Date	Year	Winner		Loser		Location	Ver	Min/Sec
	1809	Tom Molineaux was presented in England as the American Champion
May 27	1814	Tom Molineaux	Bill Fuller	Paisley, ?	D 4	8
May 31	1814	Tom Molineaux	Bill Fuller	Auchineaux, ?	WF 2	88
	1815	-Tom Moilineaux retired; Bill Fuller claimed the Championship
	1816	Jacob Hyer	Tom Beasley	Hignham, Ma (nr Boston, Ma)	W 2	60
		-Hyer broke a hand; Beasley was badly punished; Hyer never fought again
	1818	-Bill Fuller reclaimed the Championship when he came to America
	1824	-Bill Fuller retired
Jun	1835	Samuel O'Rourke	Marsaud	Lake Ponchartrain, ?	W 40	100
May 6	1837	James Burke	Saumel O'Rourke	New Orleans, La	W 3	Stopped
Aug 21	1837	James Burke	Thomas O'Connell	Hart's Island, NY	W 10
		-Burke returned to England
Sep 2	1841	Yankee Sullivan	Vincent Hammond	League Isle, ?	W 8	10
Sep 9	1841	Tom Hyer	George McChester	Caldwell's Land, ?	W 101	75
Jan 24	1842	Yankee Sullivan	Tom Secor	Staten Isle, NY	W 67	68
Aug 29	1842	Yankee Sullivan	William Bell	Hart's Island, NY	W 24	38
May 11	1847	Yankee Sullivan	Ben Caunt	Harper's Ferry, WV ?	W 4	12
Feb 7	1849	Tom Hyer	Yankee Sullivan	Still Pond Creek, Md	W 16	17:18
	1851	-Tom Hyer retired; Yankee Sullivan claimed the Championship and was generally recognized
Aug 31	1852	John Morrissey	George Thompson	Benecia, NY	WF 11	16
Oct 12	1853	John Morrissey	Yankee Sullivan	Boston, Ma	W 37	53
Dec 12	1853	Dominick Bradley	Hugh Sloan	Phoenixville, ?	W 12	21
Aug 1	1857	Dominick Bradley	Sam Rankin	Point Albino, ?	W 152	178
Oct 20	1858	John Morrissey	John Heenan	Long Point Island, ?	W 11	21
		-John Morrissey retired; John Heenan claimed the Championship and was generally recognized
Apr 17	1860	John Heenan	Tom Sayers	Farnborough, Eng	D 44	140
	1862	-John Heenan refused to fight Joe Coburn and went to England to fight Tom King; Joe Coburn claimed the title; Jimmy Elliott and Jim Dunn disputed his claim
May 5	1863	Joe Coburn	Mike McCoole	Cumberland, Md	W 67	70
May 15	1863	Jim Dunn	Jimmy Elliott	Bull's Ferry, ?	W 12	35
Aug 23	1864	-Jimm Dunn challenged any man in America to a fight; Only Bill Davis accepted
May 16	1865	Jim Dunn	Bill Davis	Pike County, ?	W 43	66
	1865	-Jim Dunn retired; Bill Davis claimed the Championship; Mike McCoole disputed his claim
	1865	-Jimmy Elliott challenged Joe Coburn; Coburn refused and retired; Elliott claimed the Championship
Sep 19	1866	Mike McCoole	Bill Davis	Rhodes Point, Mo	W 34	35
May 10	1867	Jimmy Elliott	Bill Davis	Point Pelee Island, ?	W 9	11
Aug 31	1867	Mike McCoole	Aaron Jones	Busenbark Station, Oh	W 34	26
Oct 5	1867	Bill Davis	Charley Gallagher	Detroit, Mi	W 55
May 27	1868	Mike McCoole	Joe Coburn	
		-Joe Coburn was arrested and bound oiver before he entered the ring
Oct 29	1868	Joe Wormald	Ned O'Baldwin	Lynnfield, ?	W 1	10 Police Stopped
		-Joe Wormald retired; O'Baldwin claimed the Championship but never fought again
Nov 12	1868	Jimmy Elliott	Charley Gallagher	Peach Island, ?	W 23	77
Jan 12	1869	Tom Allen	Bill Davis	St. Louis, Mo	W 43
Feb 23	1869	Charley Gallagher	Tom Allen	Carroll Island, ?	W 2	3
Mar 18	1869	Charley Gallagher	Jack Curley	Carrollton, ?	W 18	18
Jun 15	1869	Mike McCoole	Tom Allen	St. Louis, Mo	WF 9
		-Mike McCoole retired
Aug 17	1869	Charley Gallagher	Tom Allen	Foster Island, Mo	D 12	25
May 10	1870	Jem Mace	Tom Allen	Kennerville, La	W 10	44
Dec 17	1870	-Jimmy Elliott was arrested and sentenced to 18 years 10 months of prison
	1871	-Charley Gallagher died of consumption; Joe Coburn announced his comeback
May 11	1871	Jem Mace	Joe Coburn	Ottawa, Can	D 1	77
Nov 30	1871	Jem Mace	Joe Coburn	Bay St. Louis, Ms	D 12	208
	1872	-Jem Mace retired; Joe Coburn retired; Tom Allen claimed the Championship
Sep 23	1873	Tom Allen	Mike McCoole	St. Louis, Mo	W 7	20
Nov 18	1873	Tom Allen	Ben Hogan	Pacific City, ?	W 9	16
Sep 7	1876	Joe Goss	Tom Allen	Boone County, ?	WF 21	52
Spring	1879	-Jimmy Elliott was released from prison and reclaimed the Championship
May 5	1879	John Dwyer	Jimmy Elliott	Long Point, ?	W 12	13
	1880	-John Dwyer retired
May 30	1880	Paddy Ryan	Joe Goss	Collier's Station, WV	W 87	84
Feb 7	1882	John L. Sullivan	Paddy Ryan	Mississippi City, Ms	W 9	11
Jul 4	1882	John L. Sullivan	Jimmy Elliott	Brooklyn, NY	KO 3	QR; Gloves
May 14	1883	John L. Sullivan	Charlie Mitchell	New York, NY	W 3	QR; Gloves; Police Stopped
Aug 6	1883	John L. Sullivan	Herbert Slade	New York, NY	KO 3	QR; Gloves
Nov 17	1884	John L. Sullivan	Alf Greenfield	New York, NY	W 2	QR; Gloves; Police Stopped
Jan 12	1885 	John L. Sullivan	Alf Greenfield	Boston, Ma	W 4	QR; Gloves
Aug 29	1885	John L. Sullivan	Dominick McCaffrey	Cincinnati, Oh	W 6	QR; Gloves
		-Some sources report seven rounds were actually fought; Referee Billy Tate gave Sullivan the verdict two days later;
		 This bout is considered the first Queensberry Championship bout
May 7	1887	-Jake Kilrain challenged John L. Sullivan and posted $1,000; Sullivan did not reply
Jun	1887	-Jake Kilrain claimed the Championship and was presented with a Championship belt
Aug	1887	-John L. Sullivan received a Championship belt and reclaimed the Championship
Dec 19	1887	Jake Kilrain	Jem Smith	Isle des Souverains, Fr	D 106	150
Mar 10	1888	John L. Sullivan	Charlie Mitchell	Chantilly, Fr	D 39	190
Jul 8	1889	John L. Sullivan	Jake Kilrain	Richburg, Ms	W 75	136
		-This was the last Bare-Knuckle Championship fight
Compiled by Jan Skotnicki (as of 1991)