Undated
Paddy Brennan ND 4
John "Honus" Wagner Pittsburgh, Pa LK
1883
Jul 7 Evan Davis Pittsburgh, Pa ND
1884
Jan 21 Charlie McCoy Pittsburgh, Pa TK 7
-Some sources report 1/14/1884;
Reports vary - "W 7" - "D 7" - "L 7" - "KO 6" - "TK 7"
Apr 24 Jack Clifford Pittsburgh, Pa LK 121
Jul 28 William "Prussian" Sherriff Philadelphia, Pa L 4
Oct 11 Charlie McCoy Natrona, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov`17 -An athletic combination consisting of Bilson Jack, Jack Clifford,
Jack King, Ed Thomas, and the "Soldier" left Pittsburgh headed
for Mansfield, Ohio
Nov 17 John Gillespie Mansfield, Oh LK
Dec 3 -Bilson Jack denied that he was the man bested by John Gillespie on Nov 17
1885
Feb 21 Jack King Pittsburgh, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 16 -Bilson Jack was involved in handling the fighters in Lawrenceville, Pa
May 30 Jack Conway near Pittsburgh, Pa D 3
Aug 13 J. Foster Pittsburgh, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Sep 17 Dick Jones near Pittsburgh, Pa ND 8
-Police showed up and ended the fight; Bilson Jack escaped;
Jones was arrested; He was battered; Bilson Jack had a swollen
right hand
1886
Mar 15 Tom Hinch Lake, Il SCH
-Middleweight Championship of Illinois;
This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1887
Feb 5 Jack King Parkersburg, WV SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 19 Jack King Wheeling, WV D 6
Aug 27 Peter Dillon SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1889
Aug 6 -Bilson Jack was arrested in Glenwood, Pa on a charge of burglary
Nov 16 Bob Farrell Washington, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
Later, it was said Jack would fight an Unknown, not Farrell
1890
Jun 7 Fred Wise Millvale, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 9 -Bilson Jack seconded Jack Dexter vs Harry Leonard near Pittsburgh, Pa
1894
Mar 18 -Pittsburgh (Pa) Daily Post reported that a fight between Bilson Jack
and Billy Corcoran is off
Jul 26 -Bilson Jack threw a whiskey flask through a window of a train and
struck a passenger; He was jailed and awaiting a hearing; For years,
he had operated a saloon on Penn Avenue (? Pittsburgh ?)
1896
Jul 12 -Bilson Jack attended a picnic and ran into an old enemy; They had a
fight and Jack won; Then, friends of his foe rioted and Jack was hit
with a club; He was a bloody mess and taken to a doctor for repair
*** Much Data Provided By Mike DeLisa ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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