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Martin "Buffalo" Costello

BORN   March 10 1866; Buffalo, New York
DIED January 28 1914; New York, New York
HEIGHT 5-10 1/2
WEIGHT 159 lbs


 

1886
Jun 11 Jack McAuley               San Francisco, Ca                 W 13
Jun 28 -Costello refereed the Joe Soto-Tug Wilson lightweight bout in San Francisco, Ca
Jul 24 Tom Cleary                 Alameda, Ca                      KO  2
          -Some sources report 3/27/86;
           Some sources report "San Francisco, Ca"
Oct 29 Con Riordan                San Francisco, Ca                NC  6
          -Police intervened; Costello was jailed;
           Some sources report 09/02/86;
           Some sources report "D 6"

1887
Jan 23 Young Mitchell             Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii           EX  4
Apr  3 Frank "Paddy" Slavin       Sydney, NSW, Australia (2:39:00)  D 34
May  4 Frank "Paddy" Slavin       Sydney, NSW, Australia           ND  4
May 14 Frank "Paddy" Slavin       Sydney, NSW, Australia           ND  6
May 30 Billy McCarthy             Sydney, NSW, Australia            D 30
Jul  4 Young Mitchell             Ballarat, Vic, Australia         EX  6
Sep  9 Frank "Paddy" Slavin       Albury, NSW, Australia           LK  9
          -Some sources report "D 9"
Sep 24 Frank "Paddy" Slavin       Melbourne, Vic, Australia        EX  6
Dec 14 George Searle              Sydney, NSW, Australia           EX  6
          -Searle was an amateur at this time
Dec 31 Mick Dooley                Sydney, NSW, Australia            D  8

1888
Jan 14 Peter Jackson              Sydney, NSW, Australia           ND  4
Jan    Jack Malloy                Sydney, NSW, Australia           KO  3
Feb  4 Billy McCarthy             Sydney, NSW, Australia           ND  4
Feb 14 George Searle              Sydney, NSW, Australia            W  6
Mar  3 George Searle              Sydney, NSW, Australia           ND  6
Mar 12 Bill Buck                  Melbourne, Vic, Australia        KO  5
Mar 27 Jim Fogarty                Melbourne, Vic, Australia        ND  8
          -Costello temporarily retired from fighting and 
           became proprieter of the Lounge Hotel and Apollo
           Boxing Hall in Melbourne, Vic, Australia

1890
Sep  8 Peter Jackson              Melbourne, Vic, Australia        ND  4
Sep  9 Peter Jackson              Melbourne, Vic, Australia        ND  4

1891
Jun  3 Joe Choynski               Melbourne, Vic, Aus              EX  4
Oct 20 Jack McIntyre              Ballarat, Vic, Australia          L  6
          -Weights: 159-172
Nov 30 Edward "Starlight" Rollins Ballarat, Vic, Australia          W  8
          -Some sources report "KO 6"
Dec 14 Dan Creedon                Melbourne, Vic, Australia         L  8

1892 
Mar  5 Dan Creedon                Melbourne, Vic, Australia         D 23
         -Middleweight Championship of Australia; Curfew ended the bout
May 23 Mick Dooley                Sydney, NSW, Australia           KO  2
Aug 30 Alec Greggains             San Francisco, Ca                 D 50
Oct 29 Jim "Con" McVey            Navesink Highlands, NJ           EX  3
          -This bout was scheduled as part of a Benefit for Joe Choynski;
            It was to be held at the "Red Bank Opera House"
Nov 28 Alec Greggains             Brooklyn, NY                      D 80
          -Some sources report "San Francisco, Ca";
           Buffalo (NY) Commercial reports 88 rounds
Nov 30 Joe Choynski               Brooklyn, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1893
Jun 12 Billy Woods                Roby, In                          D 57
Aug 16 -Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle reported that Costello was charged 
           with assault with intent to kill Vie Livingston last week; He 
           visited her at 50 Peck Court, knocked her down and kicked her
Oct 20 Dick Moore                 Minneapolis, Mn                   L 20
Oct 30 Billy "Shadow" Maber       Minneapolis, Mn                 SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1894
May 14 George LaBlanche           Montreal, Que, Canada             W  6
May 28 George LaBlanche           Montreal, Que, Canada            EX  6
May 30 -Some sources report that Costello and LaBlanche were touring
           the Canadian Provinces and giving exhibitions

1895
Jan 22 Bill Slavin                Montreal, Que, Canada             W 10
Mar  4 Billy Woods                Montreal, Que, Canada             L 10
Apr  8 Billy Griffin              Montreal, Que, Canada            KO  3

1904
Jul 19 Jim Tremble                Los Angeles, Ca                  LK  4

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

1884-1887
       Pat Sullivan               San Francisco, Ca                 W  4
          -Was this man "Pat O'Sullivan" ?
       Pat Sullivan               San Francisco, Ca                 W 18
       Pat Sullivan               San Francisco, Ca                 W  6
       George Hammell             San Francisco, Ca                 W   
       Jack Malloy                San Francisco, Ca                 W   
       Owen McNulty               San Francisco, Ca                 W   
       Dan Murphy                                                   W 
       J.W. Patterson             San Francisco, Ca                 W   
       Dan King                   San Francisco, Ca                 W   
          -Was this man "Dave King" ?
       Jim Murphy                 San Francisco, Ca                 W   
       Tom Johnson                San Francisco, Ca                 W   
       Charles Goldsmith          San Francisco, Ca                 W   
       Jim Goin                                                     W   

1887
Feb  2 Jim Corbett                San Francisco, Ca                 L  3

1888
       Billy McCarthy             Sydney, NSW, Australia (2:33:00)  D 39
          -PG (Feb 15 1890 p 11) reported this fight

1887-1889
       Jack Fallon                                                  W  4
          -Fallon reportedly fought "Mike Costello";
           Was this man actually the same as "Martin Buffalo Costello" ?

1888-1891
       Charles Turner                                               L  4
          -This was a private fight; Some sources report "D 4"

Undated (Prior to 1892/01/27)
       Harry McCanley                                               D 22

*** Much Data Was Provided By Mike DeLisa ***

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