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Mauice Thompson
("Curly" Thompson; the "Montana Kid")

BORN June 2 1884; Marquette, Michigan
DIED  October 19 1930; Butte, Montana
HEIGHT 5-5
WEIGHT 133 lbs

 

1903
Mar 16 Sid LaFontise               Butte, Mt                         ND  4
Apr  8 Kid Barrett                 Butte, Mt                          D  4
May  8 Art Thomas                  Butte, Mt                         TK  4
Jul  3 Jack Webster                Butte, Mt                          D 11
Oct 10 Kid Green                   Butte, Mt                          D  4

1904
Jan  5 Freddie Weeks               Butte, Mt                          D  6
Feb 10 Sid LaFontise               Butte, Mt                          D  4
Mar 17 Jack Spofford               Butte, Mt                          D 11
May 11 Stanley Ketchel             Butte, Mt                          W  6
Jun 13 Ike Davis                   Butte, Mt                         KO  6
Jul  4 Jack Richards               Butte, Mt                         TK  5
Jul 20 Sid LaFontise               Butte, Mt                          D 10
Aug  8 Kid Winters                 Helena, Mt                        KO  3
Sep  9 Tommy Herman                Helena, Mt                         W  6
Oct 21 Stanley Ketchel             Butte, Mt                          W 10
Oct 26 Bert Herrick                Ogden, Ut                         ND  4
Nov  5 Dick Hart                   Chicago, Il                        W  6
Nov 12 Billy Huber                 Chicago, Il                       KO  3
Nov 26 Harry Griffin               Chicago, Il                       KO  3
Dec  3 Billy Huber                 Chicago, Il                       KO  4
Dec 10 Herman "Kid" Stein          Chicago, Il                        W  6

1905
Jan  6 Willie Fitzgerald           Milwaukee, Wi                      L  6
Jan 20 Mickey Riley                Milwaukee, Wi                      W  6
Feb 12 Jimmy Potts                 St. Louis, Mo                      D 10
Feb 24 Charles Neary               Milwaukee, Wi                      L  8
Mar  8 Jack Dorman                 New York, NY                      ND  3
Mar 25 Harry Lewis                 Philadelphia, Pa                  ND  6
Apr  1 Tommy Connolly              Philadelphia, Pa                  ND  6
Jun 13 Young Corbett II            Butte, Mt                         LT 10
Sep 15 Charles Neary               Spokane, Wa                        D 20
Nov 17 William "Kid" Parker        Spokane, Wa                        D 20

1906
Jan 15 Young Raymond               Butte, Mt                         KO  1
Mar 30 William "Kid" Parker        Spokane, Wa                       KO 16
May  4 Louis "Kid" Scaler          Spokane, Wa                        D 20
Jul 18 William "Kid" Parker        Burke, Id                         TK  6
Nov 29 Jack Kearns                 Victor, Co                        KO  3
          -Some sources report "Cripple Creek, Co"
Dec 16 Pete Moe                    Taft, Ca                          KO  2
Dec 18 Kid Hart                    Sandpoint, Id                     KO  4
         -Some sources report "KO 5" on 6/04/1908
Dec 19 Harry Crant                 North Yakima, Wa                   D 10
Dec 20 Dick Lewis                  Taft, Ca                          KO  1

1907
Jan  8 "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson   Ogden, Ut                         LT 15
Feb  2 Fred Ward                   Oakland, Ca                        W  6
Mar  3 Peter Sullivan              Oakland, Ca                       ND  4
Apr  4 Dick Hart                   Redding, Ca                        W 20
May  5 Louie Long                  Spokane, Wa                       WF  4
Jul  3 Paul Lemm                   Dillon, Mt                        KO  2
Sep 12 Perry Queenan               Wallace, Id                        W 20
Sep 23 Paul Lemm                   Butte, Mt                          D  4

1908
Jan 10 Kid Sullivan                Spokane, Wa                       KO  2
Feb  2 Willie Mack                 Astoria, Or                        D 10
Mar  3 Gene Sullivan               Aberdeen, Wa                      KO 13
Apr  4 Jimmy Potts                 Calgary, Alta, Canada              D 15
May  5 St. Paul Kid                Miles City, Mt                     L 20
Jun  6 Charles "Curley" Ulrich     Glendive, Mt                       L 20
Jun 26 Louis Orsie                 Coeur d'Alene, Id                  W  6
Jul  7 St. Paul Kid                Miles City, Mt                     W 20
Aug  8 Joe Clark                   Butte, Mt                         KO  7

1909
Jan 10 Louie Long                  Butte, Mt                         KO  4
Feb  2 Gene Sullivan               Butte, Mt                          W 10
Apr  1 Jimmy Potts                 Calgary, Alta, Canada              D 15

1910
Feb 11 St. Paul Kid                Miles City, Mt                     W 20
Mar    Willie Mack                 Astoria, Or                        W 10
          -Mack used the name "Willie Martin"
May 10 Gene Sullivan               Butte, Mt                          W 10
Jun 13 Peter Sullivan              Butte, Mt                          D 15

1911
Jan  2 Harry "Young" Forbes        Butte, Mt                         KO  2
          -This man was not the famous "Harry Forbes"
Mar  7 Art Magirl                  Sheridan, Wy                      KO  3
Mar 24 "Battling" Pete Dane        Sheridan, Wy                       W 20
Apr 27 St. Paul Kid                Cody, Wy                          LF 11
May 29 Kid Ruby                    Sheridan, Wy                      KO  3
Jun  5 Dick Lewis                  Bozeman, Id                       KO  5
Jun 29 Mickey O'Brien              Butte, Mt                          D 10
Jul  4 Mickey O'Brien              Bozeman, Mt                        D 10
Jul 28 Mickey O'Brien              Butte, Mt                          D 10
Aug 31 St. Paul Kid                Bozeman, Mt                        D 10
Oct  7 Kid Gallagher               Butte, Mt                         KO  4

1912
Jan 12 Young Mooney                Butte, Mt                         TK  5
Jan 26 Mickey O'Brien              Butte, Mt                          W  6
Mar 28 Dick Hyland                 Butte, Mt                          D  6
Apr 23 Willie Sullivan             Fort Missoula, Mt                 KO  3
Jul  3 Jimmy Cannon                Fort Missoula, Mt                 KO  5
          -Some sources report "Butte, Mt"
Sep  9 Mason                       Butte, Mt                          W  6
          -Perhaps, this man as "George Mason"
Oct  4 "Young" Joe Gans            Deer Lodge, Mt                    KO  3
Oct  7 Jack Collins                Missoula, Mt                       W  8
Nov  1 Harry "Young" Forbes        Three Forks, Mt                   KO  4
          -This man was not the famous "Harry Forbes";
           Some sources report "W 8" in Butte, Mt on 10/10/1912
Nov 29 Dick Hyland                 Calgary, Alta, Canada             LT 13
Dec 30 Jimmy Boyd                  Missoula, Mt                       D  8

1913
Jan 14 "Battling" Pete Dane        Boise, Id                         LF  8
Feb 15 Willie Freeman              Anaconda, Mt                       D  6
Feb 17 Jimmy Boyd                  Missoula, Mt                       D  8
Apr 21 St. Paul Kid                Lewistown, Mt                     KO  1
May 22 Steve Ketchel               Butte, Mt                          L 12
Sep  1 George Mason                Anaconda, Mt                       W  6

1914
Mar 16 Jack Collins                Missoula, Mt                       D 10
May 15 Jack Collins                Missoula, Mt                       L 12

1915
Mar 15 Bitter Root Kid             Missoula, Mt                      LT  7
Jul  3 Bitter Root Kid             Missoula, Mt                      ND 10

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

1902
Apr  5 Howard "Kid" Opie                                             KO  3

1904
Dec 29 Stanley Ketchel             Butte, Mt                          D 10

1906
Jan 15 William "Kid" Parker        Spokane, Wa                        D 20
Dec 15 Paul Lemm                   Dillon, Mt                        KO  3

1907
Jun  5 Louis "Kid" Scaler                                             D 20

1908
Mar 15 Mike Ward                                                     KO  6

1911
Feb  4 Joe Logan                                                     KO 12
Feb 14 Jack Reagan                                                   KO 15
May  1 Billy Morse                 Cody, Wy                          LF 10

1912
Aug 23 Jack Clark                                                    KO  3

1913
Feb  2 Dick Hyland                 Walla Walla, Wa                    D  4

*** The Following Bout Is Reported But Not Confirmed ***

1903
Nov 11 Tom Tracey                  Butte, Mt                         KO  5
          -Some sources report 12/13/1903

*** Much Data Was Provided By William Schutte and Luckett Davis ***

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