Bart Connolly
(Bartley J. Connolly)

BORN   September 1 1884; St. Paul, Minnesota (Fought out of Portland, Maine)
HEIGHT 5-9
WEIGHT 150 lbs

Connolly fought as a welterweight and middleweight during the early 1900s and tangled with a number of outstanding men, some of whom went on to fight in heavier weight classes; Among those he met in the ring were Champions Joe Walcott, Billy Papke and Tom Lancaster and sources report that he defeated two of them

During his career, in addition to Walcott and Lancaster, Connolly defeated such men as Dan "Porky" Flynn, Patsy Sweeney, Arthur Cote, Tommy Sullivan, Black Fitzsimmons, Bill McKinnon, Jack Palmer and Bill Warren

1904
Jun 13 Blink McCloskey            Portland, Me                      D 10
Jun 27 Blink McCloskey            Portland, Me                      D 10
Oct 10 Patsy Sweeney              Manchester, NH                   TK  8

1905
Jan 13 Arthur Cote                Berlin, NH                        W 15
Feb  3 Joe Reed                   Berlin, NH                        W  8
Mar  3 Tommy Sullivan             Portland, Me                      L 12
Mar 17 Gus Dumont                 Berlin, NH                       KO  6
Mar 20 Sam Harris                 Portland, Me                     KO  2
Apr  3 Larry Conley               Portland, Me                      W  7
Jun 22 Arthur Cote                Rockland, Me                      D 12
Oct  6 Arthur Cote                Augusta, Me                       D 15
Oct 23 Harry Edels                Portland, Me                      W 12
Nov  9 Jim Broderick              Portland, Me                     KO 15

1906
Jan  9 Fred Douglas               Portland, Me                      D 15
Feb 22 Terry Martin               Portland, Me                      L 15
Mar 13 Terry Martin               Augusta, Me                       D 15
Oct 31 Tom Sawyer                 Rockland, Me                      D 12
Nov 26 Billy Burke                Webster, Ma                      LF  3
Nov 28 Belfield Walcott           Rumford, Me                       D 10
          -Some sources report "D 12"
Dec 28 Arthur Cote                Rumford, Me                      KO  1

1907
Jan 28 Tommy Sullivan             Portland, Me                     KO  3
Mar  1 Terry Martin               Philadelphia, Pa                  W  6
          -Some sources report "D 6"
Apr  8 Billy Burke                Portland, Me                      W  6
Apr 17 Johnny Carroll             Providence, RI                    D 15
May 21 Tom Dingy                  Bangor, Me                        W  6
May 28 Dick O'Brien               Lewiston, Me                      W  6
Jun  3 Tom Dingy                  Bangor, Me                        W  6
Jun 14 Black Fitzsimmons          Bangor, Me                        W  6
          -Some sources report "ND 6";
           Some sources report "D 7" on 6/19/07
Jul 23 Jerry Gaines               Chelsea, Ma                       D 10
Jul 31 Johnny Carroll             Providence, RI                    D 15
Oct 14 Tom Sawyer                 Haverhill, Ma                     D 12
Oct 30 Tom Sawyer                 Bangor, Me                        W  6
Nov 22 Billy Papke                Chelsea, Ma                      LT  4
          -Some sources report "Boston, Ma"
Dec 17 Johnny Carroll             New York, NY                     ND  6

1908
Jan 14 Tom Sawyer                 Portland, Me                      D  6
Jan 28 Dave Sawyer                Portland, Me                      W  6
Feb 18 Fred Bradley               Portland, Me                      D  6
          -Some sources report "W 6"
Mar  3 Bill McKinnon              Portland, Me                      W  6
Mar 17 Bill McKinnon              Portland, Me                      W  6
Mar 23 Charlie Hitte              Glens Falls, NY                  ND  6
Apr  1 Harvey Corcy               Rochester, NY                    KO  2
Apr  7 Jerry Gaines               Portland, Me                      W  6
Apr 20 Bill McKinnon              Portland, Me                      D  6
Apr 22 Jerry Gaines               Dover, NH                        KO  7
May  1 Bill McKinnon              Dover, NH                         D 10
May 29 Tom Sawyer                 Portland, Me                      W  6
Jun  4 Jack Palmer                Liverpool, Eng                   KO 13
Jul  9 Tom Lancaster              Liverpool, Eng                    W 20
Sep  7 Joe Walcott                Portland, Me                      W  6
          -Some sources report "D 6"
Sep 24 Dan "Porky" Flynn          Dover, NH                         W  6
Oct  5 George Gunther             Portland, Me                      D  6
Oct  8 Bill McKinnon              Lewiston, Me                      D  6
Oct 13 Bill McKinnon              Dover, NH                         D  6
Oct 19 Bob Smith                  Portland, Me                      W  6
Dec 17 Tom Thomas                 Liverpool, Eng                    L 20

1909
Jan 30 Bill Warren                Dublin, Ire                      KO 11
Feb 17 Bill Warren                Liverpool, Eng                   KO 12
          -Some sources report 2/18/09
Mar 22 Andrew Jeptha              Liverpool, Eng                   KO 15
Mar 25 Jack Palmer                Birkenhead, Eng                   D 20
May 29 Tom Sawyer                 Portland, Me                      W  6
Jun  5 Tom Sawyer                 Portland, Me                      W  6
Jul 17 "Young" Jack Johnson       Portland, Me                      W  6
Jul 31 Tom Goodman                Berlin, NH                       KO  1
Aug 27 Terry Martin               Manchester, NH                    L 15
Sep 20 Joe Thomas                 Glens Falls, NY                  ND 10
          -Some sources report "D 10"
Nov  8 Tom Lancaster              New Castle, Eng                   L 20
Nov 23 Jim Maher                  New Castle, Eng                  KO 17

1910
Feb  2 Eddie McGoorty             Belfast, Ire                      L 20
Feb  7 Seaman Broadbent           London, Eng                      KO  3
May 16 Tom Sawyer                 Portland, Me                      L  6
Jul  5 Bill McKinnon              Portland, Me                     ND  6

1912
Jul    Bill Hurley                Berlin, NH                        L 10

1913
Dec 16 Soldier Adams              Portland, Me                     ND  6


*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1904
       Jack McKeever                                               KO 10
       Tom Wilson                                                  KO  5
       Max Cote                                                    KO  2
       Fred Vanuch                                                  W 10
       Arthur Cote                                                  D 15

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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