1886
May 12 Andy McCauley Boston, Ma LF
Dec 13 Howey Hodgkins Boston, Ma EX 3
Dec 17 Frank Steele Boston, Ma EX 3
Dec 18 Abe Humer Boston, Ma ND 8
-Humer was called the Champion Lightweight of the Navy;
Police intervened
Dec 30 Frank Steele Boston, Ma EX
1887
Jan 5 -Cronin was scheduled to attend the gathering of the Welcome
Associates in East Boston, Ma; Also attending were Paddy Duffy,
Billy Frazier, Marcellus Baker, Patsy Kerrigan, John Green,
Jimmy Carroll and Frank Steele; There may have been sparring
Jan 7 Abe Humer Boston, Ma TK 9
Jan 21 -Cronin was scheduled to spar in New Bedford, Ma
Jan 21 Frank Steele East Weymouth, Ma EX
Jan 24 Frank Steele Woburn, Ma EX
Jan 24 Harry Tracey Woburn, Ma EX
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Feb 2 Isaac "Ike" O'Neil Weir Boston, Ma EX 3
Feb 8 Harry Tracey Brockton, Ma EX
Feb 19 Martin Snee Boston, Ma D 4
-Some sources report 2/18/87
Mar 1 Harry Tracey Brockton, Ma EX
Apr 12 Paddy Duffy Boston, Ma EX
Apr 19 Jack Casey Boston, Ma EX
-Casey suffered an arm injury in round two
Apr 27 L. Wetzel Brown Boston, Ma L
May 13 -Cronin seconded Frank Steele vs Jack Williams in Brockton, Ma
May 13 -Cronin seconded Edward L. Buchanan vs Jack Magee in Brockton, Ma
May 18 Harry Tracey Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 18 Mike Barry Boston, Ma EX 3
-Barry was called the ex-champion lightweight of Maine
May 27 Marcellus Baker Boston, Ma EX
Jun 7 Patsy Kerrigan Boston, Ma EX
Jun 7 George LaBlanche Boston, Ma EX
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date;
Some sources report "Lowell, Ma"
Jun 9 Patsy Kerrigan Brockton, Ma EX 4
Jun 9 George LaBlanche Brockton, Ma EX 4
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Aug 8 Sullivan Boston, Ma EX
-This man was not "John L. Sullivan"
Sep 19 Harry Tracey Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Sep Mahoney (of Sommerville) near Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled for Sep-Oct 1887 within 25 miles
of Boston, Ma; The outcome is not known
Oct Punch Vaughn SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct Paddy Duffy SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 16 Young Steele Quincy, Ma EX 3
Oct 25 Jack Casey Brockton, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 14 Jimmy Carroll Boston, Ma EX 3
Nov 15 Harry Tracy Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 18 Frank Steele Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 27 -Cronin was challenged by Punch Vaughn to a bout
1890
Jan 28 Jimmy Conley Boston, Ma LT 6
1891
Nov 11 -Cronin was scheduled to spar in Boston, Ma
1892
Jan 25 James Whitney Boston, Ma SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 9 George Dunbar Boston, Ma EX
Feb 15 Frank Steele Boston, Ma EX
Mar 7 Dan McGivern Boston, Ma EX
Mar 11 Frank Steele Nashua, NH EX
Mar 11 -Cronin and Frank Steele seconded Patrick Downey vs Charles Delorey
in Nashua, NH
Mar 14 Jack Magee Boston, Ma EX
Apr 8 Ed Conley Charlestown, Ma EX
1893
Feb 4 -Cronin was said to be alive and doing well in Springfield, Vt;
It had been reported that he drowned on the Newfoundland banks
Apr 29 Jack Ryan Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1894
Jan 7 George Meehan Hamilton, Ma W
Feb George Leeler Wenham, Ma W 9
1895
Feb 5 William "Spike" Sullivan South Boston, Ma LT 21
-Some sources report "L 21"
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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