Undated
-During his early career, Smith traveled with Frank Childs
through Southern California, stopping all-comers
-Smith also met one or two men in the Northwest;
He then went to Los Angeles
Jerry Haley Los Angeles, Ca W 6
1888
Dec 12 Joe "Kid" Hogan Sacramento, Ca NC 29
1889
Jun 1 Jack Golden Los Angeles, Ca KO 2
Dec 5 George "Young" Abbott Los Angeles, Ca W 4
1889-1890
Billy Smith Los Angeles, Ca TK 7
"Young" Billy Moore Los Angeles, Ca W
"Young" Billy Moore Los Angeles, Ca TK 5
Pete Cummings Los Angeles, Ca TK 1
Billy Jones Los Angeles, Ca TK 13
1890
Jun 1 Seward Smith Los Angeles, Ca EX 3
Sep 3 Dave Williams Pasadena, Ca D 10
1891
Sep 17 -Smith seconded Joe Soto vs Gus Herget at Los Angeles, Ca
Sep 25 Joe Soto Los Angeles, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 11 "Young" Billy Manning Los Angeles, Ca KO 6
Dec 3 Dennis Mahoney Los Angeles, Ca KO 15
-Featherweight Championship of the Pacific Coast
1892
Feb 25 Tommy Smith Los Angeles, Ca KO 2
May 24 Dal Hawkins San Francisco, Ca KO 13
-Some sources report 5/26/92
Jul 8 Dan Daly San Francisco, Ca KO 3
Jul 20 "Young" Billy Manning Los Angeles, Ca EX 3
-Smith knocked Manning out
Sep 29 George Siddons San Francisco ,Ca D 56
Dec 29 John Van Heest San Francisco, Ca TK 14
1888-1893
Harry Dally San Francisco, Ca W
-Some sources report "ND"
1893
Mar 7 Owen Harney New Orleans, La EX 4
Apr 15 Frankie McHugh Chicago, Il ND 6
May 8 Oscar Gardner St. Paul, Mn EX 6
-Some sources report 6/10/93
Smith failed to knockout Gardner
Jul 10 Sam Fitzpatrick Roby, In EX
Jul 10 Joe Choynski Roby, In EX
-This was a wrestling session of 30 minutes or more
Jul 10 Johnny T. Griffin Roby, In KO 4
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
Sep 22 -Smith participated in and won an 8-mile foot
race at Asbury Park, NJ against Jim Corbett,
"Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey, Billy Delaney,
Jack Oliver, and Seward Smith; Solly won
by forty yards over Corbett with Dempsey
third; Smith held the 10 1/2 mile record
in San Francisco
Sep 25 George Dixon Coney Island, NY LK 7
-Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov 13 Jimmy Murphy Chicago, Il KO 2
Dec 3 Dan Ryan Chicago, Il KO 4
Dec 8 Young Griffo Chicago, Il KO 1
-This was a "private" fight
Dec 28 Dan Daly St. Louis, Mo KO 14
-Some sources report this bout as a Featherweight
Championship of the World contest
1894
Jan 3 Young Griffo Chicago, Il D 6
Feb 8 Billy Plimmer Chicago, Il EX 4
Mar 7 George "Kid" Lavigne Saginaw, Mi D 8
-Some sources report "L 8"
May 24 Tommy Dixon Indianapolis, In SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jun 26 Frank Erne Buffalo, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but postponed
Aug 9 Kentucky Rosebud Minneapolis, Mn SCH
-This man was Walter Edgerton;
This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Oct 2 Frank Erne Buffalo, NY D 10
Oct 26 John Van Heest Buffalo, NY D 15
Nov 27 Oscar Gardner Buffalo, NY LF 5
-Gardner broke his arm in the first round
Dec 29 Kentucky Rosebud Buffalo, NY SCH
-This man was Walter Edgerton;
This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1895
Jan 31 Kentucky Rosebud Philadelphia, Pa SCH
-This man was Walter Edgerton;
This bout was scheduled but cancelled
Feb 9 Mike Kelly New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Mar 4 Tom Denny Coney Island, NY D 10
Mar 16 Billy McCarthy Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Mar 22 Jerome Quigley Philadelphia, Pa ND 4
Apr 11 Jack Mullen Albany, NY W 6
May 7 Jerry Barnett New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Barnett injured a wrist during training
May 7 Jack Grant New York, NY EX
May 15 George Siddons New York, NY ND 8
Jun 8 George "Kid" Lavigne New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Jul 29 Jack Downey SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 23 "Torpedo" Billy Murphy New Orleans, La TK 14
-Police intervened
1896
Jan 9 Jimmy Selfridge New York, NY W 4
Feb 22 Johnny Lavack Boston, Ma D 15
Mar 21 Jerry Barnett New York, NY TK 5
-Police intervened
Jun 1 Adolph "Dolly" Lyons Brooklyn, NY D 10
Jun 22 Frank Patterson Brooklyn, NY W 10
Jun 30 Johnny Lavack Cleveland, Oh D 10
Nov 9 Willie Smith London, Eng TK 8
1897
Jan 12 Tommy White New York, NY D 25
Mar 13 Oscar Gardner Brooklyn, NY W 20
May 4 Martin Flaherty New York, NY W 25
Aug 20 Johnny T. Griffin San Francisco, Ca TK 7
-Some sources report "Roby, In"
Oct 4 George Dixon San Francisco, Ca W 20
-Featherweight Championship of the World
1898
Apr 18 Eddie Santry Chicago, Il ND 6
Jul 7 Billy O'Donnell Buffalo, NY WF 7
-Featherweight Championship of the World;
Some sources report "WF 8"
Aug 1 Tommy White Coney Island, NY D 25
-Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 26 Dave Sullivan Coney Island, NY LT 5
-Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 12 Aurelio Herrera Bakersfield, Ca D 10
1899
Feb 7 Oscar Gardner New York, NY LT 6
May 20 Frank Patterson Brooklyn, NY D 20
-Some sources report 5/10/99
Jul 10 Frank Patterson Brooklyn, NY D 25
-Some sources report "D 20"
Aug 18 Joe Bernstein Brooklyn, NY LK 13
Oct 2 Jack McClelland Pittsburgh, Pa LF 6
-Some sources report "LT 6"
1900
Jan 15 Frank Patterson Brooklyn, NY D 25
Mar 3 Billy Barrett Brooklyn, NY L 20
Mar 17 "Turkey Point" Billy Smith Chicago, Il D 6
May 28 Billy Maynard Brooklyn, NY KO 10
Jun 22 Joe Bernstein New York, NY LF 14
1901
May 10 Joe Bernstein Los Angeles, Ca D 20
Jun 18 Joe Bernstein Los Angeles, Ca D 20
Sep 5 Dennis "Kid" McFadden Sacramento, Ca LF 7
-Some sources report "LF 6"
1902
Nov 11 Billy DeCoursey Los Angeles, Ca LK 11
-Some sources report 11/12/02;
Some sources report "LK 10"
1904
Aug 26 Billy Snailham San Diego, Ca LK 3
-Smith went down to avoid Snailham's blows
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
1888
Joe Soto Los Angeles, Ca D 6
1895
Mar 8 Jimmy Dime Boston, Ma D 8
-This bout appears to be an error
1902
Jan 6 Alf Levy Philadelphia, Pa ND 6
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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