Herring defeated Paul Gulotta on August 30, 1927 in a 10-round points decision at the Stadium in Troy, New York.  He defeated Gulotta in March 1927 in a 10-round points decision in Schenectady, New York, though had drawn with him the previous month in the same city.
  Herring lost in a fifth-round technical knockout to Andy Divodi on September 19, 1927 at the Stadium in Troy, New York.  Herring was not able to continue due to a cut on his mouth and did not answer the bell for the fifth round.
  On April 22, 1929, he defeated an aging 44-year-old Jack Britton, a long-reigning former world welterweight champion, in an eight-round points decision at the Stadium in Memphis.  The fighting was fast and furious but the judges ultimately decided in Herring's favor.   
  Herring defeated Alex Simms on August 8, 1929 in Greenwood, Mississippi.  His defense was rarely penetrated by a blow, and he showed strength and speed throughout the 10-round bout, despite allowing Simms to take the lead in the fighting.  In two previous meetings in March and April 1929, Herring had lost and drawn with Simms in eight-round decisions in Memphis. 
  Herring drew with Clyde Hull in a close eight-round points decision on August 12, 1929 at Hodges Field in Memphis.  The Memphis Commercial-Appeal had Herring winning three rounds, with none to Hull, and the rest even.
  Herring retired from boxing in 1930 after fighting a 10-round draw with former British Light and Welterweight titleholder Harry Mason at Utica Stadium.  Herring returned to the ring in 1933 for four fights, in an attempt to bring fans to Convention Hall in Utica where he was a fight promoter from 1933 to 1937.
caption: Welterweight Jack Britton
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