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
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