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Milburn "Young" Saylor
(James Milburn Saylor)

BORN November 22 1889; Stanford, Kentucky
DIED November 20 1921; Resided in Indianapolis, Indiana
HEIGHT 5-8
WEIGHT    118-138 lbs
MANAGER Ray Bronson
1908
Jan 29 Danny Goodman              Peoria, Il                          D  6
Jan    -Saylor sparred with Jack Morgan, Jimmy Cooley, and Ray Bronson
           in Indianapolis, In during Jan-Feb 1908
Jun  5 Johnny Kilbane             Dayton, Oh                          L 10

1909
Jan  1 Jack Tierney               Indianapolis, In                   KO  2
Jan 22 Bobby Long                 Indianapolis, In                   KO  3
Feb  3 Kid Taylor                 Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Mar 31 Johnny Connors             Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Apr  6 Billy Cobb                 Allentown, Pa                      ND  6
Apr 16 Andy Howell                Terre Haute, In                     D 10
Jul 19 Joe Getz                   New Castle, Pa                     ND 10
Sep  1 Battling Terry             Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6
Sep 17 Frank Madole               Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6
Nov 15 Young Britt                Indianapolis, In                   TK  3

1910
Jan 22 Jack Ryan                  New Orleans, La                    TK  3
Feb  3 Young Britt                Indianapolis, In                   KO  3
Feb  5 Jack Redmond               New Orleans, La                    LK  7
Mar 31 Joe Getz                   Indianapolis, In                   ND  6
May  3 Julius Stein               Peoria, Il                        SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
May  3 Patsy Banler               Peoria, Il                         ND 10
Jun 16 Danny Goodman              Peoria, Il                         KO  7
Jul  4 Kid Fields                 Peoria, Il                         KO  7
Aug 18 Battling Kelly             Muncie, In                         ND 10
Sep 15 Frank Madole               Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6
Oct  3 Walter Little              Peoria, Il                         ND 10
Oct 13 Johnny Willetts            Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6
Oct 20 Billy Mayfield             Logansport, In                     KO  5
Oct 31 Harry Donahue              Peoria, Il                         ND 10
Nov 14 Jack Britton               Memphis, Tn                         D  8
Dec  8 Ray Temple                 Logansport, In                     ND 10
Dec 26 Jerry Murphy               Logansport, In                     ND 10

1911
Jan 14 Tommy Langdon              Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Feb 22 Eddie Lang                 Logansport, In                     KO  4
Mar  1 Jack Redmond               Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Mar 28 Joe Hyland                 Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Apr 25 John "Rouse" O'Brien       Indianapolis, In                   TK  6
May 12 Mickey Sheridan            St. Joseph, Mo                      D 15
May 29 Matthew "Matty" Baldwin    Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Jul  4 Grover Hayes               Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Aug  9 Mattthew "Matty" Baldwin   Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Aug 15 Jake Barada                St. Joseph, Mo                      D 10
Sep  6 Phil Brock                 Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Sep 18 Sammy Trott                New Orleans, La                    ND 10
Oct  3 Oscar "Battling" Nelson    Boston, Ma                          W 12
Oct 18 Ray Bronson                Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Oct 29 Joe Mandot                 New Orleans, La                    LK 15
Dec 20 Jake Barada                St. Joseph, Mo                     TK  7

1912
Jan  8 Freddie Kelly              Indianapolis, In                   ND  8
Jan 13 Willie Ritchie             Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6
Jan  8 Freddie Kelly              Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Feb  9 Phil Knight                Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Feb 15 Harry Trendall             St. Louis, Mo                      ND  8
Feb 20 Sammy Trott                Columbus, Oh                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held;
           Saylor injured an eye during training
Mar  6 Harry Donohue              Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Mar 27 Grover Hayes               Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Apr 24 Joe Mandot                 Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
May 22 Tommy Kilbane              Cincinnati, Oh                      W 10
Jul 29 Joe Sherman                Memphis, Tn                         L  8
Aug 22 S.J. "Red" Robinson        Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6
Sep  2 Sammy Trott                Columbus, Oh                       ND 10
Sep 17 Jack Britton               Boston, Ma                         LF  6
Sep 27 Joe Phillips               Dayton, Oh                          W 12
Oct 16 Harry Donohue              Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Nov  6 Pal Brown                  Windsor, Ont, Canada               ND  8
Nov 28 Jack Britton               Dayton, Oh                         LT  8
Dec 13 Jerry Murphy               Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Dec 30 Leo Kelly                  St. Louis, Mo                      ND  8
          -This man was not the famous boxer

1913
Jan 14 Jerry Murphy               Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Jan    -Saylor and Frank Hoe trained together during early 1913 in Indianapolis, In
Feb 10 Grover Hayes               Cincinnati, Oh                     ND 10
Feb 25 Joe Phillips               Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Feb 26 Tommy Devlin               Windsor, Ont, Canada               ND  8
Mar  3 Andy Bezenah               Cincinnati, Oh                     ND 10
Apr 28 Phil Brock                 Cincinnati, Oh                     ND 10
May 17 Ray Parks                  Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6
Jun 12 Harry Donohue              Pekin, Il                          ND 10
Jun 17 Max Lustig                 New York, NY                       LK  3
Jul  3 Battling Terry             Indianapolis, In                   TK  4
          -Some sources report "ND 10a"
       Frank Hoe                                                     EX  4
Aug  7 Mickey McIntyre            Saskatoon, Sas, Canada              D 12
Oct 20 Freddie Welsh              Winnipeg, Man, Canada              LF  9
Oct 30 S.J. "Red" Robinson        Pittsburgh, Pa                     ND  6

1914
Jan  3 Alf Morey                  Sydney, NSW, Australia             KO 14
Jan 24 Hughie Mehegan             Sydney, NSW, Australia             KO 11
Feb  7 Ed Newhouse                Brisbane, Que, Australia           LF  6
Mar  7 Herb "Kid" McCoy           Sydney, NSW, Australia             KO 18
Mar 28 Nat Williams               Sydney, NSW, Australia             KO  2
Apr 18 Tom McCormick              Sydney, NSW, Australia             TK 10
Apr 25 Nat Williams               Melbourne, Vic, Australia          TK  7
May  9 Hughie Mehegan             Sydney, NSW, Australia             TK 12
May 16 Fred Kay                   Melbourne, Vic, Australia           L 20
Jul 11 Joe "Young" Shugrue        Sydney, NSW, Australia              L 20
Jul 25 Fred Kay                   Sydney, NSW, Australia              L 20
Aug 15 Joe "Young" Shugrue        Sydney, NSW, Australia              W 20
Aug 25 Alf Morey                  Sydney, NSW, Australia              L 20
Oct 15 Eddie Moy                  Daly City, Ca                       D 20
Nov 17 Joe Mandot                 Boston, Ma                          L 10
Nov 26 Billy Wagner               Terre Haute, In                    ND 10
Dec 11 Mickey Sheriden            Grand Rapids, Mi                   ND  6
Dec 14 Harry Donahue              Peoria, Il                         KO  9

1915
Jan 26 Joe Genail                 St. Louis, Mo                       W  8
Feb  8 Eddie Moy                  Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Feb 23 Hal Stewart                Jackson, Mi                        ND   
Mar  3 Johnny Lore                Windsor, Ont, Canada               ND  8
Mar 15 Joe Sherman                Nashville, Tn                       W  8
Mar 17 Willie "Young" Gradwell    Windsor, Ont, Canada               ND  8
Mar 19 Johnny Griffiths           New York, NY                      SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 25 Mickey Sheridan            Jackson, Mi                        ND 10
Apr 15 Frederick Rosen            Shelbyville, In                    TK  6
Apr 29 Joe Welling                Detroit, Mi                        ND 10
Jun 21 Young Stanley              Evansville, In                     LF  6
Jul  5 Roy Hurst                  Nashville, Tn                       W  8
Jul 13 Charley White              Boston, Ma                          D 12
Jul 19 Billy Wagner               Elmwood Place, Oh                  KO  6
Jul 27 Joe Azevedo                Boston, Ma                          W 12
Aug 10 Johnny Griffiths           Akron, Oh                          LF  4
Aug 17 Matthew "Matty" Baldwin    Boston, Ma                          W 12
Sep 17 Joe Getz                   Johnstown, Pa                      ND  6
Oct  4 Willie Beecher             Akron, Oh                          ND 12
Oct  9 Shamus O'Brien             Youngstown, Oh                     ND 12
Nov  2 Ted "Kid" Lewis            Boston, Ma                          L 12
Nov 16 Charley White              Boston, Ma                         LK  1 

1916
Jan  7 "Lockport" Jimmy Duffy     Buffalo, NY                        ND 10
Jan 28 Stanley Yoakum             Kansas City, Mo                     W 10
Feb 21 Leach Cross                Cincinnati, Oh                     TK  5
May 25 Charley White              Cincinnati, Oh                     LK  1
Jun 20 Harry Pierce               Brooklyn, NY                       ND 10
Sep  1 Joe Sherman                Dayton, Oh                        SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but not held;
           Sherman refused to fight due to the small crowd
Sep  1 Spider Murphy              Dayton, Oh                         KO  2
Sep 22 Hal Stewart                Fort Wayne, In                     ND 10
Oct 30 Willie Beecher             Youngstown, Oh                     ND 12
Nov  2 "Lockport" Jimmy Duffy     Toledo, Oh                         LF  8
Nov  6 Jack Perry                 Columbus, Oh                       LF  5
Nov 30 Barney O'Neill             Winnipeg, Man, Canada              ND 12
Dec 13 Patsy Drouillard           Detroit, Mi                        ND   

1917
Jan 12 "Philadelphia" Pal Moore   Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Jan 16 Jimmy Murphy               Norristown, Pa                     ND 10
Jan 22 Walter Butler              Rochester, NY                      ND 10
Feb 19 Joe Welling                New York, NY                       ND 10
Feb 23 Ever Hammer                Gary, In                           LF  9
Mar 10 Pete Hartley               New York, NY                       ND 10
May  4 "Young" Tommy Coleman      Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
May 16 Jimmy Anderson             Indianapolis, In                   ND 10
Jun 11 Young Erne                 Philadelphia, Pa                   ND  6
Jun 16 Pete Hartley               New York, NY                       LF  4
Nov 27 James "Jock" Malone        Minneapolis, Mn                    ND 10

1919
Mar 26 Young Manthe               West Baden, In                     KO  7
Apr 28 Patsy Drouillard           Port Clinton, Oh                   KO  2
May  7 Mike O'Leary               Rossford, Oh                       ND 15
May 19 George Brown               Port Clinton, Oh                    D 10
Jun  5 Battling Halstead          Port Clinton, Oh                   KO  7
Jun 25 George Brown               Port Clinton, Oh                   ND 15
Oct 20 Joe Lohman                 Port Clinton, Oh                   ND 10
Dec  8 Jack Perry                 Youngstown, Oh                     LT  3

1920
Sep  7 Jake Abel                  Atlanta, Ga                        LK  4

1921
Jul 26 Theodore Anton (the Greek) Kankakee, Il                       ND 10
Aug 23 Theodore Anton (the Greek) Kankakee, Il                       ND 10

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

1908
Jan  1 Bobby Long                                                     W  6
          -Some sources report "Indianapolis, In" on 10/19/1908
Feb  2 Johnny Mickels                                                KO  5
          -Some sources report "Indianapolis, In" on 11/27/1908

1910
Mar  3 Johnny Ryan                New Orleans, La                    KO  4
          -Some sources report 2/24/1910
May 16 Young Donohue              Peoria, Il                         KO  9
Aug 28 Young Connelly                                                ND  2
Oct 13 Young Donnelly             Logansport, In                     ND  2

1911
May 30 Matthew "Matty" Baldwin    Indianapolis, In                    W 10
       Frankie Callahan                                              LK  9
       Frankie Callahan                                              LK  2

1912-1914
       Frankie Callahan                                              LK  2

1915-1919
       Joe Lohman                                                     ?   
          -This bout was held; The outcome is not known

1919
May  6 Theodore Anton (the Greek)                                    LF  7

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