Alfred "Soldier" Kearns

BORN   December 31 1887; Brooklyn, New York
DIED   August 1957
HEIGHT 5-10 1/2
WEIGHT 196-202 1/2 lbs
MANAGER Charley Doesserick

Kearns was a strong and willing puncher; During his career, he defeated Jim Coffey, George "One Round" Davis, Al Kubiak and "Denver" Jack Geyer

He was a White Hope of the teens


*** AN AMATEUR BOUT ***

1909
Jul 10 Ed "Gunboat" Smith         Seattle, Wa                      LK  1


*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS ***
1909-1911
       Jack Sweeney                                                KO  1
       Tom McNamara                                                KO  1
       Soldier McCarthy                                            KO  1
       Jack Fitzpatrick                                            KO  2
       Soldier Barrington                                          KO  1
       "Private" Fritz James                                       KO  1
       Soldier Shaw                                                KO  1
       Tom McNulty                                                 KO  3
       Tom O'Hara                                                  KO  1
       Corporal Jackson                                            KO  1
       Tom Kenney                                                  KO  6
       Lieutenant Neil                                             KO  1
       Al McCloskey                                                KO  6
       Mickey McDonough                                            KO  4

1911
Oct 17 Sailor Burke               New York, NY                     LK  2

1912
Jan 29 Jim Maher                  Brooklyn, NY                     KO  1
          -Some sources report "ND 1"
Mar  9 Soldier Delaney            Brooklyn, NY                     KO  4
Mar 15 Jim Coffey                 New York, NY                     LK  1
          -Some sources report "KO 1"
Mar 28 Arthur Pelkey              Adams, Ma                        LK  5
Aug 19 Arthur Pelkey              New York, NY                     ND 10
Aug 23 Arthur Pelkey              New York, NY                     LT  6
Sep 15 "Sailor" Fred Fritts                                        ND 10 
          -Some sources report "Dutch" Fritz
Sep 21 Andy Morris                Brooklyn, NY                     TK  1
Dec 18 George "One-Round" Davis   New York, NY                     KO  1
Dec 25 Dan Daily                  Philadelphia, Pa                 ND  6
Dec 27 Jess Willard               New York, NY                     LK  8
       Perry "Kid" Graves                                          EX  4
1913 
Jan 16 Sailor White               New York, NY                     ND 10
Jan 18 Bob Williams               Brooklyn, NY                     KO  3
Feb 22 Jack Alton                 Brooklyn, NY                     KO  4
Mar  8 Al Kubiak                  Brooklyn, NY                     TK  4
Apr  1 Jack "Twin" Sullivan       Brooklyn, NY                     ND 10
Apr  9 Soldier Delaney            New York, NY                     TK  4
          -Perhaps, this as the 3/09/12 bout
Apr 18 "Denver" Jack Geyer        Buffalo, NY                      KO  8
May  9 George "One-Round" Davis   Buffalo, NY                      KO  5
May 23 George "Boer" Rodel        New York, NY                     ND 10
Jun  6 George "One-Round" Davis   Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
Oct 22 Tom "Bearcat" McMahon      Rochester, NY                    ND 10 
          -Some sources report 10/23/13;
           Some sources report "LK 10"
Dec 24 -Kearns contracted to fight Bob Fitzsimmons
           at New York, NY
Dec 30 -The New York Athletic Commission prohibited Fitzsimmons 
          from fighting in New York; Fitz sued the Commission, but lost

1914
Jan 27 Battling Levinsky          New York, NY                     ND 10
Feb  3 "Sailor" Fred Fritts       New York, NY                     ND 10
Feb 14 Dan "Porky" Flynn          Brooklyn, NY                     ND 10
Apr 21 Tom Kennedy                New York, NY                     ND 10
          -Some sources report "Brooklyn, NY"
May 11 Jim Coffey                 Philadelphia, Pa                 LK  1
May 15 Jack "Twin" Sullivan       Buffalo, NY                      ND 10
May 28 Al Reich                   New York, NY                     LK  6
          -Some sources report "LK 7"
Aug 11 "Sailor" Fred Fritts       Brooklyn, NY                     ND 10

1915
Aug 28 Battling Levinsky          Brooklyn, NY                     ND 10
Sep 21 "Battling" Jim Johnson     Brooklyn, NY                     ND 10

1916
Jul  1 "K.O." Bill Brennan        Brooklyn, NY                     LK  8
          -Some sources report "New York, NY";
           Some sources report "LK 10"
Aug  8 Jess Willard               Plattsburg, NY                   EX  2

1917
Jan 26 Jack Thompson              Brooklyn, NY                     LK  4

1924
May 26 Lew Chester                Troy, NY                          L 10
Jun  3 Howard "Whitey" Hall       Albany, NY                        W 10

*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1911
Feb 13 Jim Stewart                                                 NC  9
          -Police Intervened

1912
       Larry Brown                                                 KO  1

1913
       Ed "Gunboat" Smith                                          LK  1
          -Perhaps, this is the 7/10/10 bout

1915
Jan  1 Battling Levinsky          New York, NY                     ND 10
Sep 28 Battling Levinsky          Brooklyn, NY                     ND 10

1920
       Pal Reed                                                    LK  2
          -Reed fought a man named "Soldier Kerns";
           Perhaps, he was this "Soldier Kearns"

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