George "One-Round" Davis
(George Jaus)

BORN May 10 1888; Buffalo, New York
DIED May 26 1965
HEIGHT 6-0 1/2
WEIGHT 185 lbs

Davis was a good boxer and a hard hitter but had a weak chin; Davis was a White Hope of the teens
 
1912
Feb 14 Harry Edwards              Buffalo, NY                      KO  1
Mar  8 Dutch Meyers               Buffalo, NY                      KO  1
          -Some sources report “Butch Meyers”
Mar 15 Dutch Meyers               Buffalo, NY                      TK  1
          -Some sources report “Butch Meyers”
Mar 20 Fred Schardt               Buffalo, NY                      TK  3
Apr 19 Dummy Burns                Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
May 14 George Forbes              Buffalo, NY                      KO  1
May 22 Tom Moriarty               Buffalo, NY                      TK  2
Jun  4 "Sailor" Jack Cunningham   Buffalo, NY                      KO  1
Jun 28 Joe Uvanni                 Buffalo, NY                      KO  4
Sep  2 Jack Hubbard (Jumbo Wells) Buffalo, NY                      KO  1
Sep 16 Jack "Twin" Sullivan       Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Oct 31 Jim Stewart                Buffalo, NY                      TK  7
Dec 18 Alfred "Soldier" Kearns    New York, NY                     LK  1
Dec 26 Jack "Twin" Sullivan       Buffalo, NY                      TK  3
 
1913
Jan  1 Dan Daily                  Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Mar  8 Battling Levinsky          Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
          -Some sources report 3/07/13
Mar 24 Tom "Bearcat" McMahon      Rochester, NY                    ND 10
May  9 Alfred "Soldier" Kearns    Buffalo, NY                      LK  5
Jun  6 Alfred "Soldier" Kearns    Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Nov 21 "Denver" Jack Geyer        Buffalo, NY                      LK  2
          -Some sources report "ND 10"
Dec 12 Jess Willard               Buffalo, NY                      LK  2
 
1914
Jan  9 "Denver" Jack Geyer        Buffalo, NY                      LK  1
May 16 Louis “Thunder” Fink       Buffalo, NY                      KO  2
          -Some sources report 5/15/14
May 27 George "Boer" Rodel        Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Jul 16 Dick Carroll               Bradford, Pa                     ND  6
Sep  4 Jack Fitzgerald            Syracuse, NY                     KO  5
Sep 18 Battling Levinsky          Buffalo, NY                      ND  0
Oct 19 Block Moran                Syracuse, NY                     TK  4
Nov 30 Jack Dalton                Rochester, NY                    KO  7
          -Some sources report “Jack Alton”
Dec 26 "Fireman" Jim Flynn        Buffalo, NY                      LK 11
          -Some sources report "LK 7"
 
1915
Feb 12 Jack "Twin" Sullivan       Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Mar 30 Jim Coffey                 New York, NY                     LK  3
May 20 Bill Edwards               Bradford, Pa                     KO  7
Oct 29 See Saw Kelly              Buffalo, NY                      KO  5
Nov 12 Al Benedict                Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Nov 19 Al Benedict                Buffalo, NY                      KO  5
 
1916
Jan  6 “Salinas” Jack Burns       Syracuse, NY                     TK  3
Feb  4 Bob Devere                 Syracuse, NY                     LK  2
Apr 13 Jack Kelly                 Buffalo, NY                       W 10
May  1 "K.O." Bill Brennan        Rochester, NY                    LK  2
          -Some sources report “LK 3”
 
1919
Feb 17 Jack Jones                 Buffalo, NY                      KO  1
Apr  8 Harry Greb                 Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Apr 22 Tom Cowler                 Buffalo, NY                      LK  2
May 28 Jack Dempsey               Toledo, Oh                       EX   
May 29 Jack Dempsey               Toledo, Oh                       EX   
          -Davis was a sparring partner for Jack Dempsey
          in preparation for his title fight with Jess Willard
Nov 10 Horace "Soldier" Jones     Buffalo, NY                      LK  1
 
1920
Dec  3 Stanley Meyers             Buffalo, NY                      KO  4
Dec 18 Jack Smith                 Buffalo, NY                       D  6
Dec 25 Stanley Meyers             Buffalo, NY                       W  6
 
1921
Jun 24 Mike Conroy                Rochester, NY                    LK  3
          -Championship of Western New York State;
          Some sources report 5/24/21



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