Jim Janey
(Jim Jaynie)

BORN Fought out of Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland
WEIGHT 142-150 lbs

 

Janey was a muscular fighter with explosive hitting power; However, he did not possess the best boxing skills

During his career, he defeated such men as Frank Childs, Jim Watts, Pepper Griffin, Billy Payne, Wiley Evans and Lon Beckwith

Undated
       Billy Parker                                                 W   
       Tobe Parker                                                  W   
       Will "Monk" Robinson                                         W   
       Charles Holcomb                                              D   
       Tobe Parker                                                  D   

1894
Mar 26 George Ringo               near Washington, DC               W   
Jun  9 Humphrey Howard            Washington, DC                    L  4
Jul  9 Will "Monk" Robinson       Washington, DC                   EX   

1895
Feb 11 Will "Monk" Robinson       Washington, DC                    D  4
Mar 19 Larry McDonald             Washington, DC                    D 15

1896
Nov  6 Tom Edwards                Washington, DC                   KO  3

1897
Apr 22 Chris Johnson              Washington, DC                   KO  1
Jun 17 Pepper Griffin             Baltimore, Md                    KO  4
Jul 12 Billy Payne                Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  4
          -Some sources report "W 4" at "Baltimore, Md"
Aug 16 Lon Beckwith               Baltimore, Md                    LK  5
Oct  4 Lon Beckwith               Baltimore, Md                    KO  4
Nov  6 Pepper Griffin             Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  6
Dec 20 Jim Watts                  Baltimore, Md                    KO  8
          -Some sources report "KO 9"

1898
Jan 18 "Cyclone" Tom Kelly        Cleveland, Oh                    KO  1
          -Some sources report "Hoboken Tommy Kelly";
          Some sources report 1/17/98
Mar  2 Charley Johnson            Baltimore, Md                     D  8
Mar 11 George Russell             Baltimore, Md                    KO  1
Apr 11 George Russell             Baltimore, Md                    KO  2
Apr 11 Edwin Snowden              Baltimore, Md                    KO  1
          -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Apr 28 Jack Moffatt               Chicago, Il                       D  6
May 11 Jim Brewster               Louisville, Ky                   KO  1
Jun  3 Jack Moffatt               Chicago, Il                       L  6
Jul  1 Wiley Evans                Baltimore, Md                    KO  2
Sep  5 Jack Moffatt               Toledo, Oh                        L 15
Oct 24 Jim Watts                  Louisville, Ky                   LK  7
          -Some sources report "LF 7"
Dec 15 Tom Williams               Baltimore, Md                    KO  3
Dec 27 Dan Sullivan               New York, NY                     TK  4

1899
Jan  7 Andy Walsh                   Brooklyn, NY                    L 20
Jan 24 Harry Fischer                Baltimore, Md                  LK  9
          -Some sources report "LK 8";
          Some sources report "L 20" on 2/24/99
Jun  6 Frank Childs                 near Washington, DC            KO  4
          -Some sources report "KO 2"
Jun 19 Joe Gleeves                  Baltimore, Md                  KO  4
          -Some sources report "W 4"
Aug 18 Billy Peyton                 Washington, DC                  D 15
Sep 12 Billy Peyton                 near Washington, DC            LK 12

1900
Nov 22 Patsy Raedy                  Baltimore, Md                  LK  2

1907
Sep 17 Alec Brown                   Baltimore, Md                  ND  5
          -Janey had the best of the fighting;
          Brown lasted and claimed the win

1909
Apr 11 Billy Hill                   Baltimore, Md                  LT  9
          -Hill was called Muldoon's Pickaninny;
          Some sources report "LK 4" on 4/01/09

*** Much Data Provided By Laurence Fielding ***
             
Compiled By Tracy Callis and Kevin Smith, Historians,
International Boxing Research Organization