1883
Nov C.C. Smith Amsterdam, NY D 6
1884
May 20 Frank Johnson San Francisco, Ca KO 3
Jul 10 Al Stewart San Francisco, Ca L 3
Aug 15 Al Stewart San Francisco, Ca KO 4
Sep 18 Tom Walling San Francisco, Ca KO 1
Nov 17 Pat Foley San Francisco, Ca KO 1
Dec 5 Billy Manning San Francisco, Ca KO 18
Dec 30 Billy Manning San Francisco, Ca KO 10
1885
Mar 20 Jim Carr San Francisco, Ca ND 10
-Police intervened; The fight was put off to be resumed in 72 hours;
Carr's hands were in bad shape;
May 11 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey San Francisco, Ca LK 5
Jul 27 Jim Carr San Francisco, Ca D 19
-The crowd caused a row; The bout was stopped;
Some sources report "Jim Casey";
Some sources report 7/22/1885
Aug 22 -Cleary and "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey opened a saloon at
17 Powell Street in San Francisco, Ca and named it the
Nonpareil Saloon
Nov 21 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey Astoria, Or EX 4
1886
Feb 3 -Cleary seconded "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey vs Jack Fogarty
in Philadelphia, Pa
Feb 24 -Cleary seconded "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey vs Pete McCoy
in Jersey City, NJ
Mar 14 -Cleary seconded "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey vs George LaBlanche
in Long Island, NY
May 20 Denny Costigan St. Paul, Mn EX
Jun 15 Christopher Murphy Minneapolis, Mn KO 2
-Some sources report 5/25/1886
Jun Denny Costigan Minneapolis, Mn EX
Jul 24 Martin "Buffalo" Costello Alameda, Ca LK 2
-Some sources report 3/27/86;
Some sources report "San Francisco, Ca"
Sep 10 Young Mitchell San Francisco, Ca LK 7
-Some sources report "LK 12"
Oct 16 -Cleary was in jail; He was arrested after the Costello
fight and placed under bond; He then fought Mitchell
Nov 1 Billy Mahan San Francisco, Ca TK 7
-Cleary was arrested after the fight and placed under bond;
Some sources report "W 7"
1887
Jun Billy Manning Los Angeles, Ca D 10
1888
Feb 3 Sam Fitzpatrick San Francisco, Ca KO 4
Mar 9 Jim Bates San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jun 28 Young Mitchell San Francisco, Ca LK 30
-Some sources report 7/26/88
Jul 23 Paddy Gorman San Francisco, Ca LK 9
-This bout was not held during 1886;
Some sources report 7/24/1888;
Some sources report "L 6"
Jul 28 Young Mitchell San Francisco, Ca EX 4
Nov 4 Tom Scott near Tacoma, Wash. Territory KO 4
Dec 23 J.L. Smith near Seattle, Wash. Territory KO 6
-Middleweight Championship of the Pacific Coast
1889
Mar 12 Jim McCann Seattle, Wash. Territory TK 9
-Some sources report 3/11/89
Jul 22 Mike Brennan Port Townsend, Wa KO 14
Dec Joe Bowers San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled to a "finish" but not held;
The men were to fight at about 150 lbs; Cleary argued for 160 pounds;
Bowers refused to fight at that weight
1890
Mar 11 "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey Tacoma, Wa EX 4
Joe Ellingsworth Port Townsend, Wa SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Aug 3 Tom Robinson Port Townsend, Wa KO 10
1891
Charles Hadley Albany, NY D
Charles Hadley Amsterdam, NY ND
-Police intervened
1895
Feb 18 -Cleary was convicted of manslaughter for shooting to death
a gambler named Frank Dorrity in Helena, Montana (in 1894)
1900
Mar 17 Billy Mahan Chicago, Il KO 2
*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1883
Martin "Fiddler" Neary KO 2
*** Much Data Was Provided By William Schutte ***
*** Assistance Provided By Seth Callis ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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