1888
-Morris began boxing in Philadelphia, Pa
1888-1891
-Morris joined the Muldoon Combination and met all-comers
Jess Moulton W
-Moulton was known as the "Black Pearl of Philadelphia"
Jess Moulton W
Jess Moulton W
1891
Ed Binney NC 2
-Police intervened; Some sources report "TK 2"
Jun 20 Cuban Wonder (Frank McLean) Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 20 Albert Dison Philadelphia, Pa ND
"Professor" Green W 3
"Harlem" Jack Smith W 2
Jack Houghey TK 2
Charles Holcomb W 4
Ed Berret W 4
Jack Bailey KO 4
Alec Sairo KO 20
Alec Sairo W 4
C.A.C. Smith EX 6
Matt Florida W 3
1892
Jun 29 Cuban Wonder (Frank McLean) Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 4 Jack Slavin New York, NY W 4
-Some sources report "Bill Slavin"
Aug 15 Cuban Wonder (Frank McLean) New York, NY D 4
Oct 15 Ed Binney Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Oct 22 Joe Walcott Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Nov 5 Steve Moore Philadelphia, Pa KO 2
Nov 7 Joe Walcott Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled to be held during the
week of Nov 7 1892; The outcome is not known
Nov 28 Montana Kid (Don Egan) Philadelphia, Pa KO 2
Nov 30 Fred Woods Philadelphia, Pa ND 3
-Police intervened due to the disorderly crowd
Dec 3 Fred Woods Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 14 Billy Yeager Philadelphia, Pa ND
-Billy Yeager (white) denied he fought this bout; The Philadelphia (Pa) Times
reports the Yeager who opposed Morris in this bout was a black man
1893
Jan 26 Jack Baty Buffalo, NY KO 4
-Some sources report "KO 3"
Feb 11 Fred Woods Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Feb 18 Paddy Gorman Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 25 Jim Sculley Philadelphia, Pa TK 1
Mar 25 Ed Geither Philadelphia, Pa TK 3
-Geither was called the "Black Detective"
Mar 29 Ed Geither Philadelphia, Pa TK 3
-This was a second fight between Morris and Geither
Apr 15 Arthur Walker Philadelphia, Pa KO 4
May 24 Jersey Gordon Philadelphia, Pa TK 2
May 27 Fred Woods Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
May 27 Frank Craig Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Jul 18 Maffit Flaherty New York, NY D 3
-Morris knocked Flaherty down; Police inspector Williams stopped the bout
Aug 29 Billy Hennessey Brooklyn, NY D 6
Sep 4 Isaac "Ike" O'Neil Weir Brooklyn, NY EX 6
Sep 25 Bill Dunn Coney Island, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Sep 25 Jim Burge Coney Island, NY W 10
Nov 29 Joe Ellingsworth Long Island, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1894
Mar 16 Frank Craig Long Island, NY LT 18
-This was a "private" fight; Some sources report "LT 19"
Jul 30 Ben Allen near Washington, DC W 4
Aug 20 Lawrence White near Washington, DC KO 3
-Some sources report this bout held 4/30/94
Oct 29 Bill Dunn near Washington, DC KO 13
-Some sources report "Baltimore, Md"
Nov 17 Alec Laird Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 1 Alec Laird Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 26 Billy Hennessey Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1895
Jan 10 Jack McDonough Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Jan 18 Jack McDonough Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Feb 9 George Gannon New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 12 Paddy Burke New York, NY KO 1
Mar 21 Pepper Griffin Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 30 Dick Baker New York, NY W 6
Apr 9 Charles Strong New York, NY W 6
Apr 24 Billy Payne Baltimore, Md L
May 14 Dick Moore Boston, Ma TK 11
Sep 4 Billy Payne Baltimore, Md LK 5
Sep 25 James E. Gross Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Gross did not show
Sep 25 Jack Jones Philadelphia, Pa ND
Sep 28 Jersey Gordon Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Oct 9 Fred Woods Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
1896
Jan 21 Walter Johnson Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Apr 9 Charles Strong Maspeth, NY LT 1
-Some sources report this bout held 4/13/96
Apr 25 Henry Baker New York, NY LK 2
Aug Tommy West New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Aug 31 Bob Armstrong New York, NY EX 4
-Some sources report "D 4"
Sep 3 Jack Bonner Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
-Some sources report 10/03/96
Oct 10 Jack Bonner Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Dec 23 Frank Purcell New York, NY KO 2
1897
Jan 4 Lon Beckwith Buffalo, NY LT 2
-Police intervened; Some sources report "D 2"
Jan 8 Nick Burley New York, NY KO 1
-Some sources report "LK 1"
Feb 22 Dido Plumb London, Eng D 3
Apr 26 Dido Plumb London, Eng L 10
May Walter Johnson London, Eng D 4
Sep 27 Freeman Mitchell London, Eng KO 1
Nov 11 Starlight (Edward Rollins) London, Eng KO 10
-Some sources report "KO 20" on 11/09/97
1899
Bobby Dobbs' Picaninny Philadelphia, Pa L
Aug 25 Dan Creedon Brooklyn, NY LT 6
Sep 30 Geoff Thorn Brooklyn, NY LT 2
Oct Bobby Dobbs Philadelphia, Pa L
Nov 13 Charlie Goff Troy, NY LK 3
Dec 5 Charles Stevenson Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; The attendance was too small
Dec 16 Charles Stevenson Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
1900
Jun 23 John Wille Chicago, Il L 6
1903
Jul 2 Deafy Thompson Salt Lake City, Ut D
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1891
Jerry Slattery W 2
1893
May 27 Frank Craig Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
1894
Mar 10 Frank Craig New York, NY L 4
1897
Nov 9 Young Starlight London, Eng KO
Jeffreys Horne London, Eng L
-This man is likely "Geoff Thorn"
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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