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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Old Timer

Mike Queenan
(the "Stockyards Giant")

BORN Fought out of Illinois
HEIGHT 6-2
WEIGHT 190-230 lbs

1887
Jan 27 Con Tobin                    Chicago, Il                      KO  2
          -Tobin scored a knockdown in the first round;
           Queenan rallied and knocked Tobin around the ring
           in the second; Both men were battered and bloody;
           Two-ounce gloves were used

1890
Mar  5 Lem McGregor (St. Joe Kid)   Chicago, Il                     SCH  
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jun  1 Bob Ferguson                 Thayer, In                       LK 22
          -Queenan and Ferguson were about the same size
           in height and weight - about 190 lbs;
           Revised Queensberry Rules and Gloves were used for this bout;
           Some sources report "LK 20"
Oct 27 an unnamed opponent          Chicago, Il                      EX  

1891
Apr 12 Tom Kinnard                  Cedar Lake, Wi                   LF 14
Dec 14 Jack King                    Chicago, Il                       W  6

1892
Jan  4 Paddy Brennan                Chicago, Il                      KO  4
          -Some sources report Queenan fought Mike Brennan on 01/05/1892
Jan  9 Mike Boden                   Chicago, Il                       W  6
Feb 13 Paddy Brennan                                                SCH  
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled; Brennan was ill
Oct 30 Dick Graham                  near Peoria, Il                  KO  4
          -Some sources report 10/31/1892
Dec 11 Henry Kennedy                St. Louis, Mo                    WF  1
          -Kennedy knocked down Queenan 5 times in less than
           2 minutes; He hit Queenan while he was down and lost;
           Some sources report 12/13/1891; Some report "WF 2"

1893
Feb  7 Australian Unknown           St. Louis, Mo                    LF  2
Oct 30 Henry Baker                  Chicago, Il                      LK  2
          -Some sources report "L 3"

1895
Apr 22 Nick Burley                  Armourdale, Ks                    L  3
          -Some sources report 04/27/1895; Some report "L 4"
Dec 14 "Denver" Ed Smith            Birmingham, Al                   LK  1
          -Following the fight, Queenan ended up in jail; In the cell next to him,
           a few days later, was placed another fighter, Jerry Slattery, who
           had gotten into a brawl at a local saloon

1896
Aug  6 C.A.C. Smith                 Niagara Falls, NY                LT  2
Oct  3 Billy Woods                  Cripple Creek, Co                 W 12

1897
Feb 16 "Mexican" Pete Everett       Cripple Creek, Co                LK  7

1897-1900
       "Denver" Ed Martin                                            LK  2

1900
Dec 31 Denis "Ike" Hayes            Walkerville, Mt                  TK  4

1901
Jan    George Lawler                Helena, Mt                       NC 10
          -The men were faking

*** Much Data Was Provided By William Schutte ***


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