Editing Ruby Goldstein (section)

=== Knockout loss to Ace Hudkins in June 1926 ===
According to some boxing historians{{who|date=September 2017}}, Goldstein could not take a hard punch to the chin as well as some top contenders, and was stopped in the three major fights he fought against [[Jimmy McLarnin]], Ace Hudkins, and fellow New Yorker Terris as a result. His youth, reckless management, and the exceptional quality of his opponents could also explain his knockout losses. He met Hudkins as a lightweight on June 25, 1926, at Coney Island Stadium in Brooklyn, before 18,000 fans, losing in a fourth-round knockout. Hudkins took the Nebraska State Lightweight title in February 1924. Hudkins was down on the mat for a count of five in the first round from a right cross to the jaw, and Goldstein appeared to be winning the bout. Goldstein took the second round by a good margin, with the third close to a draw.  In the fourth, Hudkins floored Goldstein twice with rights and lefts, before ending the bout with a right to the jaw for the final count of ten, with Goldstein down on the mat still holding to the ropes.<ref>Final blow from Hudkins was a right to the jaw, Kilgallen, James L., "Nebraska Wildcat Hangs Knockout", ''The Lincoln Star'', Lincoln, Nebraska, p. 8, June 26, 1926</ref> Goldstein was only eighteen at the time of the bout, and may have lacked the defensive skills or endurance to withstand the blows of Hudkins.  He had not been knocked out before, and according to the ''Lincoln Star'', had won twenty-three consecutive bouts prior to the match.