1887
-McCarthy won the Amateur 110-lb Championship of America
1888
Feb 16 Joe Flaherty New York, NY D 6
Mar Joe Flaherty New York, NY KO 15
May 10 Joe Flaherty Boston, Ma KO 7
May 28 Silvie Burns Boston, Ma D 16
-McCarthy did all the fighting and was not marked up;
Burns was punished
Jun 26 Paddy Kearny Jersey City, NJ D 10
-This was an "Agreed Draw" if no knockout
was scored within 10 rounds
Jul Dudley Russell New York, NY KO 3
Jul Bill Baird New York, NY KO 3
Jul Morris Boland New York, NY KO 3
Jul M. Cahill New York, NY KO 3
Aug Billy Golden New York, NY KO 6
Aug Jack Healey New York, NY KO 30
Sep W. Skillman New York, NY KO 3
Sep 17 Eugene Hornbacher New York, NY WF 21
-McCarthy claimed the Featherweight Championship of America
Oct Joe Carr New York, NY KO 4
Oct 24 Tommy "Spider" Kelly New York, NY D 8
-Some sources report Bantamweight Championship of the World;
Some sources report "KO 4"
Oct Jimmy Larkins New York, NY D 10
Oct J. McCormick New York, NY KO 4
Nov Frank Naegel New York, NY KO 4
Nov Dave Benjamin New York, NY KO 4
Nov 21 George "Monk" Young Long Island, NY KO 9
Dec Jimmy Lynch New York, NY KO 4
Dec Bobby Burns New York, NY D 8
1889
Jan 15 John Carey Hoboken, NJ EX 3
Jan Eugene Hornbacher SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jan 25 Harry "Young" Walton Trenton, NJ KO 5
-Featherweight Championship of America
Jan 28 John Carey Brooklyn, NY EX 3
Feb 11 Joe Clarkson Hoboken, NJ ND 3
Feb 19 Joe Saunders Staten Island, NY ND
Feb 23 Hal Morgan Wilkes-Barre, Pa TK 4
-Police intervened
Feb 25 Harry "Young" Walton Hoboken, NJ EX 4
Mar 9 Tom Collins New York, NY ND 3
Mar 16 Tommy "Spider" Kelly Elizabeth, NJ EX 5
Apr 5 Matt McCarthy Long Island, NY TK 6
-This bout was promoted for the Featherweight Championship
of America
Apr 26 Johnny Murphy Boston, Ma TK 4
-Featherweight Championship of America
May 20 -McCarthy was scheduled to spar in Brooklyn, NY
Jun Jimmy Larkins Jersey City, NJ W 6
Jun 13 -McCarthy was scheduled to spar in New York, NY
at a Benefit for victims of the Johnstown flood
Jul 29 Morris Boland Jersey City, NJ ND
Sep Michael "Chappie" Moran EX
-This bout was held during the first week of Sep
Sep Jimmy Hagan Hoboken, NJ EX
-The men sparred several times during the first week
of September
Sep Tommy "Spider" Kelly EX
-The men sparred almost every night during September
Sep McBride Hoboken, NJ EX 4
Sep 16 Mike Cushing Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Sep 23 Eugene Hornbacher New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but postponed
Sep 26 Michael "Chappie" Moran Fishkill, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 22 Paddy McGuiggan Hoboken, NJ EX 3
Nov 6 Lol White New York, NY EX
Nov 27 Mike Nolan New York, NY TK 7
-This bout was promoted for the Featherweight Championship
of the World
Dec 23 Michael "Chappie" Moran New York, NY EX
Dec 28 Michael "Chappie" Moran Philadelphia, Pa EX 3
1890
Jan 31 Johnny Murphy New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled;
Murphy had an injured arm
Feb 7 George Dixon Boston, Ma D 70
-Featherweight Championship of America
Feb 28 Paddy McBride Philadelphia, Pa ND
Mar 3 Michael "Chappie" Moran Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 12 Eugene Hornbacher Brooklyn, NY EX 3
Mar 28 Matt McCarthy Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Apr 26 M. Martin Jersey City, NY ND
Jul Mike McGoff New York, NY W
Jul 24 -McCarthy was scheduled to spar in Brooklyn, NY
1891
Feb 1 Andy Hart Jersey City, NJ EX
Mar 31 George Dixon Troy, NY LT 22
-Featherweight Championship of America
Apr 27 George Dixon Brooklyn, NY EX 3
Jul 24 Tommy Warren Coney Island, NY D 4
Sep 4 Bobby Burns Olneyville, RI D 15
Sep 22 Tommy Warren New Orleans, La KO 21
-Some sources report "KO 22";
Some sources report "W 22"
1892
Jan 27 Tommy Callaghan New Orleans, La KO 14
May 30 Bobby Burns Brooklyn, NY LT 8
Jul 23 Robert Wilson Jersey City, NJ L 3
-A riot almost broke out
Sep 27 Sim Collins New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 21 Tommy Danforth New York, NY TK 16
Oct 22 George Davenport New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct Tommy Danforth EX
-McCarthy and Danforth boxed several exhibitions
during Oct-Nov 1892
Nov 19 Kentucky Rosebud SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled;
This man was Walter Edgerton
1893
Jan 28 Tommy Danforth New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 7 Clifford Valentine Newark, NJ W 7
Sep 19 Willie Kenny Jersey City, NJ SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1894
Jan 18 Fred Precious Birmingham, England LK 1
1895
Feb 18 Joe Craig Jersey City, NJ D 10
Mar 1 Robert Wilson Jersey City, NJ SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 31 -McCarthy applied to St. Mary's Hospital and was
described as "a complete wreck"
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
Undated
John Carey L
-Nassau Boxing Championship
1887
Tommy "Spider" Kelly W 3
1888
Dec 24 Tommy "Spider" Kelly Harlem, NY D 8
-Bantamweight Championship of America
