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Jack Denning

BORN September 29 1887; New York, New York
DIED November 12 1957; Resided in New York, New York
HEIGHT  5-10
WEIGHT 150-155 lbs

Photo Provided By David Roake of the website, http://www.fightersfotos.co.uk
Email Address = d.roake@hotmail.co.uk

 

1909
Feb 27 Jack Lloyd                 New York, NY                       ND  6
Aug 23 Jack Curley                New York, NY                       ND 10
Nov 30 Barney Ford                New York, NY                       TK  8
Dec  7 Rosario "Kid" Locke        Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
          -Some sources report 12/05/1910

1910
May 20 Dodo Maher                 New York, NY                       ND 10
Dec  2 Johnny Carroll             New York, NY                       ND  6
Dec 15 "Italian" Joe Gans         Brooklyn, NY                       ND  6
Dec 23 Jeff Smith                 New York, NY                       ND  6

1911
Feb 23 Paddy Lavin                Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Mar 28 Jeff Doherty               New Haven, Ct                       W 12
Apr  7 Joe West                   New York, NY                       ND 10
May  4 Jimmy Moriarty             Waterbury, Ct                      ND  6
Aug 23 Johnny Waltz               New York, NY                       KO  6
Aug 29 Jeff Smith                 New York, NY                       ND 10
Sep 19 Billy West                 New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct  3 Joe West                   New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct 16 Walter Coffey              New York, NY                       LK  3
Dec  5 Ben Douglas                New York, NY                       ND 10
Dec 18 Freddie Hicks              New York, NY                       ND 10

1912
Jan  1 Marcel Moreau              New York, NY                       ND 10
Jan  8 Terry Mitchell             Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Jan 23 Mike Gibbons               New York, NY                       ND 10
Mar 26 Mike Gibbons               New York, NY                       ND 10
Jul 29 Tommy Bergin               New York, NY                       ND 10
Aug 16 Jack McCarron              Philadelphia, Pa                   LK  2
Sep 25 Billy Papke                New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct  7 Eddie McGoorty             New York, NY                       LT  5
Nov  7 Willie Langford            Albany, NY                         ND 10
Dec  3 Tommy Gavigan              Akron, Oh                           D 12
Dec 19 Tommy Gavigan              Cleveland, Oh                      LT  6

1913
Feb 11 Johnny Howard              New York, NY                       ND 10
Feb 19 Jack Dillon                Indianapolis, In                   LK  2
Mar 17 Howard Truesdale           Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Jun 13 Tommy Gibbons              New York, NY                       ND 10

1914
May 28 "Young" Mike Donovan       New York, NY                       LK  4

1916
Sep  6 Eddie Nugent               New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct  5 Al Thiel                   New York, NY                       ND 10

1921
Jul 8 "Smiling" Kid Nolan         Long Branch, NJ                    KO  3

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***  Denning's Record From Early Record Books  ***
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1908
          -Denning won the National Amateur Lightweight Championship
          -Denning won the National Amateur Welterweight Championship
          -Denning won the National Amateur Middleweight Championship
Jul  4 Kid Burns                  New York, NY                       ND  6
Jul 18 Kid Burns                  New York, NY                       ND  6
Aug 12 Fighting Kennedy           New York, NY                       ND  6
Nov  5 Jerry Casey                New York, NY                       ND  6

1909
May  9 Jack Lloyd                 New York, NY                       ND  6
Jun  5 Joe Gordon                 New York, NY                       KO  4
Jun 16 Jack Norman                New York, NY                       ND  6
Jul  9 Jack Bond                  New York, NY                       KO  4
Aug  5 "Battling" Larry Ryan      Port Jarvis, NY                    ND  6
Aug  9 Joe Phillips               New York, NY                       KO  4
Oct  1 Tom McGrath                New York, NY                       KO  1
Nov  3 Spider Benson              New York, NY                       ND  6
Nov 10 Abe the Newsboy            New York, NY                       ND  6
Nov 14 Sailor Stevens             New York, NY                       ND  6
Dec  1 Barney Ford                New York, NY                       TK  8
Dec 12 Johnny Carroll             New York, NY                       ND  6
Dec 21 Ambrose "Amby" McGarry     New York, NY                       ND  6

1910
Feb  3 Jack Lundi                 New York, NY                       KO  5
May  5 Dodo Maher                 New York, NY                       ND 10
Jun 18 Marty Rowan                New York, NY                       ND 10
Jul 14 Joe Stein                  New York, NY                       ND 10
Aug 19 Jack Curley                New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct  3 Frank Kenny                New York, NY                       ND  6
Nov  3 "Italian" Joe Gans         New York, NY                       ND  6
Nov 14 Ben Douglas                Newark, NJ                         ND  6
Dec  5 Rosario "Kid" Locke        Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6

1911
Jan  2 Ben Douglas                New York, NY                       ND 10
Feb 12 Paddy Lavin                Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Mar  4 Joe Joblin                 New York, NY                       KO  4
Mar 13 Jeff Doherty               New Haven, Ct                      ND 12
Apr  1 Joe West                   New York, NY                       ND 10
May  2 Jimmy Moriarty             Waterbury, Ct                      ND  6
May 18 "English" Jim Donovan      New York, NY                       KO  3
Jul  3 Ray Hatfield               Perth Amboy, NJ                    ND  5
Aug 23 Johnny Waltz               New York, NY                       KO  6
Sep  5 Billy West                 New York, NY                       ND 10
Sep 17 Jeff Smith                 New York, NY                       ND 10
Sep 28 Joe West                   New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct 11 Walter Coffey              New York, NY                       LK  4
Dec 11 Ben Douglas                New York, NY                       ND 10
Dec 19 Freddie Hicks              New York, NY                       ND 10

1912
       Marcel Moreau              New York, NY                       ND 10
Jan  8 Terry Mitchell             New York, NY                       ND 10
Jan 23 Mike Gibbons               New York, NY                       ND 10
Mar 26 Mike Gibbons               New York, NY                       ND 10
May 24 Joe Jeannette              Paris, France                      EX  6
Jul 29 Tommy Bergin               New York, NY                       ND 10
Aug  8 Jack McCarron              Philadelphia, Pa                    L  2
Sep 25 Billy Papke                New York, NY                       ND 10
Oct  7 Eddie McGoorty             New York, NY                        L  5
Nov  7 William Langford           Albany, NY                         ND 10
Dec  3 Tommy Gavigan              Akron, Oh                          ND 10

1913
Jan 27 Johnny Howard              New York, NY                       ND 10
Feb 11 Jack Dillon                Indianapolis, In                    L  2
Mar 17 Howard Truesdale           Philadelphia, In                   ND  6
Jul 20 Tommy Gibbons              New York, NY                       ND 10

1914
May 28 "Young" Mike Donovan                                          LK  3

1915
Jan  9 "Battling" Larry Ryan      New York, NY                       ND  6
Feb 13 Johnny Kelin               New York, NY                       ND 10
Sep 12 Eddie Nugent               New York, NY                       ND 10
Sep 26 Al McCoy                   New York, NY                       ND 10

1921
May 11 Jack McCartney             Newark, NJ                         ND 10
May 25 Joe Richards               Newark, NJ                         KO  2
Jun  9 Farmer Sullivan            Newark, NJ                         ND 10
Jul 14 K.O. Nolan                 Long Branch, NJ                    KO  3

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