Hugh "Butt" Reilly Brooklyn, NY W
-This was a "barroom" fight
-Dwyer beat several minor opponents
Jan 4 Hugh "Butt" Reilly Brooklyn, NY W 125
Jan 24 Steve Taylor New York, NY W 5
-Reports vary - "D 5" - "KO 5" - "ND 5" - "NC 4"
Some sources report 11/17/76; Police intervened
Feb 11 George Rooke Brooklyn, NY ND
-Police intervened
Feb 28 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "Tom and Jerry"
Feb 29 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "Tom and Jerry"
Mar 1 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "Tom and Jerry"
Mar 2 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "Tom and Jerry"
Mar 3 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "Tom and Jerry"
Mar 4 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "Tom and Jerry"
Mar 5 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "Tom and Jerry"
Apr 24 William Miller Brooklyn, NY EX 6
-Some sources report "EX 4"
May 11 William Miller Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This wrestling match was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 12 William Miller Brooklyn, NY SCH
May 12 William Miller Brooklyn, NY SCH
-The previous 2 wrestling matches were scheduled for
the same date; The outcomes are not known
May 13 William Miller Brooklyn, NY SCH
May 13 William Miller Brooklyn, NY SCH
-The previous 2 wrestling matches were scheduled for
the same date; The outcomes are not known
May 15 William Miller South Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 16 William Miller Williamsburg, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 17 William Miller Williamsburg, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May 18 William Miller Greenpoint, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jun 12 William Miller Boston Ma L
-Wrestling Championship of the United States
Aug 9 Joe Coburn Brooklyn, NY W
-This was a wrestling match; Falls : 2-1
Aug 21 William Miller Baltimore, Md W
-This was a wrestling match; Falls : 2-1
Aug 30 Joe Coburn New York, NY ND 11
-Dwyer’s referee called it a draw;
Coburn’s referee called Coburn the winner;
The verdict was not resolved
Oct 17 Joe Goss New York, NY ND 4
-Dwyer knocked Goss down
Oct 19 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 30 Steve Taylor New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Feb 22 William Miller New York, NY EX 5
-Miller had the better of the fighting
Apr 23 Steve Taylor Philadelphia, Pa W 15
Jun Steve Taylor SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Jul 9 Patrick "Strong Arm" Kelly SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Aug 6 Patrick "Strong Arm" Kelly Brooklyn, NY TK 2
-Dwyer flattened Kelly, who could not come out for round three;
After Kelly's head cleared, he and Dyer boxed one more round;
Gloves were used for this bout
Sep 24 -Dwyer refereed the Jim Kelley-Seddon's Mouse bout
in Brooklyn, NY
Oct 8 Steve Taylor Brooklyn, NY EX
Dec 3 Steve Taylor Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 21 Mike Smith Brooklyn, NY EX
Dec 31 William C. McClellan Boston, Ma EX
-Dwyer beat several minor opponents
Mar 25 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
Mar 26 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
Mar 27 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
Mar 27 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
The previous 2 bouts were scheduled for the same date
Mar 28 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
Mar 29 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
Mar 30 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
Mar 30 Joe Goss Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
This was a sparring scene in the play, "A Great Encounter"
The previous 2 bouts were scheduled for the same date
Apr Joe Goss Troy, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Apr 25 Paddy Ryan Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled; Ryan refused
to fight when the promoter failed to come up with
the prize money; Some sources report "Championship
of America"
May 27 William Miller Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 13 Steve Taylor New York, NY EX 3
Sep Joe Goss SCH
-This bout was scheduled but plans fell through
-Dwyer challenged any man in America
Apr 19 John McDonald Brooklyn, NY EX
"Captain" James Dalton L
-This bout was held shortly before Dwyer
boxed Jimmy Elliott
May 9 Jimmy Elliott Long Point, Canada W 12
-Heavyweight Championship of America;
Dwyer claimed the title due to Joe Goss' inactivity
May -Dwyer got into a barroom fight with Paddy Ryan at
New York, NY sometime after the Dwyer-Elliott fight
of May 9 1879
May 28 Professor Collins Brooklyn, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
-Dwyer retired from the ring and worked as the
Chief Clerk in the County Court of Brooklyn, NY
Jul 2 Paddy Ryan Brooklyn, NY EX 1
Record courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian,
International Boxing
Research Organization
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