 He accumulated a career record of 303–17–7 (.953) from his high school days through his World Championship competition.Born in poverty, Douglas rose to the top of the wrestling world.Though Douglas is often credited with being the first black Ohio high school state titlist, when he captured the 112-pound weight class crown at Bridgeport High School, the first black Ohio wrestler to whom that honor rightly belongs was actually a 145-pound senior from John Adams named Ludie Graddy, who beat Euclid's Bill Murphy, 4–3, in the state championship match in 1958.