George Robinson

BORN   1892; Cambridge, Massachusetts
HEIGHT 6-0
WEIGHT 160-174 lbs
RACE Black
MANAGER Jim McDonald
RECORD 58-47-8 (15 KO, 18 ND, 2 NC)

Robinson was a talented boxer who fought long past his peak; He "lost" a number of decisions that he deserved to win; George was a popular sparring partner for many "name" fighters

During his career, he gained wins over such men as Johnny Wilson, Jack Blackburn, "Panama" Joe Gans, Tommy Robson, Frank Moody, Cleve Hawkins, Bill McKinnon, Chuck Carleton, Lee Anderson, Art Magirl, Jack McCarron, Joe "Hambone" Kelly and Tommy Madden

1911
Aug 22 Joe Brown                  Boston, Ma                       KO  4
Nov 29 Dick Kinnear               Marblehead, Ma                   KO  3
Dec 13 Billy Dinkle               Marblehead, Ma                   TK  8

1912
Jan  3 Ken Salisbury              Marblehead, Ma                    W  8
Jan 24 Ken Dearey                 Marblehead, Ma                    D  8
Feb    Jim Hosic                  Adams, Ma                         D 12
Feb 15 Jim Hosic                  North Adams, Ma                   L 10
Aug 14 Joe Nelson                 Boston, Ma                        W 10
Sep 17 Henry Hall                 Boston, Ma                        W  6
Oct 10 Henry Hall                 Lawrence, Ma                      W 10
Oct 24 Joe Nelson                 Boston, Ma                        W  8

1913
Jun  2 John Lester Johnson        New York, NY                     ND 10
Oct 31 Bob Lee                    New York, NY                     ND 10
Dec 11 Billy Hill                 New York, NY                     TK  4
Dec 26 John Lester Johnson        New York, NY                     ND 10

1914
Mar 23 Al Wilkie                  New York, NY                     KO  3
May 15 Bill McKinnon              Cambridge, Ma                     L 12
Oct 13 Dan McDonald               Boston, Ma                        W  8
Oct 27 Dan McDonald               Boston, Ma                        L  8
Nov 11 Chuck Carleton             Biddeford, Me                    TK 11
Nov 20 Bob LaFavor                Biddeford, Me                    ND 12
Dec 10 Chuck Carleton             Biddeford, Me                    KO  6

1915
Jan    Dan McDonald               Biddeford, Me                    ND 12
Feb    Dan McDonald               Bangor, Me                       ND  6
Mar  8 Bill McKinnon              Gloucester, Ma                    L 12
Apr 20 Dan McDonald               Houlton, Me                      ND 12
Jul 13 Dan McDonald               Boston, Ma                        L  8
Jul 19 Dan McDonald               Biddeford, Ma                    ND 12
Aug 27 Dan McDonald               Boston, Ma                        D  8

1916
Feb  8 Lee Anderson               Boston, Ma                       WF  2
Feb 25 Lee Anderson               Roxbury, Ma                       L  8
Mar 14 Jim McDonald               Boston, Ma                        W  8
Apr 28 Tom Goodman                Athol, Ma                         W 12
May 16 George Torchy              Boston, Ma                       TK  2
Sep  8 Carlo Armstrong            Boston, Ma                        W 10
Oct  2 Carlo Armstrong            Gloucester, Ma                   KO  7
Nov 20 Joe Rivers                 Gloucester, Ma                    W 10

1917
Jan  2 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        D  8
Jan  9 Ken Salisbury              Boston, Ma                       TK  6
Jan 15 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        W  8
Jan 19 Johnny Wilson              Boston, Ma                        W 12
          -Some sources report 1/20/17;
           Some sources report "W 10"
Feb  2 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        W 10
Feb 23 Bill McKinnon              Augusta, Me                       W 10
Apr 13 Victor Dahl                Boston, Ma                        L 10
May 11 Ruben "K.O." Jaffe         Boston, Ma                        W 10
Jul 20 Victor Dahl                Boston, Ma                       TK  6
          -Some sources report "L 10" on 7/17/17
Oct 16 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        L 10
Oct 30 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        W 10
Nov  5 Joe Rivers                 Beverly, Ma                       W 10
Nov 20 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        L 10

1918
Feb 15 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        W 10
          -Some sources report "L 10"
Feb 23 Bill McKinnon              Augusta, Me                       W 10
Feb 26 Battling Thomas            Boston, Ma                       TK  7
Mar    Zulu Kid                   Boston, Ma                        W 10
Mar  8 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        W 10
Mar 12 "Panama" Joe Gans          Boston, Ma                        W 12
          -Some sources report "W 10";
           Some sources report 3/15/18
Apr  5 Kid Norfolk                Boston, Ma                        L 12
May  3 Jeff Smith                 Boston, Ma                        L 12
Jun  3 Clay Turner                Pittsfield, Ma                   LT  9
Jul 12 Joe Rivers                 Lowell, Ma                        L 10
Jul 23 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        L  8
Aug 27 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        W  8
Sep  9 Young Ahearn               Pittsfield, Ma                    D 10 
Nov  8 Benny Ferguson             Marlboro, Ma                     TK  4 
Dec 13 Cleve Hawkins              Marlboro, Ma                      W 10 

1919
Feb  4 Joe Rivers                 Salem, Ma                         W  8
Feb  7 Art Magirl                 Boston, Ma                        W 10
          -Some sources report 2/08/19
Feb 14 George Ward                Marlboro, Ma                     KO  6
Feb 22 Jack Blackburn             Marlboro, Ma                      W 10
Feb 27 Rod McDonald               Halifax, NS, Can                  W 10
Mar 14 Cleve Hawkins              Marlboro, Ma                      L 12
Apr 21 Tommy Robson               Boston, Ma                        W 12
          -Middleweight Championship of New England;
           Some sources report "W 10"
Apr 28 Frankie Carbone            Portland, Me                     ND 12
Apr 29 Joe Eagan                  Boston, Ma                        D 12
May  2 Joe Rivers                 Lewiston, Me                     ND 12
          -Some sources report "L 10" on 5/03/19
May 15 Young Ahearn               Boston, Ma                        L 12
          -Some sources report 5/20/19;
           Some sources report "L 10"
Jun 10 Young Ahearn               Boston, Ma                        L 12
          -Some sources report "L 10"
Jul  3 Johnny Wilson              Bangor, Me                       ND 12
          -Some sources report "Nov 1919"
Aug 22 Jamaica Kid                Bangor, Me                       ND 12
Sep  5 Frank Carbone              Boston, Ma                        W 12
          -Some sources report "ND 10" on 9/02/19 in "Waterville, Ct"
Oct 16 Pal Reed                   Framingham, Ma                    L 12
Nov 21 Joe Eagan                  Boston, Ma                        L 12
          -Some sources report 11/22/19
Dec 19 Jimmy Lyggett Sr.          Marlboro, Ma                      W 12

1920
Jan  1 Jackie Clark               New Bedford, Ma                   L 12
Jan  9 Pat McCarthy               Boston, Ma                        D 12
Jan 27 Joe Eagan                  Boston, Ma                        L 12
Feb 11 Al Nelson                  Manchester, NH                   NC  5
Feb 23 Jack Savage                Boston, Ma                        W 12
          -Some sources report 3/23/20
Mar 16 Pal Reed                   Boston, Ma                        L 12
          -Some sources report "L 10"
Jul  5 Jeff Smith                 Lewiston, Me                     ND 12
Aug 26 Battling Thomas            Rockland, Me                     ND 12
Sep  1 Jeff Smith                 Halifax, NS, Can                  L 15
Oct  8 "Panama "Joe Gans          New York, NY                      L 12
          -Colored Middleweight Championship of the World;
           Some sources report "L 10" on 10/09/20
Nov 29 Jeff Smith                 Montreal, Que, Can               ND 10
Dec  9 Johnny Wilson              Montreal, Que, Can               ND 10

1921
Jan 22 Jack Savage                Boston, Ma                        W 10
Jan 31 Jack McCarron              Worcester, Ma                     W 10
Feb  7 Jack "Twin" Sullivan       Boston, Ma                        L 10
          -Some sources report 2/08/21
Apr  7 Cleve Hawkins              Lynn, Ma                          L 10
Apr 23 Ted Jamieson               Boston, Ma                        L 10
Apr 25 Jack McCarron              Fall River, Ma                    L 10
          -Some sources report "L 19" on 4/15/21
Jun 24 "Panama "Joe Gans          Syracuse, NY                      L 15
          -Some sources report "L 10" on 7/01/21
Jul 15 Johnny Wilson              Boston, Ma                        L 10
          -This bout was scheduled as a Middleweight Championship
           of the World contest but Robinson came in overweight
           and the bout was fought as a non-title contest
Aug 22 Mike McTigue               Montreal, Que, Can               LK  4
          -Middleweight Championship of Canada;
           Some sources report 8/14/21
Sep 28 Jack Delaney               Providence, RI                    L 12
          -Some sources report "L 10" in "Montreal, Que, Can"
Oct 25 "Panama "Joe Gans          Rochester, NY                     L 15
Nov  8 Jack McClelland            Holyoke, Ma                       L 10
Dec 22 Joe Eagan                  Boston, Ma                        L 10

1922 
Feb 10 Joe Eagan                  Lewiston, Me                     ND 12
          -Some sources report "W 10"
Apr 29 Silas Green                Claremont, NH                     W 10
          -Some sources report "D 10" on 4/20/22
May 12 Tommy Madden               Salem, Ma                         W 10
          -Some sources report 5/13/22
Jul 17 Jack McClellan             Boston, Ma                        W  8
          -Some sources report "W 10" on 7/18/22
Sep  1 Joe "Hambone" Kelly        Boston, Ma                       KO  4
          -Some sources report "KO 3"
Oct  7 Jack McClelland            Boston, Ma                       NC  5
Oct 12 Jeff Smith                 Portland, Me                     ND 12
          -Some sources report "L 12" on  10/12/21
Oct 19 Johnny Wilson              Boston, Ma                        L 10 
Oct 27 Tommy Madden               Salem, Ma                        WF  4

1923
Jan 16 Lee Anderson               Boston, Ma                        W 10
Apr 17 "Battling" Jim McCreary    Boston, Ma                        L 10
May 23 Pat McCarthy               Boston, Ma                        L 10
Jun 22 Jackie Clark               Revere, Ma                        L 10
Aug 15 Magnus "Wolf" Larsen       Boston, Ma                       WF  9
Oct 19 Johnny Wilson              Boston, Ma                        L 12
          -Some sources report "L 10"
Nov 27 Theodore "Tiger" Flowers   Atlanta, Ga                       D 12
          -Some sources report 11/07/23

1924
Apr 10 Jack Delaney               Boston, Ma                        L 10
Apr 29 Theodore "Tiger" Flowers   Atlanta, Ga                       L 12
May 28 Frank Moody                Fall River, Ma                    L 10
Jun 30 Jeff Smith                 Troy, NY                         LT 10
Aug 11 Tommy Robson               Boston, Ma                        L 10
Sep 12 Magnus "Wolf" Larsen       Brockton, Ma                      W 10
          -Some sources report "Boston, Ma"
Oct 28 Billy Britton              Boston, Ma                        L 10
          -Some sources report "Frank Carpenter"
Nov  1 Theodore "Tiger" Flowers   New York, NY                      L 12

1925
May 4 Frank Moody                 Lynn, Ma                          W 10


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

1917
Jan  9 Joe Rivers                 Boston, Ma                        W  8

1919
       Cleve Hawkins              Marlboro, Ma                      D 12
          -Some sources report 1/01/19
       "Battling" Jim McCreary    Lewiston, Me                     ND 12
       Joe Eagan                  Boston, Ma                        W 12

1920
       Lee Anderson                                                LK   

1923
       "Fighting" Bob Lawson                                       LK  2

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