1893
Apr 17 Ed Jones St. Louis, Mo KO 3
Aug 25 Willis Kennedy D
Oct 29 Billy Butts St. Louis, Mo KO 1
-Butts weighed 220 lbs
Nov 14 Tom Fitzpatrick St. Louis, Mo W 2
1894
Mar 9 Jones Hot Springs, Ar TK 4
-Jones was the Middleweight Champion of Arkansas
Mar 14 Bob Fitzsimmons St. Louis, Mo EX 4
-Some sources report "L 4"
Apr 21 F.M. Kahn St. Louis, Mo W 3
Jul 13 Billy Zashritz KO 6
-Zashritz weighed 218 lbs
Aug 6 Rufus Sharpe near St. Louis, Mo ND 4
-This bout was held on a steamer in the river
Sep 29 Bob Fitzsimmons San Antonio, Tx EX 2
Dec 19 Billy Dooley Memphis, Tn TK 22
-Some sources report "St. Louis, Mo";
Dooley weighed 170 lbs;
1894-1895
-Stelzner reportedly worked as a fireman on a railroad
in Missouri, then as a night watchman at a St. Louis brewery
1895
Feb 3 A.E. Allen Hot Springs, Ar W 13
Apr 1 P.J. Nolan St. Louis, Mo KO 2
Jul 6 Mike Queenan W 4
-Queenan weighed 228 lbs
Jul 25 "Texas" Jim Johnson Tyler, Tx W 5
-Johnson was a black heavyweight
Jul 26 Jim Fogarty Tyler, Tx KO 6
Oct 15 Bob Fitzsimmons Corpus Christi, Tx EX
Nov 4 Bob Fitzsimmons Glenwood Park, Ar EX
Nov 9 Ernest Roeber Dallas, Tx L
-This was a wrestling match; Stelzner lost
Nov 9 Bob Fitzsimmons Dallas, Tx EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Dec 25 Bob Fitzsimmons El Paso, Tx EX
1896
Jan 4 Bob Fitzsimmons Juarez, Mx EX
Jan 8 Bob Fitzsimmons Juarez, Mx EX 6
Jan 8 Bob Fitzsimmons Juarez, Mx EX
-This was a wrestling match: Time = 6 minutes
Jan 8 Bob Fitzsimmons Juarez, Mx EX
-This was a wrestling match: Time = 9 minutes
Jan 8 Bob Fitzsimmons Juarez, Mx EX
-This was a wrestling match: Time = 15 minutes
The previous 4 bouts were held the same date
Jan 29 Bob Fitzsimmons Juarez, Mx EX
Feb 17 Bob Fitzsimmons Juarez, Mx EX
May 4 Jim Williams Salt Lake City, Ut LK 7
-Williams was the Heavyweight Champion of Utah
Jun 23 Jim Sullivan Park City, Ut W 14
-Sullivan weighed 210 lbs
Aug 25 Frank Purcell New York, NY SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Aug 25 Theodore Van Buskirk San Francisco, Ca D 10
Sep 2 Harry Peppers San Francisco, Ca D 10
-Some sources report "D 8"
Nov 22 Bob Fitzsimmons Sausalito, Ca EX 3
Nov 30 Tom Johnson San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Dec 6 Bob Fitzsimmons Los Angeles, Ca EX 3
-This bout was held during the afternoon
Dec 6 Bob Fitzsimmons Los Angeles, Ca EX 3
-This bout as held during the evening;
The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Dec 13 Bob Fitzsimmons Los Angeles, Ca EX
1897
Jan 27 Theodore Van Buskirk Sacramento, Ca W 10
-Police intervened; Saved Van Buskirk and declared a "Draw"
Feb 22 Jim Jeffries Los Angeles, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Stelzner injured his back
Feb 24 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX 1
Feb 24 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX 3
Feb 24 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX 3
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
Feb 25 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Feb 26 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX 3
Feb 27 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Feb 27 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Mar 1 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Mar 2 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Mar 4 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Mar 5 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
-This was a wrestling match
Mar 5 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX 3
-The previous 2 bouts were held the same date
Mar 9 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX 8
Mar 10 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Mar 12 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Mar 15 Bob Fitzsimmons Carson City, Nv EX
Mar 21 Bob Fitzsimmons San Francisco, Ca EX 4
Apr 14 Alec Greggains San Francisco, Ca D 20
-Some sources report 8/15/97
Oct 19 Joe McAuliffe Los Angeles, Ca KO 15
-Some sources report "W 15"
1898
Jan 31 Casey Vallejo, Ca KO 11
-Some sources report 2/01/98
Feb 15 Billy Wallace Columbus, Oh TK 8
Jim Jeffries Oakland, Ca EX
-This bout was held during Feb-Mar 1898
Mar 8 Tom Sharkey San Francisco, Ca EX 4
Apr Jim Jeffries Oakland, Ca EX
-Stelzner sparred regularly with Jeffries
May 4 Jim Jeffries Oakland, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled;
Stelzner was ill and could not fight
May Jim Jeffries Oakland, Ca EX
-Stelzner sparred regularly with Jeffries
May 6 Henry Baker San Francisco, Ca LF 5
-Some sources report "LF 6" on 5/07/98
May 9 Jim Jeffries Oakland, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled but cancelled
May 14 Theodore Van Buskirk Marysville, Ca TK 17
Oct 1 Joe Kennedy San Francisco, Ca L 20
-Some sources report 9/30/98;
Some sources report 10/11/98
1899
Jan 31 Tom Silverthorn Sacramento, Ca WF 11
May 16 Jim Jeffords San Francisco, Ca WF 10
-Some sources report "WF 11";
Some sources report "TK 11"
Sep 18 Gus Ruhlin Denver, Co LT 7
-Stelzner was down twice in both the sixth and seventh rounds;
The referee stopped the bout; Some sources report "L 7"
Oct 9 Dick Moore St. Louis, Mo D 15
Dec 21 Ed Dunkhorst Hot Springs, Ar D 20
-Some sources report 12/22/99
1900
Jan 3 Dan Bayliff Hot Springs, Ar KO 5
Mar 15 Joe Butler San Francisco, Ca WF 2
-Butler claimed that he had knocked Stelzner down
five times in two rounds but the referee would not
count him out; Then, Butler was disqualified;
Some sources report 3/14/00
Aug 4 Mike "Dummy" Rowan Rock Springs, Wy W 15
Aug 18 Mike "Dummy" Rowan Rock Springs, Wy W 14
1902
Jul 25 -Stelzner seconded Bob Fitzsimmons vs Jim Jeffries in San Francisco, Ca
1943
-Stelzner was alive and living in Oakland, Ca;
He had retired from San Francisco Police Department
*** Assistance Was Provided By Sergei Yurchenko ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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