Former Australian boxer and Olympian R. L. "Snowy" Baker was the promoter who brought Stone to Australia, where he arrived in 1916 to box and defeat Herb "Kid" McCoy on April 22, Easter Saturday, in a twenty-round points decision at Sydney Stadium.
 Stone won using all his eccentric tricks to evade and confuse McCoy, but after his long voyage, he did not seem quite up to form.

Later in Brisbane on April 29, Stone defeated French boxer Ferdnand Quendreux in nearly all of his twenty-round decision on points, as his opponent could do little to stop him.

Stone remained in Australia nearly the rest of his life, taking only a brief boxing tour of the Philippines in 1926, and the United States between 1927-8.

In a bout with a top Australian lightweight contender on June 9, 1919, Stone defeated Herb "Kid" McCoy in Adelaide, Australia, in a match that was stopped in the twelfth round.
 He would defeat Alf Morey for the resident Australian lightweight title on September 22, 1919 in a twenty-round points decision.
 Boxing historians credited neither of these wins as Stone's official conquest of the lightweight title, but they helped him gain his welterweight title shot in 1920, and his lightweight title shot the following year.
Former Australian boxer and Olympian R. L. "Snowy" Baker was the promoter who brought Stone to Australia, where he arrived in 1916 to box and defeat Herb "Kid" McCoy on April 22, Easter Saturday, in a twenty-round points decision at Sydney Stadium.  Stone won using all his eccentric tricks to evade and confuse McCoy, but after his long voyage, he did not seem quite up to form.
Later in Brisbane on April 29, Stone defeated French boxer Ferdnand Quendreux in nearly all of his twenty-round decision on points, as his opponent could do little to stop him.
Stone remained in Australia nearly the rest of his life, taking only a brief boxing tour of the Philippines in 1926, and the United States between 1927-8.
In a bout with a top Australian lightweight contender on June 9, 1919, Stone defeated Herb "Kid" McCoy in Adelaide, Australia, in a match that was stopped in the twelfth round.  He would defeat Alf Morey for the resident Australian lightweight title on September 22, 1919 in a twenty-round points decision.  Boxing historians credited neither of these wins as Stone's official conquest of the lightweight title, but they helped him gain his welterweight title shot in 1920, and his lightweight title shot the following year.
Harry Stone (boxer)