Jack Delaney
(Ovila Chapdelaine)
("Bright Eyes")

BORN   March 18 1900; St. Francis du Lac, Quebec, Canada
DIED November 27 1948; Katonah, New York
HEIGHT 5-11 1/2
WEIGHT 158 1/4-183 1/2 lbs
MANAGER Al Jennings, Pete Reilly, Billy Prince
RECORD 75-12-2 (44 KO, 2 ND, 2 NC, 2 EX)

Delaney was a fine, clever boxer who possessed an exceptional jab and a stiff right hand punch; His career as a light heavyweight was outstanding but as a heavyweight was only mediocre due to his weight disadvantage; He won the Light Heavyweight Championship of the World during his career

Delaney defeated such men as Tommy Loughran, Maxie Rosenbloom, Paul Berlenbach, Mike McTigue, Theodore "Tiger" Flowers, George Robinson, Johnny Risko, Paolino Uzcudun and Tony "Young" Marullo

Nat Fleischer ranked Delaney as the #9 All-Time Light Heavyweight; Delaney was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1973 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996

1919
Oct  9 Steve August               Bridgeport, Ct                    W  4
       Johnny Nelson                                               KO  2
       Steve August                                                 W  6

1920
       Jim Hugo                                                     W  6
       Jack Green                                                  KO  6
       Tom Spencer                                                 KO  4
       Art Griffin                                                 KO  7
       Bill Gorman                                                 KO  3
       Art Tango                  Fall River, Ma                   KO  3
Jul 22 Jimmy "Mohawk" Coffey      Providence, RI                    W  8
Dec 20 "Soldier" Frank D'Annunzio Providence, RI                   KO  2

1921
Jan  1 Batting Silveira           Providence, RI                   KO  8
Jan 28 Ted Marshall               Marieville, RI                   KO  5
Feb  8 Jack Savage                Providence, RI                   KO  2
Feb 22 Jack McCarron              Providence, RI                    D 12
Mar 14 Jack McClelland            Bridgeport, Ct                    W 12
Apr 13 Tommy Robson               Marieville, RI                    L 12
May 18 "Young" Jack Johnson       Providence, RI                   KO  3
Jul 22 Jackie Mason               Holyoke, Ma                      TK  2
Jul 25 Bert Colima                Brooklyn, NY                     TK  7
Aug 12 Harold "Happy" Howard      Holyoke, Ma                       W 10
Aug 22 Joe Rivers                 Fall River, Ma                    W 10
Sep 13 Frankie Fleming            Fall River, Ma                   KO  8
Sep 28 George Robinson            Providence, RI                    W 12
          -Some sources report "W 10" in "Montreal, Que, Can"
Oct 19 Steve Choynski             Providence, RI                    W 12
Nov 30 Frank Carbone              Marieville, RI                    W 12

1922
Jan  2 Jackie Clark               Fall River, Ma                    W 10
Jan 27 Jack McCarron              Fall River, Ma                    W 10
Feb 13 Lou Bogash                 Bridgeport, Ct                    W 15
          -Middleweight Championship of New England
Mar  6 Augie Ratner               Brooklyn, NY                     LT  1
Apr 10 Hugh Ross                  Bridgeport, Ct                    W 15
May 30 Jack Stone                 Fall River, Ma                    W 10
Aug 14 George Shade               Woonsocket, RI                   KO  1
Oct  6 Frank Cavanaugh            Stamford, Ct                     KO  3
Oct 12 Young Fisher               Providence, RI                   LK  3

1923
Feb 20 "Italian" Joe Gans         New York, NY                      W 12
Mar  3 Augie Ratner               New York, NY                      W 12
Mar 19 Jimmy O'Gatty              Providence, RI                   NC  5
Jul  4 Tommy Madden               Holyoke, Ma                      KO  2
Aug 20 Andy "Kid" Palmer          Bridgeport, Ct                    W 12
Aug 31 Jimmy Darcy                New York, NY                      W 10

1924
Jan  4 Jackie Clark               Norwalk, Ct                      KO  2
Feb 11 Sailor Martin              New York, NY                     KO  1
Feb 19 Tommy Loughran             Boston, Ma                        W 10
Mar 14 Paul Berlenbach            New York, NY                     KO  4
Mar 17 Jackie Clark               Newark, NJ                       NC  8
Mar 31 Leo Leonard                Bridgeport, Ct                   KO  3
Apr 10 George Robinson            Boston, Ma                        W 10
May  5 William Bryan Downey       Columbus, Oh                     ND 10
          -Some sources report "L 12"
Aug 27 Frank Moody                Bridgeport, Ct                   TK  5
Oct  3 Jimmy Slattery             New York, NY                      L  6
Oct 20 Pat McCarthy               Boston, Ma                       WF  8
          -McCarthy was disqualified for not trying
Oct 30 George Mulholland          Brooklyn, NY                     TK  8
Dec 26 Pal Reed                   New York, NY                      W 12

1925
Jan 16 Theodore "Tiger" Flowers   New York, NY                     KO  2
Jan 19 "Allentown" Joe Gans       Wilkes-Barre, Pa                  L 10
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Feb 13 Jimmy Slattery             New York, NY                      L  6
Feb 26 Theodore "Tiger" Flowers   New York, NY                     KO  4
Mar  9 Jamaica Kid                Buffalo, NY                      KO  2
Mar 20 Soldier King               Grand Rapids, Mi                 TK  4
May 30 Tony "Young" Marullo       New York, NY                      W 10
          -Some sources report "W 12"
Jul 16 Tommy Loughran             Philadelphia, Pa                  D 10
Jul 24 Jack Burke                 Brooklyn, NY                     TK  9
Dec 11 Paul Berlenbach            New York, NY                      L 15
          -Light Heavyweight Championship of the World

1926
Jan 15 "Young" Bob Fitzsimmons    New York, NY                      W 12
Jan 25 Tom Roper                  Canton, Oh                       TK 12
Feb  5 Johnny Risko               New York, NY                      W 10
Feb 22 Quinton Romero-Rojas       Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  4
Mar  8 Joe Lohman                 Brooklyn, NY                     TK 10
          -Some sources report 3/09/26
Mar 15 Mike McTigue               New York, NY                     TK  4
Mar 22 Maxie Rosenbloom           Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
Apr 26 Emilio "King" Solomon      Hartford, Ct                      W 12
May 12 Martin O'Grady             Montreal, Que, Can               KO  7
Jun  3 Tommy Burns                Brooklyn, NY                     TK  2
Jun 16 Bob Sage                   Detroit, Mi                      ND 10
Jul 16 Paul Berlenbach            Brooklyn, NY                      W 15
          -Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Sep 16 Gene Tunney                Stroudsburg, Pa                  EX  2
Sep 17 Gene Tunney                Stroudsburg, Pa                  EX   
Dec 10 Jamaica Kid                Waterbury, Ct                    KO  3
          -Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
Dec 20 Bud Gorman                 Jersey City, NJ                  KO  2

1927
Feb 18 Jimmy Maloney              New York, NY                      L 10
Jun    -Delaney relinquished the Light Heavyweight Championship
          of the World
Aug 11 Paolino Uzcudun            Bronx, NY                        WF  7
Sep 14 Johnny Risko               Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
Oct 14 Jack Renault               New York, NY                      W 10
Dec  9 Paul Berlenbach            Chicago, Il                      TK  6

1928
Jan 16 Sully Montgomery           New York, NY                     KO  1
Jan 20 Jack Humbeeck              Boston, Ma                       TK  6
Feb 13 Leo Gates                  Rochester, NY                    KO  2
Mar  1 Tom Heeney                 New York, NY                      L 15
Apr 30 Jack Sharkey               New York, NY                     LK  1
Sep 20 Nando Tassi                Brooklyn, NY                     TK 11

1932
Mar  3 Phil Johnson               Bridgeport, Ct                   KO  2
Mar 29 "Cowboy" Jack Willis       Stamford, Ct                     TK  3
          -Some sources report "Frank Willis"
Apr 21 Leo "One-Punch" Williams   Hartford, Ct                     KO  1

*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1922
Jun    Pat McCarthy               Providence, RI                    W 12

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