Ed Binney
(Edward Phinney)

BORN   April 19 1864; Washington, District of Columbia (Fought out of Boston, Ma and Cambridge, Ma)
HEIGHT 5-9
WEIGHT 154 lbs

Binney was a clever boxer and a stinging puncher; He was a Colored Middleweight Champion of the World during the 1880s 

1886
Apr 26 Henry Jones                 Boston, Ma                      KO  4

1887
Mar 21 Henry Jones                 Boston, Ma                       W  3

1888
Feb 20 John Banks                  Boston, Ma                       D 13
          -Three extra rounds were fought to determine
          Binney as the winner
Mar 24 Dick Guthrie                Boston, Ma                       L 10

1890
Apr  2 Joe Godfrey                 Boston, Ma                      KO  1

1888-1891
       Joe Godfrey                 Boston, Ma                       D 12
       Joe Godfrey                 Boston, Ma                       D 15
       "Bald Headed" Jimmy Carroll Boston, Ma                      KO  1
       Dick Guthrie                Boston, Ma                      KO  5
       Wiley Evans                 Boston, Ma                      TK   

1891
Feb 10 George "Deacon" Smith       Boston, Ma                      KO  5
Feb 20 John L. Cattanach           Boston, Ma                      KO  2
       Fred Morris                                                 NC  2
          -Police intervened; Some sources report "LT 2"
Nov 30 Black Pearl (Harris Martin) San Francisco, Ca               KO 26
          -Colored Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report "KO 25"

1892
       Alec Greggains              Coney Island, NY                NC   
          -Some sources report Aug 1892
Oct 15 Fred Morris                 Philadelphia, Pa                ND  4
Nov 13 Joe Butler                  Philadelphia, Pa                LK  2
          -Colored Middleweight Championship of the World;
          Some sources report 9/14/92

1893
Dec 13 Billy Hennessey             Boston, Ma                       D  8

1895
Feb 25 Dick O'Brien                Boston, Ma                      LT 14

1897
Jan 18 Dick O'Brien                Bangor, Me                       D  8


*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***

Undated
       George LaBlanche                                             W
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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