1872
Jul Batty Sullivan London, England KO 61
1872-1875
Con Shea London, England KO 50
Downer Williams London, England KO 3
1875
Aug Ned Moore County Kildare, Ireland KO102
1878
Mar 3 John Cash Boston, Ma EX
Mar 23 Billy Frazier Boston, Ma D 9
Billy Frazier Northampton, Ma L 6
Billy Frazier Boston, Ma D
1883
Jan William "Dooney" Harris Greenfield, Ma L 4
-Harris lasted and claimed the win
Nov 21 Jim Silvie Boston, Ma EX 3
1884
Jan 3 Mike Dyer Boston, Ma D 6
Oct 31 J.H. O'Neil Boston, Ma D 3
1883-1885
Tom Bates Boston, Ma D 6
Charlie King North Adams, Ma KO 2
Jim Barry New York, NY D 3
Puck Sullivan Holyoke, Ma KO 3
James Casby Westfield, Ma KO 9
Ike Banburg Chicopee, Ma KO 1
Bob Burns West Gardner, Ma D 4
1885
Apr Jimmy Dacey Greenfield, Ma KO 4
Jul 15 Mike Scully near Chicopee, Ma KO 2
Oct 3 Billy Frazier North Adams, Ma ND 4
1886
May 4 Tommy McManus Boston, Ma KO 3
Ed Bartlett Boston, Ma KO 6
May 28 Ed Bartlett Boston, Ma W 4
Jun 13 Bill Sullivan Greenfield, Ma KO 4
Sep 18 Patrick "Reddy" Gallagher Cleveland, Oh EX
Oct 9 -Carroll was challenged by Mike Daly to a bout
Oct 31 George LaBlanche St. Paul, Mn EX
Nov 2 George LaBlanche St. Paul, Mn EX
Nov 10 George LaBlanche St. Paul, Mn EX 4
Nov 10 Steve Taylor St. Paul, Mn EX 4
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Dec 9 George LaBlanche Seattle, Wa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Authorities prevented the bout
Dec 10 Steve Taylor Portland, Or EX 3
Dec 10 George LaBlanche Portland, Or EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
1886-1887
Tommy McManus W 8
Tommy McManus KO 4
-Early sources report 1877
-Carroll traveled with the John L. Sullivan Combination and had
numerous exhibition bouts with George LaBlanche, Steve Taylor,
Robert "Cocky" Turnbull and others
1887
Jan 18 Steve Taylor Minneapolis, Mn EX 4
-Carroll was extraordinarily agile and scientific
but Taylor was much larger and knocked Carroll
down in round two
Jan 18 George LaBlanche Minneapolis, Mn EX 4
-This was a lively contest;
The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Jan 19 -Carroll got into a fight with a brakeman at the St. Cloud train station
Mar 28 Robert "Cocky" Turnbull Hoboken, NJ EX
Mar 30 Robert "Cocky" Turnbull Philadelphia, Pa EX
Apr 1 Robert "Cocky" Turnbull Baltimore, Md EX 3
Apr 1 George LaBlanche Baltimore, Md EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Apr 4 Robert "Cocky" Turnbull Washington, DC EX
Apr 8 Jim Dillon Wilkes-Barre, Pa KO 2
Apr 9 Robert "Cocky" Turnbull Altoona, Pa EX
May 2 Steve Taylor Logansport, In EX 3
May 2 George LaBlanche Logansport, In EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Aug 8 Young Stewart Boston, Ma EX
Oct 13 Alf Parton Boston, Ma EX 3
Oct 18 Patsy Kerrigan Boston, Ma D 5
-Some sources report "D 6"
Nov 14 Patsy Kerrigan Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 14 Dick Cronin Boston, Ma EX 3
Nov 24 Tommy McManus St. John, NB, Canada SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 2 Tommy McManus Boston, Ma KO 8
-Two-ounce gloves were used;
Carroll was seconded by Paddy Duffy;
McManus was seconded by Patsy Kerrigan
1888
Jan 16 Jim McDonald Boston, Ma EX 3
Feb 1 Mike Daly Boston, Ma D 15
-This bout was promoted as the lightweight championship of America
Feb 21 J. Graham Lynn, Ma EX
Mar 6 Mike Daly Boston, Ma D 6
May 1 Paddy Duffy Boston, Ma EX
May 8 Mike Daly Portland, Me EX
-Some sources report "D 6"
May 15 Pete McCoy Boston, Ma EX
Oct 16 Jimmy Hurst Quincy, Ma EX
1889
Mar 19 Sam Blakelock San Francisco, Ca (2:00) TK 16
-This bout was promoted as the Lightweight Championship
of the World; Some sources report "KO 15"
Mar 28 -Carroll seconded Jack Wannop vs George Godfrey at Boston, Ma
May 8 George LaBlanche San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; the outcome is not known
May 26 -Carroll was challenged by Jem Carney to a bout
Jun 6 -Carroll challenged Jem Carney to a bout
Jun 29 Sam Blakelock San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Sep 28 George LaBlanche San Francisco, Ca EX 3
1890
Jan 30 George Corrigan near Minneapolis, Mn D 15
-Some sources report "near Indianapolis, In"
Feb 18 -Carroll seconded Billy McCarthy vs "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey
at San Francisco, Ca
Mar 21 Jack McAuliffe San Francisco, Ca LK 47
-Lightweight Championship of the World
Jul 9 Martin Murphy San Francisco, Ca ND 4
Sep 6 -Danny Needham challenged the winner of the
Jimmy Carroll-Andy Bowen fight
Sep 16 Andy Bowen New Orleans, La KO 21
-This bout was promoted as Lightweight Championship
of the World
1891
Feb 6 Bob Fitzsimmons New Orleans, La SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held; Carroll did not show;
Later reports said 2/09/1891 and neither man showed
Feb 24 -The St. Louis (Mo) Post-Dispatch reported that the
Olympic AC barred Carroll and Bob Fitzsimmons from
the club for not honoring a commitment for a boxing
show
Mar 6 John Van Heest Jamestown, NY SCH
Mar 6 Jack Moynihan Jamestown, NY SCH
-The previous 2 bouts were scheduled for the same date;
The outcomes are not known
May 10 Jimmy Dime Amsterdam, NY LK 3
Sep 23 -Carroll seconded Patrick "Reddy" Gallagher vs. Young Mitchell
at San Francisco, Ca
Oct 13 -The St. Louis (Mo) Post-Dispatch reported that the famous
detective, O'Malley, claims Carroll was implicated in the
Hennessy Italian imbroglio
Dec 12 Johnny Griffin Bay St. Louis, Ms EX 3
Dec 12 Bob Fitzsimmons Bay St. Louis, Ms EX
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Dec 15 Bob Fitzsimmons Bay St. Louis, Ms EX 5
Dec 22 Billy Myer New Orleans, La LK 43
-Some sources incorrectly report "KO 43"
1892
Mar 4 John Van Heest New Orleans, La EX
Mar 10 John Van Heest New Orleans, La SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 10 Bob Fitzsimmons New Orleans, La EX 4
-The previous 2 bouts were to be held the same date
Mar 14 -Carroll and Bob Fitzsimmons went to New York, NY
to spar in exhibitions
Apr 9 Mike Donovan New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Apr 17 Bob Fitzsimmons Chicago, Il EX 3
May 2 Al O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa ND 3
May 3 Bob Mitchell Philadelphia, Pa W
May 4 Al O'Brien Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 5 John Clark Philadelphia, Pa ND 3
-Some sources report "EX 3"
May 6 Charlie Norton Philadelphia, Pa ND
May 7 Jersey Gordon Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 7 Walter Campbell Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jun 22 -Carroll and Bob Fitzsimmons split up;
Carroll had been the manager of Fitzsimmons
Aug -George Dixon offered to box Carroll 6 rounds
and bet Carroll could not stop him
Sep 21 Johnny Griffin near Bath Beach, NY EX 8
Oct 3 Johnny Griffin Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 10 -Carroll got into a fight with Ike Weir at the offices of the
New York Illustrated News; Carroll knocked Weir down
1894
Aug 8 Andy Bowen New Orleans, La D 25
Nov 17 -Carroll was scheduled to spar at Philadelphia, Pa (Nonpareil AC)
1895
Jun 27 Jack McAuliffe New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1896
Nov 20 Jack McAuliffe San Francisco, Ca L 10
1897
May 22 -Carroll refereed the Casper Leon-Edward Vaughn bout
in New York, NY (National AC)
***** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1888
Jan Mike Daly Boston, Ma D 6
1893
Feb 9 Joe Walcott New York, NY LT 1
-Walcott fought a man named "James Carroll"
1896
Dec 3 Eddie Santry Chicago, Il LK 8
1897
Jan 23 Pat Coan Philadelphia LT 3
1906
Mar 17 George Munroe New Orleans, La LK
*** Much Data Was Provided By Bill Schutte ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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