1883
-Weir began boxing at Liverpool, Eng
1885
Oct 5 J. Stewart Manchester, Eng W 3
Oct 5 E. Pallon Manchester, Eng W 3
-Some sources report "Bill Pallon"
Oct 5 Joe Fielden Manchester, Eng W
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
as part of a 136-Pound Competition; Some sources
report three "KO" wins; Some sources report "L"
against Fielden
Oct 9 J.W. Harlow Salford, Eng W 10
Dec 14 William Joyce Manchester, Eng W 3
Dec 14 Tom Jones Manchester, Eng W 3
Dec 14 George Holden Manchester, Eng L
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
as part of a 131-Pound Competition and All-Weights
Competition
1886
Jan 6 Ulrich Conley Preston, Eng D 6
Feb 6 Billy Sykes Liverpool, Eng W 4
-This was a "Private" fight
Mar 10 -Weir arrived in Boston, Ma
May 28 Martin Snee Boston, Ma W 4
-Some sources report "W 5"
Sep Frank Steele ?
-This bout was held; Weir was said to "walk around" Steele
Oct 29 James Fuhry Boston, Ma W 5
-Some sources report 10/28/86 vs "James Fahey";
Some sources report "W 4" for the Featherweight
Championship of New England
Nov 5 Martin Burns Boston, Ma KO 6
Dec 2 Young Sullivan South Boston, Ma W 2
Dec 6 Young Smith Boston, Ma EX
Dec 10 James J. Bagley South Boston, Ma EX
Dec 13 Paddy Duffy Somerville, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 15 "Young" George Badger South Boston, Ma KO 1
-Some sources report "KO 2"
1887
Jan 7 Johnny Aaron Boston, Ma W 5
-Some sources report "D 5" in "Dec 1886"
Jan 24 Jack Farrell New York, NY KO 7
-Some sources report "near Nyack, NY"
Feb 2 Dick Cronin Boston, Ma EX 3
Feb 8 Barney Smith Brockton, Ma EX 3
Feb 25 Howard Rand Boston, Ma KO 2
Feb 28 Smith Lynn, Ma EX 1
Mar 10 Jack Williams in Rhode Island KO 36
Apr 25 Patsy Kerigan Lowell, Ma EX 4
Apr 30 Willie Clark Nyack, NY KO 21
-Some sources report 3/10/95
Jul 20 Jack Havlin near Westerly, RI D 61
-This bout was held just across the Connecticut border;
Reports vary -"Pawtucket, RI" - "Warwick, RI";
Some sources report 7/21/87
Aug 8 Young Kelleher Boston, Ma EX
Sep 30 Johnny Murphy Boston, Ma D 17
Dec 12 Tommy Warren Minneapolis, Mn D 20
-Some sources report Featherweight Championship of the World
Undated (but prior to 5/01/88)
Jimmy Larkins D 4
1888
Jan 23 Tommy Miller Minneapolis, Mn KO 7
Feb 3 George Siddons Duluth, Mn W 7
-Some sources report "KO 11"
Feb 10 Tommy Burke Minneapolis, Mn KO 5
Feb 17 Dominick Barnes Minneapolis, Mn W 6
Tom Barrie Minneapolis, Mn W 6
Mar 28 Jack Havlin Boston, Ma D 6
-Some sources report "ND 6"
Jun 8 Robert Green Boston, Ma EX 3
Jun 27 Robert Green Boston, Ma EX 3
Sep 3 Jimmy Connors Buffalo, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Authorities prevented it
Dec 4 Tommy Danforth Boston, Ma W 8
1889
Jan 25 Jack Beck New Bedford, Ma KO 3
Mar 31 Frank Murphy Kouts, In D 80
-Some sources report Featherweight Championship
of the World
Jun 15 Denny Sullivan Boston, Ma EX
Sep 23 Cal McCarthy Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1890
Jan 13 "Torpedo" Billy Murphy San Francisco, Ca LK 14
-126 Pound Championship of the World;
Fox Featherweight Championship
Feb 6 Tommy Barnes Denver, Co KO 20
Feb 19 Tommy White Chicago, Il EX 3
Feb 19 Bill Bradburn Chicago, Il EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Joe Frazer Minneapolis, Mn KO 6
Mar 15 Robert Green Springfield, Ma ND 3
Tom Peters Syracuse, NY KO 3
Charles Smith Hoboken, NJ KO 3
Jul 7 Jimmy Connors Buffalo, NY KO 3
-Some sources report 7/08/90
Dec 14 -Weir sailed for Australia on the ship "Alameda"
1891
Jan 17 Abe Willis Sydney, NSW, Aus EX 3
Feb 7 John Malone Honolulu, Oahu, Hi EX 3
"Captain" Bill Weir Honolulu, Oahu, Hi KO 2
Spike Maloney Honolulu, Oahu, Hi KO 2
Apr 25 Johnny T. Griffin Nantasket, Ma D 4
-Some sources report "Nantucket, Ma ";
Police intervened
May 9 Kentucky Rosebud Philadelphia, Pa KO 3
-This man was "Walter Edgerton"
1892
Jan 2 Kentucky Rosebud Philadelphia, Pa EX 4
-This man was "Walter Edgerton";
Some sources report "ND 4";
Some sources report "L 4"
Feb 15 Tommy "Spider" Kelly New York, NY EX 3
Feb 18 Frank Steele New Bedford, Ma KO 12
Mar 16 Barney Hubbard Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Apr 19 Tommy White Minneapolis, Mn D 10
-Some sources report 3/19/92;
Some sources report 5/19/92
May 17 Joe Flaherty Minneapolis, Mn W 2
Aug 25 -Weir was stabbed by John Liston in Boston, Ma;
He survived in good health
Sep 5 an unnamed opponent Hudson, Ma EX 3
Nov 17 Billy Frazier Newport, RI EX
Nov 19 Tom Tulley Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
-Some sources report "W 3" on 11/20/92
Nov 22 Lee Damro Philadelphia, Pa ND
Nov 24 Kentucky Rosebud Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This man was "Walter Edgerton";
This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 10 -Weir got into a fight with Jimmy Carroll at the
offices of the New York Illustrated News;
Carroll knocked Weir down
1893
Feb 5 Paddy McPhillips Girardville, Pa TK 3
Feb 9 Joe Hopkins Hoboken, NJ W 4
Jul 17 Lem Ashe Boston, Ma W
Jul 17 Tommy McManus Boston, Ma W
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Jul 18 -Weir was found guilty of assault upon J.C. McCabe,
a Harvard medical student, and was sentenced to
four months in the House of Correction; McCabe
was in the hospital for seven weeks as the result
of his injuries, one of his legs was fractured;
Weir was acquitted on 1/02/94
Sep 4 Fred Morris New York, NY EX 6
Sep 29 Hugh Napier Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 2 "Torpedo" Billy Murphy Boston, Ma KO 6
Dec Jerry Slattery Brooklyn, NY EX
Dec 22 Eddie Loeber Boston, Ma W 4
-Some sources report 12/23/93; Some sources report 12/24/93
1894
Jan 19 Robert Green Boston, Ma EX 3
Jan 24 Robert Green Boston, Ma EX 3
Mar 17 Young Griffo Chicago, Il LT 3
-Police intervened;
Some sources report "NC 3"
Apr 9 Robert Green Rockland, Me EX 3
Apr 29 Robert Green Rockland, Me D 12
-Some sources report "EX 3"
May 21 Robert Green Boston, Ma EX 3
Jun 13 Robert Green Boston, Ma EX 4
Nov 19 Jimmy Johnson Philadelphia, Pa W 4
1895
Aug 3 -Weir was scheduled to compete in a bag-punching contest
at Roxbury, Ma
1898
Mar 17 Mike Sears Lynn, Ma LT 10
-Some sources report "L 10"
Apr 15 Mike Sears Lynn, Ma EX 3
*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1901
Jan 1 Kentucky Rosebud New York, NY KO 1
-This man was "Walter Edgerton"
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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