1886
Feb 3 George Searle Sydney, NSW, Aus LK 3
Apr 10 Monkor Sydney, NSW, Aus W 4
May 22 Bob Fitzsimmons Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Aug 7 Jack Malloy Sydney, NSW, Aus W 4
Aug 14 Peter Newton Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Aug 21 Tom Meadows Sydney, NSW, Aus D 4
Sep 1 Tom Taylor Sydney, NSW, Aus D 4
Sep 4 Peter Newton Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Sep 11 Peter Newton Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Sep 25 Tom Taylor Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Oct 9 Peter Jackson Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
-Some sources report 10/04/86
Oct 23 Peter Newton Sydney, NSW, Australia ND 4
Nov 20 Jack Keeley Sydney, NSW, Aus D 4
-Some sources report "Jack Malloy"
1887
Feb 15 Jim Pettengell Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Apr 25 Tom Taylor Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
May 4 Dan Hickey Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Jun 4 Mick Dooley Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 6
Jul 16 Peter Jackson Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Oct 1 Peter Jackson Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 3
Oct 22 Peter Jackson Sydney, NSW, Aus L 3
-Some sources report "ND 3";
Some sources report "ND 4"
1888
Jan 31 J. McElhorne Sydney, NSW, Aus KO 4
Feb 11 Deerfoot Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
Apr 17 W. Smith Sydney, NSW, Aus ND
Apr 18 Mick Dooley Sydney, NSW, Aus ND 4
-Some sources report "W 6"
1888-1892
George Searle in Australia D 4
"Black" Chris Smithers in Australia W 8
1892
Dick Burker in Australia KO 2
Chris Smithers in Australia KO 3
Sep 16 "Black Chris" Smithers Charter Towers, Que, Aus KO 3
1893
Feb 11 Ned Ryan Sydney, NSW, Aus NC 10
-Heavyweight Championship of Australia
Feb 14 Ned Ryan Sydney, NSW, Aus D 10
-Heavyweight Championship of Australia;
Some sources report "W 8"
Mar 4 Ned Ryan Melbourne, Vic, Aus D 20
Apr 1 Alf Ihde Melbourne, Vic, Aus KO
Jim Quigley Melbourne, Vic, Aus L 20
-Middleweight Championship of Victoria
Apr 13 -O'Donnell arrived in San Francisco, Ca along with
Hughey Napier and Mick Dunn, Australian boxers
Jun 19 Frank Craig Philadelphia, Pa W 4
-Some sources report "ND 4"
Ned Ryan in America D 8
Aug 18 Jack Cattanach Coney Island, NY TK 4
Aug 22 -O'Donnell refereed the George Dixon-Billy Plimmer
bout in New York, NY
Sep 4 Con Riordan New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Sep 22 an unnamed opponent Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Sep 29 an unnamed opponent Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 8 George Godfrey Providence, RI D 6
Nov -O'Donnell was scheduled to travel with the
Power and Edwards Theatrical Company and spar
with Charlie Mitchell and Jim Hall
Dec Charlie Mitchell Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec -O'Donnell became a sparring partner of Mitchell and
worked with Mitchell during Dec 1893-Jan 1894
Dec Charlie Mitchell in Florida EX
-This bout was held during Dec 1893-Jan 1894
1894
Jan 30 Jim Hall Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jan 31 Jim Hall Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 1 Jim Hall Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 11 Jim Hall Pittsburgh, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 12 Jim Hall Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-The men were scheduled to spar all week;
Outcomes are not known
Feb 19 Jim Hall Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Hall was ill
Feb 19 Billy Leedom Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Feb 26 -O'Donnell was scheduled to meet all-comers at Baltimore, Md
Mar 17 Billy Woods Chicago, Il SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jun 23 Jim Hall Chicago, Il SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Jul -O'Donnell became the primary sparring partner of Jim Corbett
Aug 14 Joe Choynski Chicago, Il SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Aug 16 -O'Donnell may have sparred with Jim Corbett in Trenton, NJ
since Corbett appeared there in the play, Gentleman Jack
Sep Jim Corbett Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 26 Herman Bernau Galveston, Tx TK 3
-Some sources report 12/25/94
1895
Jan 5 Jim Corbett New Orleans, La EX 3
Jan 6 Jim Corbett New Orleans, La SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jan Jim Corbett Nashville, Tn EX
-This bout was part of the play, Gentleman Jack
Feb 2 Jim Corbett Minneapolis, Mn EX
Feb 18 Jim Corbett Philadelphia, Pa EX
Feb 19 Jim Corbett Philadelphia, Pa EX
Feb 20 Jim Corbett Philadelphia, Pa EX
Feb 21 Jim Corbett Philadelphia, Pa EX
Feb 22 Jim Corbett Philadelphia, Pa EX
Feb 23 Jim Corbett Philadelphia, Pa EX
Feb 28 Jim Corbett Scranton, Pa EX
Mar -O'Donnell may have sparred with Corbett in
appearances in Camden, Frankford, West Chester,
New Brunswick, Elizabeth, Hoboken and Yonkers
Mar 18 Jake Kilrain Boston, Ma D 8
May 6 Jake Kilrain Coney Island, NY KO 21
Jun 8 an unnamed opponent New York, NY EX
Jun 27 Tom Burns New York, NY EX 3
-Some sources report "ND 3"
Jul 2 Tom Burns New York, NY TK 3
Jul 19 Billy Woods Montreal, Que, Can KO 15
-Some sources report "KO 13"
Sep 30 Jim Corbett New York, NY EX 3
Sep 30 Jim Dwyer New York, NY EX 3
-Some sources report "ND 3"
Sep 30 Jim Corbett New York, NY EX 3
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
Oct 9 Jim Corbett San Antonio, Tx EX 3
Nov 4 Jim Corbett Memphis, Tn EX 3
Nov 11 Peter Maher Maspeth, NY LK 1
-This bout was promoted as a Heavyweight Championship
of the World contest; Jim Corbett had "retired",
only to return to the ring later
1896
Jan 9 Charles "Kid" McCoy New York, NY ND 4
-Some sources report "Philadelphia, Pa"
Some sources report "EX 4"
Feb 27 Jim Dwyer New York, NY KO 6
-Some sources report "KO 7"
Apr 20 Owen Sullivan London, Eng TK 10
-Some sources report 4/18/96;
Some sources report 4/19/96;
Some sources report "W 10"
May 25 Charlie Mitchell London, Eng EX 3
-Some sources report "ND 3"
Sep 21 Frank "Paddy" Slavin Maspeth, NY TK 5
-Some sources report 9/20/96
Oct 24 Walter Johnson Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Dec 25 Peter Maher Coney Island, NY LK 1
1897
Mar 5 Dick Starkey West Chester, NY KO 1
Apr 7 Peter Maher Buffalo, NY ND 6
Apr 23 Tom "Jabber" Carey Yonkers, NY KO 10
-Some sources report "TK 9"
Apr 26 Peter Maher Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
-Some sources report "L 6"
May 10 Gus Ruhlin Akron, Oh L 10
Jun 17 Alec Greggains San Francisco, Ca KO 8
Sep 23 Charles Farrell Hartford, Ct TK 2
-Some sources report 9/24/97
1898
Mar 16 Peter Maher Philadelphia, Pa LT 2
Apr 19 Tom "Stockings" Conroy Troy, NY LF 17
Aug 5 Jim Jeffries New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Jeffries was to fight Bob Armstrong
and O'Donnell the same evening;
Jeffries injured his hand in the
fight with Armstrong; Consequently,
the O'Donnell bout was cancelled
Aug 13 Jim Corbett Asbury Park, NJ EX
Aug 14 Jim Corbett Asbury Park, NJ EX 6
Aug 16 Jim Corbett Asbury Park, NJ EX 6
-This bout was stopped when Corbett received the
news of the deaths of his parents
1899
Jul 29 Beech Ruble Tuckahoe, NY KO 8
-Some sources report "W 8"
Sep 19 Charles "Kid" McCoy New York, NY LK 6
-Some sources report "Brooklyn, NY";
Some sources report "LK 5"
Oct 9 Tom "Jabber" Carey Lexington, Ky SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; O'Donnell refused to fight
because his percentage of attendance receipts would not justify
his fighting
Oct 20 Jake Kilrain Baltimore, Md TK 5
Oct 27 Joe Choynski Chicago, Il LT 5
-Some sources report "LT 6"
1900
Jul 6 Peter Maher New York, NY LT 1
Sep 15 Charles Stevenson Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held
1903
May 30 Jim Kennedy Boston, Ma KO 3
-This fight was "fixed"; Kennedy laid down;
Some sources report 5/31/03
Sep 1 Jack "Twin" Sullivan Hallowell, Me D 6
Sep 23 Bob Armstrong Saunderstown, RI SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
O'Donnell was ill
Dec 10 Jim Jeffries Boston, Ma EX 1
Dec 10 Jim Jeffries Boston, Ma EX 1
Dec 10 Jim Jeffries Boston, Ma EX 1
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
1904
Mar 7 Walter Johnson Gloucester, Ma ND 8
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
Undated
Joe Choynski Sydney, NSW, Aus W 4
-This bout possibly took place during 1890-1891
1896
Oct 17 Joe Goddard Johannesburg, Trans, SA KO
Compiled By
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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