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Matthew "Matty" Baldwin
("Bunker Hill Bearcat")

BORN February 15 1885; Resided in Boston, Massachusetts
DIED October 9 1918; Chelsea, Massachusetts
HEIGHT 5-5 1/2
WEIGHT    128-133 lbs
MANAGERS Alec MacLean/Billy Hamilton


Photo Provided By David Roake of the website, http://www.fightersfotos.co.uk
Email Address = d.roake@hotmail.co.uk

1902
Mar 31 Boyd Jarvis                Boston, Ma                         TK  3
Apr  9 Young Nadeau               Boston, Ma                          L  6
Apr 11 Sam "Young" Schindler      Boston, Ma                          L  6
May 22 Kid Terrell                Boston, Ma                         KO  2
Sep 26 Dave McNeill               Malden, Ma                         EX  4
Oct  7 Sam "Young" Schindler      Boston, Ma                          D  6
Nov  3 Harry Gilman               Boston, Ma                          W  6
Nov 18 Jesse Taylor               Boston, Ma                         TK  3
Nov 27 Kid Pantz                  Boston, Ma                          W  6
Dec 12 Jimmy Hanlon               Boston, Ma                          W  6
Dec 19 George Murray              Boston, Ma                          D  6
Dec 22 Joe Williams               Cambridge, Ma                       D  6

1903 
Jan 19 Peter "Young" Kelly        Bangor, Me                          D 12
Jan 22 Frank Adams                Brighton, Ma                        D  6
Feb  2 Peter "Young" Kelly        Roxbury, Ma                         D  6
Feb 13 Young Schneider            Boston, Ma                         TK  5
Feb 20 Jimmy Sullivan             Chelsea, Ma                         D  6
Feb 24 Young Nadeau               Boston, Ma                          L  6
Mar  3 Peter "Young" Kelly        Boston, Ma                          W  6
Mar  4 Harry Gilman               Roxbury, Ma                        TK  6
Mar 11 Noah Perry                 Boston, Ma                          W  6
Mar 16 Hugh Glancy                Boston, Ma                          W  8
Mar 23 Young Nadeau               Chelsea, Ma                         D  6
Mar 25 Frank Adams                Brighton, Ma                        D  8
Apr  2 Chester Goodwin            Lawrence, Ma                        L 10
Apr  4 Noah Perry                 Portsmouth, NH                      W 10
Apr  7 Frank Adams                Boston, Ma                          W 10
May  5 Hugh Glancy                Boston, Ma                          W 10
May  7 Frank Adams                Boston, Ma                          W  6
Jun 15 George Murray              Boston, Ma                          D  8
Jun 29 Billy Griffin              Boston, Ma                          D  8
Aug  4 Andy Daly                  Roxbury, Ma                         D 12
Sep  2 George Murray              Boston, Ma                          L  8
Sep  8 Jimmy Hanlon               Boston, Ma                          W  6
Sep 29 Jimmy Hanlon               Boston, Ma                          D  6
Oct 20 Hugh Glancy                Boston, Ma                          D  8
Nov  9 Jimmy Hanlon               Brockton, Ma                        D 12
Nov 14 Hugh Glancy                Boston, Ma                          W  6
Nov 17 Kid Pantz                  Boston, Ma                          L  8
Dec  8 Kid Pantz                  Boston, Ma                          D  8
Dec 12 Billy Ryan                 Boston, Ma                          D  6
Dec 14 Tom Regan                  Clinton, Ma                        TK  2
Dec 16 Kid Pantz                  Boston, Ma                          W 12
Dec 17 Kid Pantz                  Chelsea, Ma                         W  8
Dec 25 Billy Ryan                 Boston, Ma                          D 10

1904
Jan  1 George Murray              Boston, Ma                          D 15
Jan 18 Young Miller               Fall River, Ma                      W 10
Jan 20 Kid Pantz                  Portland, Me                        W 12
Feb  5 Young Donahue              Springfield, Ma                     L 10
Feb 24 Peter "Young" Kelly        Boston, Ma                          D  6
Mar  2 Billy Ryan                 Leominster, Ma                      D 12
Mar  3 Kid Pantz                  Cambridge, Ma                       D  6
Apr  4 Frank Adams                Cambridge, Ma                       W  8
Apr 19 Frank Adams                Lawrence, Ma                        D  8
May  3 "Millinocket" Kelly        Bangor, Me                          D 12
May 30 Young Donahue              Cambridge, Ma                       L 10
Jun 27 Kid Pantz                  Gloucester, Ma                      D 15
Aug 15 Oswald "Kid" Crowe         Cambridge, Ma                      KO  2
Aug 29 Young Donahue              Gloucester, Ma                      D 12
Sep  2 Chester Goodwin            Cambridge, Ma                       L 10
Sep 26 Andy Daly                  Cambridge, Ma                       D 12
Sep 30 Jimmy "Young" Tierney      Brockton, Ma                       TK  9
Oct  6 Jimmy Burke                Brockton, Ma                        W 10
Nov  3 Frank "Young" Kenny        Cambridge, Ma                       D 10
Nov 21 Frank "Young" Kenny        Cambridge, Ma                       W 10
Dec 13 Frank Adams                Cambridge, Ma                      KO  7

1905
Jan 12 Billy Griffin              Brockton, Ma                       KO  2
Jan 19 Hugh Glancy                Woonsocket, RI                     TK  4
Feb 10 Frank "Young" Kenny        Lawrence, Ma                        D 12
Feb 13 Dick Grant                 Haverhill, Ma                       W 12
Feb 14 Billy Griffin              Dover, NH                          KO  2
Feb 21 Young Donahue              Silver Pond, RI                     D 10
Feb 27 Frank "Young" Kenny        Haverhill, Ma                       D 12
Mar  1 Frenchy Fay                New Orleans, La                     W 10
          -Some sources report "Frankie Fay"
Apr  1 Johnny Marto               Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Apr  8 Eddie "Spike" McAvoy       Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Apr 10 Kid Pantz                  Haverhill, Ma                      TK 12
May  8 Kid Pantz                  Brockton, Ma                       WF  7
May 12 Frank "Young" Kenny        Lawrence, Ma                        D 12
May 26 Jimmy Burke                Lawrence, Ma                        W 12
May 30 Chester Goodwin            Chelsea, Ma                         L 15
Jun 30 Arthur Cote                Augusta, Me                         D 12
Jul 21 Tommy Feltz                Augusta, Me                        TK 14
Sep  4 Young Donahue              Bellows Falls, Vt                   D  6
Sep 29 Charles "Chick" Tucker     Lawrence, Ma                       WF 10
Oct 13 Sammy Myers                Chelsea, Ma                        KO  6
Oct 24 Dave Deshler               Chelsea, Ma                         D 15
Nov 27 Kid Pantz                  Bangor, Me                          D 12
Nov 30 Willie Cornell             Gloucester, Ma                     KO 10
Dec 22 Ed "Kid" Goode             New York, NY                       KO  3

1906
Jan 19 Hughey Murphy              New York, NY                       TK  3
Jan 23 Eddie Daly                 New York, NY                       KO  1
Feb  2 Mississippi                New York, NY                        W  3
Feb  9 Clarence Forbes            New York, NY                        W  3
Feb 22 Frank "Young" Haines       Philadelphia, Pa                   KO  1
Feb 23 Charley Weihle             New York, NY                       KO  5
Mar 21 Kid Curley                 New York, NY                       KO  5
Apr  2 Abe "Kid" Goodman          Chelsea, Ma                        WF 15
Apr 23 Freddie Welsh              Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Apr 30 Young McNally              Webster, Ma                        KO  4
May  5 Eddie Lenny                Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
May  9 Abe "Kid" Goodman          Chelsea, Ma                         W 15
Aug 21 Dave Deshler               Chelsea, Ma                         D 15
Oct  2 Chester Goodwin            Chelsea, Ma                         D 15
Oct 23 John "Rouse" O'Brien       Chelsea, Ma                         D 15
Nov 21 Benny Yanger               Chelsea, Ma                         W 15
Dec 12 "Harlem" Tommy Murphy      Chelsea, Ma                         W 15
 
1907
Feb  7 Jack "K.O." Ryan           Ottawa, Ont, Canada                KO  7
Mar 11 John "Rouse" O'Brien       Thornton, RI                       ND 15
Mar 20 Freddie Cole               Indianapolis, In                   TK 10
Apr  9 Jimmy Clabby               Milwaukee, Wi                      WF  4
Apr  9 Billy Roche                Milwaukee, Wi                      TK  4
          -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Apr 12 Joe Geismar                Rochester, NY                      WF  7
Jun 15 Willie Moody               Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Jun 19 Robert "Bert" Keyes        New York, NY                       ND  6
Sep 13 Harry Scroggs              New York, NY                       ND 10
Sep 23 George "Kid" Decker        Brooklyn, NY                       ND  6
Oct 21 Frank "Young" Kenny        New Britain, Ct                    ND 12
Oct 29 Kid Sullivan               Baltimore, Md                       W 15
Nov 22 Young Carroll              Plattsburgh, NY                    TK  7
Dec  6 Robert "Bert" Keyes        Waterbury, Ct                       D 12
Dec 30 Johnny Summers             Chelsea, Ma                         W 12

1908
Jan 28 Abe "Kid" Goodman          Boston, Ma                          W 12
Mar 25 Willie Moody               Boston, Ma                          D 12
Mar 30 George "Kid" Decker        Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
May 30 Grover Hayes               Boston, Ma                          W 12
Jun 29 Abe Attell                 New York, NY                       ND  6
Jul 31 Charlie Griffin            New York, NY                       ND  6
Aug 14 Ambrose "Amby" McGarry     New York, NY                       KO  5
Sep  4 Robert "Bert" Keyes        New York, NY                       ND  6
Sep 29 "Harlem" Tommy Murphy      Boston, Ma                          D 12
Oct 13 Kid Sullivan               Brooklyn, NY                        D  6
Nov 13 Jem Driscoll               New York, NY                       ND  6
Dec 29 Jem Driscoll               Boston, Ma                          L 12
 
1909
Feb  9 Owen Moran                 Boston, Ma                          L 12
Mar  1 Eddie Wallace              Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Mar 25 Tomy Carey                 Watervliet, NY                     ND 10
May 21 William "Young" Nitchie    Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Jun  1 "Harlem" Tommy Murphy      Boston, Ma                          L 12
Aug 24 Johnny Lynch               Boston, Ma                         TK  9
Sep  7 Ad Wolgast                 Boston, Ma                          D 12
Oct 21 Tom Carey                  Lawrence, Ma                        W 12
Nov  1 Willie Riley               Boston, Ma                          W 12
Nov 16 Robert "Bert" Keyes        Schenectady, NY                    ND 10
Nov 19 Tom Carey                  Syracuse, NY                       ND 10
Dec 14 "Big Boy" Cook             Kansas City, Mo                    KO  1
Dec 19 Myer                       Wheeling, WV                       KO  2
Dec 26 Ray Bronson                New Orleans, La                     D 20
          -Some sources report "Gretna, La"

1910
Jan 25 Owen Moran                 Boston, Ma                          W 12
Feb  8 Owen Moran                 Boston, Ma                          L 12
Feb 22 Ray Bronson                Boston, Ma                          D 12
Mar 14 Dick Hyland                Kansas City, Mo                     D 10
Mar 26 Leonard Louder             New Orleans, La                     W 10
Apr  5 Owen Moran                 New York, NY                       ND 10
May 13 Leach Cross                New York, NY                       LF  8
May 19 Frankie Smith              New York, NY                       ND 10
Jun  7 Paul Koehler               Akron, Oh                           W 10
Jun 14 Frankie Burns              Newark, NJ                         ND  6
          -Burns was from California
Sep 27 Battling Hurley            Boston, Ma                          D 12

1911
Jan 17 "Philadelphia" Pal Moore   Boston, Ma                          L 12
Apr  4 Tom Carey                  Boston, Ma                          W 10
Apr 28 Leach Cross                Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
May 29 Milburn "Young" Saylor     Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Jun 23 Freddie Welsh              San Francisco, Ca                   L 20
Aug  9 Milburn "Young" Saylor     Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Aug 18 Johnny McCarthy            Salt Lake City, Ut                  D 20
Aug 31 Willie Ritchie             San Francisco, Ca                   W 20
Sep 29 "Oakland" Frankie Burns    San Francisco, Ca                   D 20
Oct  9 Johnny Frayne              Salt Lake City, Ut                  W 10
Nov 20 Joe Mandot                 Memphis, Tn                         D  8

1912
Jan  1 Tommy Langdon              Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Jan 11 "Philadelphia" Pal Moore   New York, NY                       ND 10
Jan 19 Jack Redmond               Youngstown, Oh                     ND 12
Feb 22 Valentine "Knockout" Brown New York, NY                       ND 10
Mar  7 Johnny Marto               New York, NY                       ND 10
Mar 25 Louis DePonthieu           New Bedford, Ma                     W 12
Apr 18 Johnny Marto               New York, NY                       ND 10
Apr 22 Ray Temple                 New Orleans, La                     L 10
Ape 29 Dick Hyland                Salt Lake City, Ut                  L 10
Jun 18 Eddie Murphy               Boston, Ma                          W 12
Jul 16 Tommy O'Keefe              Boston, Ma                          D 12
Aug 20 Tommy Ginty                Boston, Ma                          D 12
Oct  9 Valentine "Knockout" Brown Boston, Ma                          W 12

1913
Mar  1 Pat Bradley                Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Mar  4 Cy Smith                   New York, NY                       ND 10
Mar 10 Bay Wood                   Salem, Ma                           W 10
Mar 17 Eddie Smith                New York, NY                       ND 10
Mar 25 Steve Kennedy              Manchester, NH                      W 12
Apr 15 Jack Britton               New York, NY                       ND 10
May 20 Gilbert Gallant            Boston, Ma                          W 12
Jun 23 Bobby Wilson               Schenectady, NY                    ND 10
Jul  3 Joe "Young" Shugrue        New Haven, Ct                       W 15
Jul 29 Leach Cross                Vernon, Ca                          L 20
Sep 30 Eddie Murphy               Noston, Ma                          L 12
Oct 28 Valentine "Knockout" Brown Boston, Ma                          W 12
Dec 18 Phil Brock                 Akron, Oh                          LT  6
          -Baldwin refused to continue; He received two broken ribs

1914
Feb 11 Frankie Mack               North Providence, RI                W 15
Feb 25 Fred "Young" Yelle         Augusta, Me                        ND  6
Feb 25 Fred "Young" Yelle         Augusta, Me                        ND  6
          -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Mar 17 George Alger               Cambridge, Ma                       W 10
Apr 14 Johnny Dundee              Cambridge, Ma                       D 12
Jul 14 Gilbert Gallant            Boston, Ma                          W 12
Aug 12 Johnny "Young" Lustig      Manchester, NH                      D 12
Sep  1 Eddie Murphy               Boston, Ma                          D 12
          -Lightweight Championship of New England
Oct 27 Freddie Welsh              Boston, Ma                          L 12

1915
Feb 13 Willie Beecher             Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Feb 19 Johnny Harvey              New Haven, Ct                      LT  3
May 18 Willie Ritchie             Boston, Ma                          D 12
Jul 20 Gilbert Gallant            Boston, Ma                          D 12
Aug 17 Milburn "Young" Saylor     Boston, Ma                          L 12
Oct  5 Charley White              Boston, Ma                         LK  1

1916
Aug 18 Harry Carlson              Boston, Ma                          L 12

*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1902
       Kid James                                                      W  3
Aug  8 Young Nadeau                                                   W  6
       Harry Gilman                                                   W  6
Sep  9 Johnny "Kid" Sheehan                                           D  4

1903
       Frank Adams                                                    W 10
       Peter "Young" Kelly                                            D  6

1911
May 30 Milburn "Young" Saylor     Indianapolis, In                    L 10
Aug 19 Johnny McCarthy            Salt Lake City, Ut                  D 20

1916
Jan 10 Paddy Sommers              Philadelphia, Pa                   LK  1

*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
       (Perhaps, they were for a different Matty Baldwin)

1915
May 17 Young Spider               Brooklyn, NY                       ND  3
May 24 Young Whitey               Brooklyn, NY                        D  3

*** This Record Was Compiled By Dan Cuoco ***

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