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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Young Hector
(Hector Houghton Curnow; "Battling" Hector)

BORN August 30 1887; Houghton, Michigan
DIED June 23 1975; Bremerton, Washington
HEIGHT 5-11 (Some sources report 6-1)
WEIGHT 175-210 lbs

 

1911
Feb  3 Rube Smith                   in Colorado                       L  5

1912
Oct 18 "Fireman" Harris             Trinidad, Co                     LK  2

1914
Apr  6 Henry Ficken                 Denver, Co                       TK  4

1915
Aug 11 Jim McMahon                  Leadville, Co                    KO  4
Nov 25 "Salinas" Jack Burns         Salida, Co                       TK  1

1916
Apr 26 Bob York                     Salida, Co                        W 15
Jul  4 "Fighting" Dick Gilbert      Salida, Co                       LK  6
Sep 28 Jack Dempsey                 Murray, Ut                       LT  3
Nov 29 Jack Dempsey                 Salida, Co                       LK  2

1918
Jan 23 Beale Manning                Seattle, Wa                       L  4
Jun 26 Steve Reynolds               Seattle, Wa                       D  4

1919
Mar 14 Steve Reynolds               Seattle, Wa                      TK  3
Mar 25 Frank Kendall                Seattle, Wa                       W  4
Apr  3 Ole Anderson                 Tacoma, Wa                        D  6
Apr 18 Soldier Sawyer               Seattle, Wa                      TK  1
May 13 Harry Williams               Seattle, Wa                      TK  2
Jul  4 "K.O." King                  Seattle, Wa                      KO  1
Jul 11 Harry Williams               Seattle, Wa                       W  4
Aug  5 Ole Anderson                 Seattle, Wa                       L  4
Oct 10 Ole Anderson                 Seattle, Wa                       D  4
Dec 30 Frank Farmer                 Seattle, Wa                       D  6

1920
Jan 19 "Fireman" Jim Flynn          Seattle, Wa                      TK  5
          -Some sources report "W 6" on 1/20/1920
Jan 28 Sammy Gorman                 San Fernando, Ca                  W  4
Feb  6 "Tiny" Jim Herman            Seattle, Wa                       L  4
Feb 19 Frank Farmer                 Tacoma, Wa                        L  6
Mar 26 Fred Fulton                  Seattle, Wa                      LK  1
Apr 23 "Sailor" Bobby Allen         Seattle, Wa                      KO  2
May  6 "Wild" Bill Reed             Tacoma, Wa                       KO  3
May 14 Frank Farmer                 Seattle, Wa                       L  4
May 21 Andre Anderson               Seattle, Wa                      LK  3
Sep 24 "Fireman" Jim Flynn          Bremerton, Wa                     W  4
Nov    "Fireman" Jim Flynn          Charleston, Wa                    W  4
Dec  8 Ole Anderson                 Bremerton, Wa                     W  4

1921
Sep  7 "Denver" Ed Martin           Milwaukie, Or                    LK  2

1922
Aug  7 Willie "Sugar" Keeler        Bremerton, Wa                     W  4

Review courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization