Editing Stanley Ketchel (section)

== Legacy ==
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[[File:Stanley Ketchel Gravestone LOC.jpg|thumb|right|Ketchel's gravestone, Holy Cross Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan]]
Ketchel was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery at [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. His funeral was the best-attended burial ceremony in that state until the [[Ford family]] surpassed him during the 20th century. A plaque in his honor is at the corner of Stocking Avenue and 3rd Street, and a statue is at 438 Bridge Street Northwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/13748333/rebirth-stanley-ketchel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006035849/http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/13748333/rebirth-stanley-ketchel|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 6, 2015|title=Collins: The rebirth of Stanley Ketchel|publisher=}}</ref>  The Ketchel Valley neighborhood on Grand Rapids' west side is named in Ketchel's honor.

Ketchel is now enshrined in the [[International Boxing Hall Of Fame]].

''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' in 2004 ranked Ketchel as the eighth-greatest middleweight of all time, behind [[Harry Greb]], [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], [[Carlos Monzon]], [[Marvin Hagler]], [[Jake LaMotta]], [[Charley Burley]], and [[Tiger Flowers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Division-By-Division_-_The_Greatest_Fighters_of_All-Time|title=Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time - BoxRec|publisher=}}</ref>  ''The Ring'' also named Ketchel number six  on their list of 100 Best Punchers of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_100_Greatest_Punchers_of_All-Time!|title=The 100 Greatest Punchers of All-Time! - BoxRec|publisher=}}</ref>

[[Nat Fleischer]], the late ring historian and founding editor of ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'', considered Stanley to be the greatest middleweight in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Stanley_Ketchel#Career_Overview |title=Stanley Ketchel - Boxrec Boxing Encyclopaedia |publisher=Boxrec.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-26}}</ref>

He had a record of 51 wins, four losses, four draws, one no contest, and four no decisions (newspaper decisions: 2-1-1), with 48 wins by knockout. He was the first middleweight champion to regain the world title after losing it.