Editing Ruby Goldstein (section)

=== Knockout loss to Jimmy McLarnin, December 1929 ===
Goldstein lost to [[Jimmy McLarnin]] in a second-round knockout at New York's [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] before 19,000 fans on December 13, 1929.  Goldstein was first down for a count of nine from a left to the head in the first round, and for a count of nine by another right in the opening of the second that knocked him into the ropes. He arose but was knocked to the mat for the final count shortly after.  McLarnin was easily one of the most gifted boxers of the era, and possessed a strong punch, and lightning speed.  Delaware's ''Morning News'' described McLarnin as "one of the greatest of modern day punchers."<ref>"McLarnin Crushes Ruby Goldstein", ''The Morning News'', Wilmington, Delaware, p. 10, December 14, 1929</ref>  Both boxers were fighting in the welterweight range, very close to 144 pounds.

Goldstein was in serious trouble in the first round, and had trouble rising from the count of nine.  He may have lost the fight to a knockout if not for the bell ending the round.<ref>Goldstein may have been close to knockout in first round in "McLarnin Wins New Fame By Knocking Out Ruby Goldstein", ''Lansing State Journal'', Lansing, Michigan, p. 18, December 14, 1929</ref>  Both boxers were fighting in the welterweight range at 144 pounds, and the bout was considered by several sources as an informal elimination bout for two world welterweight championship contenders, though it was not described as a world championship.

On September 10, 1930, he scored a third-round technical knockout against Jack Zivic at the Henderson Bowl in Brooklyn, New York, fighting well into the welterweight range at 145 pounds.<ref name=BR />  In the second round, Ruby unleashed a number of blows to Zivic's jaw.  Weakenend in the second, with a few seconds before the bell in the third, Goldstein leveled a striking attack that put Zivic on the mat for the full count.<ref>"Goldstein Stops Zivic in Third", ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', Brooklyn, New York, p. 29, September 11, 1930</ref> Ruby had gone eight months without a bout since his loss to McLarnin.

Fighting again as a welterweight, on April 29, 1932, he was knocked out by Dick Sisk in a second-round TKO at Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.  Goldstein was down three times for counts of nine, before a fourth knockdown prompted the referee to end the bout as a technical knockout.<ref name=BR /> Ruby had gone six months without a bout since his loss to Joe Macedon, who knocked him out in the seventh round in Newark, New Jersey.  He would win more bouts and score some impressive knockouts in his final five years and eleven bouts, but never aspire to welterweight contention status.  His last bout was against Al Grosso on August 13, 1937. which he won by a third-round TKO.