1923
Apr 16 Bill Brown Memphis, Tn W 8
Apr 23 Jimmy Cox Memphis, Tn KO 4
Jun 4 Freddie Roth Memphis, Tn D 8
Jun 18 Frankie "Kid" Dugan Memphis, Tn L 8
Aug 20 Johnny Green San Antonio, Tx W 8
-Some sources report "W 6"
Sep 17 Fred "Dummy" Mahan San Antonio, Tx ND 8
Nov 5 Tommy Freeman Memphis, Tn L 8
1924
Jan 28 Mike Petrola San Antonio, Tx TK 8
Mar 4 Ray McKnight San Antonio, Tx WF 4
-Some sources report "KO 8"
Mar 11 Ben Sava San Antonio, Tx KO 5
-Some sources report "KO 3"
Mar 25 Jack Willis San Antonio, Tx W 10
May 20 Frankie "Kid" Dugan San Antonio, Tx L 12
Oct 10 Frankie O'Brien Waterbury, Ct TK 7
1925
Mar 26 Johnny Liano Yonkers, NY L 6
May 8 Murray Gitlitz Waterbury, Ct L 6
-Some sources report "W 6"
Dec 8 Tillie "Kid" Herman San Antonio, Tx W 10
1926
Jan 18 George Manley Wichita, Ks ND 10
Apr 12 W.L. "Young" Stribling Wichita, Ks ND 10
May -Ring Magazine stated that Burns had 69 fights
up to this date and had scored 48 knockouts
Jun 24 Joe Lohman San Antonio, Tx W 10
Aug 19 Maxie Rosenbloom New York, NY L 10
Sep 7 Frankie Murphy Atlanta, Ga W 10
Sep 21 W.L. "Young" Stribling Atlanta, Ga L 10
Nov 22 Ad Allegrini Chicago, Il TK 7
-Some sources report "TK 6"
Dec 3 Babe McCorgary Chicago, Il D 8
Dec 13 "Chief" John Metoquah Louisville, Ky WF 9
1927
Jan 21 Battling Finch Savannah, Ga D 10
Jan 31 Soldier Buck Louisville, Ky KO 5
Feb 21 Leo Diebel Hutchinson, Ks W 10
Mar 11 Jeff Smith Savannah, Ga L 15
May 3 George Courtney Brooklyn, NY L 10
May 16 Joe Lohman Springfield, Oh W 12
-Some sources report 5/13/27;
Some sources report "W 10"
Sep 26 Red Fitzsimmons Indianapolis, In ND 10
Frankie Wine ND 10
Joe Sekyra L 10
Oct 10 Babe McCorgary Wichita, Ks ND 10
Babe McCorgary D 10
Dec 1 Roleaux Saguero Chicago, Il D 10
1928
Jan 24 Jack League San Antonio, Tx D 10
Jan 29 W.L. "Young" Stribling Tulsa, Ok L 10
-Some sources report 1/30/28
Feb 10 Johnny Bean Hutchinson, Ks ND 10
May 15 Johnny Simpson San Antonio, Tx W 10
Jul 4 Hale "K.O." Brown Naco, Mex L 10
Nov 22 Hale "K.O." Brown Fort Clark, Tx L 10
1929
Jun 29 Jim Holloway Johannesburg, Trans, SA TK 9
Aug 10 Don McCorkindale Johannesburg, Trans, SA L 15
Dec 11 Fred Lenhart Great Falls, Mt L 10
1930
Jan 1 Arvin Spence Erie, Pa W 6
Jan 10 Arvin Spence Erie, Pa W 10
-Some sources report 1/11/30
Jan 17 Rosey Rosales Erie, Pa L 10
Jan 24 Tom Kirby Canton, Oh WF 7
-Some sources report "W 7"
Mar 20 Harry Williams McKeesport, Pa L 10
Apr 14 Harold Scarney Cumberland, Md W 6
-Some sources report "W 10"
May 26 Lou Scozza Flint, Mi L 10
Jun 23 Al Gainer Waterbury, Ct W 10
-Some sources report "L 10" in "Hartford, Ct"
Patsy Perroni Cumberland, Oh L 10
Jul 17 Joe Smith Waterbury, Ct KO 2
Jul 24 Al Gainer Waterbury, Ct L 10
Oct 7 Rosey Rosales Akron, Oh L 10
Oct 21 Harry Dillon Indianapolis, In ND 10
Dec 15 George Nichols Buffalo, NY L 10
1931
Jan 26 Buddy Howard New Haven, Ct L 10
Mar 2 Joe Parker Charlotte, NC WF 8
Mar 17 George Courtney Oklahoma City, Ok LT 8
Mar 27 Paul Swiderski Rochester, NY LT 3
Apr 21 Roy "Tiger" Williams Flint, Mi L 10
May 28 Al Gainer West Haven, Ct L 8
-Some sources report "L 10"
Jun 30 Al Stillman St. Louis, Mo ND 10
Jul 8 Battling Bozo Winston-Salem, NC L 10
Jul 15 Asa "Ace" Hudkins Detroit, Mi LT 4
Jul 27 Al Stillman St. Louis, Mo ND 10
Aug 10 Jack O'Dowd Columbus, Oh L 10
Sep 10 Owen Phelps Chicago, Il L 10
Sep 14 Marty "Muggs" Kerr Indianapolis, In L 10
-Some sources report 9/15/31
Oct 16 Patsy Perroni Canton, Oh ND 10
1932
Mar 31 William "Gorilla" Jones Akron, Oh LK 3
Apr 4 Andy Kellett Terre Haute, In L 10
Jul 31 Goyito Rico Mexico City, Mex L 10
Oct 10 Johnny "K.O." Roberts Charleston, WV W 10
Nov 21 Buddy McArthur Charleston, WV TK 3
-Some sources report "WF 3"
1933
Jan 20 Maxie Rosenbloom Winston-Salem, NC L 10
Jan 31 Bill Jordan Winston-Salem, NC D 10
Sep 19 Maxie Rosenbloom San Antonio, Tx L 10
1935
Jul 18 Lou Thomas Indianapolis, In LK 2
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
Undated
Whitey Black W
Whitey Black W
Whitey Black W
Billy Freas KO
Jack Clark KO
Pat Dalton KO
Barnie Ervine KO
Whitey Black KO
Frank Murphy KO
K.O. Lenny KO
Bob Skelly KO
1924
Jack Willis L 10
Jack Willis D 10
1926
May 13 Joe Lohman Springfield, Oh W 12
-Some sources report this bout;
Perhaps, it is the 5/16/27 bout
1929
Jimmy Bean St. Louis, Mo L
1930
Apr 14 Young Cumberland, Oh W 10
1930-1931
Frankie O'Brien W 10
-This bout was possibly fought in 1930 in Connecticut
since O'Brien was from that state and Burns was in
that area during 1930
*** Most Data Was Provided By Robert Soderman ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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