1861
Jun 10 Morris Connors near Birmingham, Eng W 15
1865-1866
Billy Edwards New York, NY EX
1868
May 27 Patsy Sheppard Cold Springs, In NC 6
-Some sources report Sheppard was scheduled to fight Barney Aaron;
Some sources report he fought "Mickey Coburn" instead;
Sheppard and Coburn fought for nearly an hour; A riot broke out;
Some sources report "D 6"
1870
Jun 16 Young Sanders Jersey City, NJ EX
1878
May 4 Pete Lawler New York, NY EX
1879
Jan 3 Billy Madden New York, NY EX 3
Feb 21 Dick Goodwin New York, NY D
-Some sources report 2/15/1879
Sep 18 Johnny Saunders New York, NY ND
1881
Dec Jimmy Kelly New York, NY EX
Dec 26 Johnny Saunders New York, NY EX
1886
Mar 16 Martin Brennan Philadelphia, Pa D 7
-A riot broke out
1887
Feb 10 Charles Sweeney Philadelphia, Pa W 4
Mar 12 Young McReavy Philadelphia, Pa L 5
-Perhaps, this man was "Phil McReavy"
Mar 30 Joe Fowler Philadelphia, Pa EX
1888
May 20 Hughey Boyle Staten Island, NY TK 26
-London Prize ring rules were used;
Boyle refused to come out for round 26;
He claimed a leg injury
Jun "Ohio" Jack Hanley Pittsburgh, Pa LK 3
Aug "Ohio" Jack Hanley Kenton, Oh L 15
1889
Jan Jimmy Kennard near Toledo, Oh KO 19
-This bout was held prior to 1/07/1889;
It was a hard battle on a rainy day;
Queensberry rules were used
1890
Jan 23 "Ohio" Jack Hanley Buffalo, NY L 4
Feb 10 Samuel "Reddy" Strauss near Buffalo, NY D 30
-Some sources report "D 31" on 2/11/1890;
The bout was actually held at "Cheektowaga, NY";
Strauss had the better of the first five rounds
but Coburn fought viciously; It was a terrific
slugging match with some science; Neither man
could continue
Apr 15 "Canada" Jack Smith Buffalo, NY LK 10
May 7 Samuel "Reddy" Strauss Buffalo, NY L 6
Oct 17 John Van Heest Tonawanda, NY LK 18
-Reports vary - "LK 11", "LK 13", "LK 18"
*** Much Data Was Provided By William Schutte ***
*** Some Data Was Provided By Sergei Yurchenko ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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