1921
Jan 19 Art Tight Sandusky, Oh ND 4
Mar 29 Frankie Rockie Sandusky, Oh KO 1
1922
Apr 10 Johnny Fisher Sandusky, Oh TK 3
1923
Jan 25 Chuck Byers Sandusky, Oh ND 4
1924
Apr 11 Jimmy Craig Sandusky, Oh KO 1
Dec 10 Joe Sharkey Fremont, Oh ND 6
1925
Jan 13 Joe Trumpeter Fremont, Oh LK 2
Feb 20 Harry Miller Sandusky, Oh ND 4
May 1 Joe Koppel Erie, Pa W 6
May 15 Joe Koppel Erie, Pa W 6
Jul 29 Larry Posen Toledo, Oh ND 4
Nov 11 Cowboy Spencer Toledo, Oh LK 4
Dec 7 Harry Fuller Buffalo, NY L 4
1926
Mar 1 Lou Scozza Toronto, Ont, Canada LT 3
1927
Jan 17 Paul Brown Buffalo, NY W 6
Mar 21 Ray Wolford Rochester, NY W 6
Mar 28 Art Fitzsimmons Buffalo, NY W 4
Apr 6 Joe Midway Rochester, NY KO 2
Apr 11 Stanley Simmons Erie, Pa L 6
-Some sources report "D 6"
Apr 19 Charley Scherer Huron, Oh ND 10
-Reports vary - "W 10" - "L 10" - Sandusky, Oh - 7/01/1927
May 2 Sailor Andrews Rochester, Oh L 6
May 26 Charley Scherer Fremont, Oh D 8
Aug 19 Frank Kearns Erie, Pa D 6
Nov 24 Paul Brown Buffalo, NY W 4
Dec 19 Charlie Eck Buffalo, NY W 6
1928
Jan 9 Art Fitzsimmons Buffalo, NY W 6
Jan 23 Phil Jackson Buffalo, NY W 6
Jan 30 Jack McVey Rochester, NY LT 10
Mar 12 George Perotta Buffalo, NY D 6
Mar 30 Jack Golden Toronto, Ont, Canada TK 1
May 29 Ernie Burns Sandusky, Oh KO 2
-Some sources report 2/15/1928
Jul 3 Terry McMullen Sandusky, Oh KO 2
-Some sources report 3/15/1928
Jul 31 "Panama" Dixie Kid Buffalo, NY W 6
Aug 10 Johnny "Kid" Brown Erie, Pa TK 1
-Some sources report 5/11/1928
Aug 28 Freeman Pepper Sandusky, Oh ND 10
-Some sources report "W 10" on 8/30/1928
Sep 14 Cliff Becker Erie, Pa TK 2
-Some sources report 9/15/1928
Oct 19 Jack McVey Buffalo, NY L 10
Nov 5 Tubby Noble Buffalo, NY W 4
Nov 8 Norman Genet Huron, Oh ND 10
-Some sources report "W 10" in "Sandusky, Oh"
Some sources report 8/01/1928
Dec 2 Willie Woods Buffalo, NY W 6
1929
Jan 4 Gary Leach Syracuse, NY LT 2
Feb 4 Ted Easterbrook Meadville, Pa KO 3
-Some sources report "Erie, Pa"
Feb 22 Gary Leach Buffalo, NY D 6
Feb 28 Nick Martin Youngstown, Oh ND 6
-Some sources report "W 6"
Mar 4 Tubby Noble Meadville, Pa KO 3
-Some sources report 3/02/1929
Mar 25 "Bingo" Joe Banovic Rochester, NY W 6
Apr 1 Benny "Kid" Stanley Fremont, Oh ND 10
-Some sources report "W 10"
Apr 26 Arvin Spence Erie, Pa W 10
May 17 Arvin Spence Erie, Pa W 10
Jun 7 Billy Jones Erie, Pa LT 6
-Some sources report "LT 5"
Jul 26 Henry Firpo Newburgh Heights, Oh L 8
-Some sources report 7/27/1929 in "Cleveland, Oh"
Aug 21 Oliver "Snowflake" Wright Newburgh Heights, Oh W 6
-Some sources report "Vince 'Snowflakes' Wright" in "Cleveland, Oh"
Aug 27 Archie Cross Sandusky, Oh TK 7
Oct 14 Sammy Weiss Buffalo, NY NC 8
-Some sources report "W 8"
Oct 25 Charley Scherer Huron, Oh KO 3
-Some sources report "Sandusky, Oh"
Nov 25 Osk Till Buffalo, NY W 6
Dec 9 Norman Wilson Rochester, NY KO 1
1930
Jan 13 Henry Firpo New Castle, Pa L 10
Feb 10 Harry Fuller Buffalo, NY D 6
Mar 7 "Indian" Tiger West Franklin, Pa W 10
Mar 14 "Indian" Tiger West Erie, Pa W 10
Mar 24 Henry Firpo Oil City, Pa W 10
May 26 James [Tarante] Rogers Boston, Ma KO 5
Jun 3 Tiger Thomas Williamsport, Pa W 10
Jun 9 James [Tarante] Rogers Boston, Ma KO 5
Jun 25 Gene McCue Buffalo, NY TK 3
Jul 10 Johnny Freeman Buffalo, NY W 6
Jul 25 Tiger Thomas Sayre, Pa W 6
Aug 26 Tiger Thomas Leiperville, Pa D 10
Sep 2 Harry Allen Boston, Ma W 10
Nov 11 "Sunny" Jim Williams Franklin, Pa W 10
Nov 24 Garfield Johnson Buffalo, NY TK 9
Dec 3 Charley Belanger Buffalo, NY W 10
Dec 15 Chuck Burns Buffalo, NY W 10
1931
Jan 16 Billy Jones Erie, Pa L 10
Jun 4 Johnny Klesch Norwalk, Oh KO 1
-Some sources report 6/22/1931
Jun 15 Rosey Rosales Boston, Ma TK 4
Jul 13 Leo Larivee Boston, Ma W 10
Aug 25 Jack McVey Sandusky, Oh ND 10
-Some sources report "W 10"
Sep 4 Battling Archie Waterbury, Ct KO 2
Sep 18 Sam Bruce Buffalo, NY TK 5
Sep 25 Oliver "Snowflake" Wright Milwaukee, Wi W 10
Oct 1 Chuck Burns Sandusky, Oh ND 10
Nov 3 William "Gorilla" Jones Milwaukee, Wi L 10
Nov 27 Dave Maier Buffalo, NY LT 7
-Some sources report "LT 8"
Dec 30 Don Petrin Chicago, Il TK 5
1932
Jan 15 Charley Belanger Chicago, Il W 10
Jan 28 Lou Scozza Chicago, Il W 10
Feb 18 Billy Jones Chicago, Il W 10
Mar 18 Dave Maier Chicago, Il W 10
-NBA Light Heavyweight Championship of the World
May 31 Lou Scozza Buffalo, NY L 10
Jul 22 Red Fitzsimmons Colorado Springs, Co KO 5
Jul 29 Ham Jenkins Denver, Co L 10
Oct 17 Joe Knight Charleston, SC L 10
Oct 28 Adolf Heuser Boston, Ma L 10
-Some sources report 10/26/1932
Dec -Nichols relinquished the NBA Light Heavyweight Championship;
Some sources report that Nichols was stripped of the title
1933
Feb 16 George Forrester Elizabeth, NJ KO 2
Mar 6 Lou Scozza Buffalo, NY D 10
Mar 13 Don Petrin Newark, NJ W 10
Mar 20 Lou Scozza Buffalo, NY LT 5
-Some sources report 3/30/1933
May 15 Al Gainer New Haven, Ct L 10
Jun 12 Frankie O'Brien Hartford, Ct W 10
Jul 6 Sammy "Kid" Slaughter Chicago, Il L 10
-Some sources report 7/07/1933
Jul 17 Norman Conrad Bedford, NH L 10
Aug 10 Martin Levandowski Muskegon, Mi TK 7
-Some sources report 8/18/1933;
Some sources report "KO 8"
Aug 31 Harry English Muskegon, Mi L 10
-Some sources report "ND 10" on 8/24/1933
Nov 3 Joe Knight New York, NY L 8
Nov 20 Larry Johnson Chicago, Il W 10
Dec 18 Harry English Toledo, Oh D 10
1934
Jan 11 Al Gainer New Haven, Ct L 10
Feb 5 George Manley Miami, Fl WF 5
-Some sources report "W 5"
Apr 17 Mickey Dugan Cleveland, Oh W 10
Sep 3 Vic Bandish Sandusky, Oh KO 1
Sep 25 Mickey Dugan Cleveland, Oh L 6
1935
Sep 16 Tony Tozzo Buffalo, NY W 6
Oct 18 Al Delaney Buffalo, NY D 6
Oct 25 Henry Palmieri Sandusky, Oh ND 8
-Some sources report "W 6"
Oct Joe Woods W 10
-This bout was held during "Oct-Nov 1935"
Dec 11 Mickey Dugan Akron, Oh KO 8
Dec 30 Freddie Eiler Louisville, Ky KO 2
-Some sources report "Frank Eiler" on 12/31/1935
1936
Jan 15 Charley Belanger Akron, Oh D 10
Jan Johnny Nelson Buffalo, NY D 6
-This bout was held during "Jan-Feb 1936"
Feb 17 Nick Masters Buffalo, NY W 4
-Some sources report "TK4"
Feb 24 Louis LePage Buffalo, NY W 4
Mar 2 Joe Tripak Buffalo, NY KO 1
Mar 30 Johnny Nelson Buffalo, NY W 10
Apr 7 John Henry Lewis Buffalo, NY D 10
Apr 20 Al Gainer Pittsburgh, Pa LT 8
-Some sources report "LT 9"
Jul 8 Allen Matthews Chicago, Il W 10
-Some sources report 7/09/1936
Aug 12 John Henry Lewis St. Louis, Mo L 10
Oct 26 Billy Bommer Buffalo, NY W 10
Dec 14 Paulie Sykes Buffalo, NY KO 3
-Some sources report "Eddie Saxon"
Dec 28 Fanis Tzanetopoulous Buffalo, NY KO 1
1937
Jan 8 Domenico Ceccarelli Buffalo, NY W 10
Mar 2 Stanley Evans Detroit, Mi W 8
May 18 Charley "Killer" Coates Los Angeles, Ca W 10
Jun 15 Alabama Kid Denver, Co LT 4
-This man was "Clarence Reeves"
Sep 27 Paulie Sykes Buffalo, NY W 6
-Some sources report "Eddie Saxon"
Oct 18 Ralph DeJohn Buffalo, NY LK 1
1939
Apr 17 Fred Apostoli Houston, Tx LK 2
May 2 Gil LaCrosse Sandusky, Oh KO 3
*** The Following Bouts Have Been Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1923
Johnny Fisher Sandusky, Oh TK 3
Harry Miller Sandusky, Oh W 4
1926
Joe Zuppko Rochester, NY KO 2
-Some sources report "L 6"
- From the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center -
(http://sanduskyhistory.blogspot.com/2008/04/george-johnny-nichols-light-heavyweight.html)
George “Johnny” Nichols, Light Heavyweight
Champion
George “Johnny” Nichols won
the Light Heavyweight Championship in the
National Boxing Association’s tournament
finals in Chicago on March 18, 1932. Johnny
Nichols is pictured below with his long time
manager Jack Singer.
The March 19 Sandusky Star Journal
reported that Nichols had only a “100 to 1”
shot to win. Johnny defeated Dave Maier in
the fight, but judge’s decision was not
unanimous. Two referees voted for Nichols,
but another judge, John Houghteling, cast
his ballot for Maier. The crowd stood and
cheered for Johnny Nichols when N.B.A.
president John V. Clinnin linked the gold
championship belt around the winner’s waist.
George “Johnny” Nichols was born in Sandusky
to Italian immigrant parents. He did much of
his boxing in Buffalo. The Sandusky Register
Star News said in a 1957 article that Johnny
Nichols fought from 1927 through 1937, sat
out a year, and had one final fight in 1939.
Nichols had boxed in many towns including
Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, Denver, and
Houston.
Finding vital records about George Nichols
proved to be a challenge. The May 10, 1957
Sandusky Register Star News stated that
Johnny Nichols was born June 9, 1908.
However, the Social Security Death Index
gave July 10, 1907 as the birth date for
John Nichols who died in 1986 in Sandusky,
Ohio. The birth record at Erie County
Probate Court (Volume 4, page 98) lists
“Philip Joseph Nicolasi” being born Jul7 10,
1907 to Thomas Nicolasi and Ida Demmas
Nicolasi. (Ida’s maiden name was probably
Demma.)
The obituary of John G. Nichols in the
September 27, 1986 Sandusky Register listed
John G. Nichols’ parents as Thomas and Ida
Nichols, and his wife as the former Bertie
Horn. The 1910 U.S. lists his parents as
Thomas and Ida Nicholas; but the 1910
Sandusky City Directory contains a listing
for Thomas and Agata Nicolosi.
Variations in given names, surnames, and
birth dates are all too familiar in family
history research. Don’t rule out any data.
The best thing to do is to keep a record of
all the dates and spellings that are found,
and document the source of each. Johnny
Nichols was definitely born in Sandusky to
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nicholas, but through
the years names were changed. Johnny’s
mother name was listed as Mrs. Ida Nicholas
in her 1936 obituary, but Johnny’s name was
listed as John G. Nichols with the Ohio
Department of Vital Statistics at the time
of his death in 1986.
An interesting sideline about Johnny Nichols
is his brief marriage to Kit
Klein. The New York Times reported in
1935 that the national speed skating
champion had married George Nichols, a boxer
from Sandusky, but they had never actually
lived together.
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Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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