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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Jack Kenny

BORN   July 8 1868; New York, New York (Some sources report 1867)
HEIGHT 5-6 1/2 (Reports vary - 5-3 1/2 - 5-4)
WEIGHT 115-130 lbs


 

1886
Mar 15 Jack Briordy                                                 W  6
Mar 30 Joe Connolly                                                 W 12
Apr 23 Bill Harbridge                                               W  4
May 29 Pat Monroe                                                   W  9
Jun 18 George Kane                                                  W  7
Jul 21 Billy Davis                                                  D  4
Aug 19 Billy Davis                                                  D 27
Oct 23 Tom Kelly                                                   KO  2
Nov 13 Billy Davis                Westchester County, NY            D 31
          -Some sources report "D 32" on 11/11/1886
Dec    A. Rodriguez               New York, NY                     ND  8

1887
Mar 25 Eugene Hornbacker          White Plains, NY                 KO 15
          -Some sources report Hornbacker fought "William Penny";
            Reports vary - "W 15" - "D 15"
May    Eddie Danforth             New York, NY                     KO  3

1888
Feb 18 Billy Davis                New York, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Apr 19 Tommy Danforth             Brooklyn, NY                     EX   
          -Some sources report 04/10/1888
Jun 26 Johnny T. Griffin          Boston, Ma                        L  5
          -Some sources report 06/20/1888
Sep 29 Billy Davis                Brooklyn, NY                     EX   

1889
Mar 19 Austin Gibbons             Long Island, NY                  LF 10
Aug 26 -Kenny appeared at the benefit for Johnny Reagan in Brooklyn, NY
Dec 18 Billy Davis                New York, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1890
Mar  2 -Kenny challenged any man in the world to a bout at 116 lbs
Aug  6 -Kenny attended an outing of the Second Platoon of the Seventeenth Precinct
Oct  2 -Kenny was scheduled to enter a boxing competition at Brooklyn, NY
Nov 19 Martin Wise                Brooklyn, NY                      D  6

1893
Oct 20 -Kenny seconded Tim Murphy vs Kid Hogan at Brooklyn, NY

1894
Oct 16 -Kenny seconded Tim Murphy vs Jerry Sullivan at Coney Island, NY
Nov  6 -Kenny was organizing a road company of pugilist actors

1895
Mar 26 Joe Daly                   Brooklyn, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Oct 25 Tommy Russell              Brooklyn, NY                     EX   
Nov  4 Billy Murray               Ridgewood, NY                    LK  5

1896
Mar 11 Tommy Russell              New York, NY                     EX   
Apr 11 Jim Ryan                   Brooklyn, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 31 Tommy Russell              Brooklyn, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 31 Tommy Russell              Brooklyn, NY                     EX  3

1897
Jun 19 Joe Russell                New York, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known

1900
Jun 28 Kid Hess                   Brooklyn, NY                    SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known;
            Some sources report 07/05/1900

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

1886
       Billy Davis                                                  W 18
 
*** Much Data And Photo Provided By William Schutte ***

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