1884
Aug 6 Thomas Heal Stockton, Ca W 2
-Some sources report "Thomas Hoal";
Reports vary - "W 3" - "KO 3"
Aug 30 James Neville Stockton, Ca W 2
Sep 23 June Dennis Stockton, Ca KO 3
-Reports vary - "W 3" - "KO 2"
Sep 27 Jim Hall Stockton, Ca W 2
Oct 22 P. Brown Stockton, Ca W 3
Nov 29 Tom Low Milton, Ca TK 9
-Some sources report "Tom Lon";
Some sources report "KO 13"
1889
Mar 15 William McPherson Sacramento, Ca TK 4
Mar 17 Bill Hall Sacramento, Ca W 19
-Some sources report "KO 13";
Some sources report 3/18/89;
Some sources report 1891
Jun 19 Wiley Evans San Francisco, Ca KO 17
-Some sources report "KO 11"
Aug 14 Paddy Gorman San Francisco, Ca KO 8
-Some sources report 8/17/89
Oct 16 Billy Hennessey San Francisco, Ca KO 45
-Some sources report 10/17/89
Dec 19 Montana Kid (Dan Egan) Sacramento, Ca KO 22
1890
Apr 25 Denny Kelliher San Francisco, Ca LK 12
-Reports vary - "LK 13" - "W";
Some sources report 4/28/90
Aug 17 Montana Kid (Dan Egan) Fresno, Ca TK 9
-Some sources report "W 10";
Some sources report 9/02/90
Dec 10 "San Fran" Paddy Smith Seattle, Wa LK 11
-Some sources report "LK 1"
1888-1891
Dave Hatch KO 33
-Some sources report "KO 22"
1891
Feb 25 Harry "Hank" Englehart Sacramento, Ca W
Mar 17 Jim Hall Sacramento, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Management refused to guarantee money;
Turner refused to fight
May 27 Alec Greggains San Francisco, Ca LK 4
-Reports vary - "W 4" - "L 4"
Apr O'Sullivan San Jose, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Sep 18 Dave Hatch Sacramento, Ca KO 3
-Some sources report "KO 2"
Undated (Prior to 1891)
Bob McGee L
1891-1892
Jim Hall W 3
-This man is believed to be the black fighter;
This bout was held after 2/15/91;
Some sources report "L 3"
1892
Feb Black Pearl (Harris Martin) San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled but not held;
Turner had an abcess on his jaw
Feb 23 Bod Johnson San Francisco, Ca W 16
-Johnson was battered; Police intervened
Feb 29 Black Pearl (Harris Martin) San Francisco, Ca KO 19
-Turner claimed the Colored Middleweight Championship
of the World
Apr 21 Ed "Kid" McCann San Francisco, Ca KO 8
-Some sources report 4/24/92;
Some sources report "W 11"
Jul 21 Jim Williams San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled but postponed;
Williams was ill
Sep Jim Burge San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Nov 17 Jim Williams San Francisco, Ca LK 11
Nov Bobby Dobbs San Francisco, Ca D 11
-This bout was held during Nov-Dec 1892
1893
Apr 13 George Allen Carson City, Nv KO 7
-Some sources report 4/12/93
May 4 "Soldier" James Walker Carson City, Nv KO 15
May 23 -Turner was held at Sacramento for robbing Alfred Rodgers
of a gold watch, chain and money; Bond was $1,000
Jun 30 -Turner was sent to prison for one year for the theft
1895
Sep 5 Billy Gallagher Colma, Ca LT 6
-Some sources report "LT 5" at "San Francisco, Ca"
1896
Apr 1 Jesse Clark Memphis, Tn TK 17
-Some sources report "TK 7"; Following the knockout,
Clarke's condition worsened; He was taken to a hospital,
not expected to live
Oct 8 Arthur Walker San Francisco, Ca SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1897
Feb 10 Rufus Sharpe Hot Springs, Ar KO 25
Feb 17 W.A. Nicholas Hot Springs, Ar KO 5
-Some sources report "Pleasanton, Ca"
Feb 22 Jim Ryan Hot Springs, Ar LK 8
-Some sources report 2/23/97
Mar 11 Billy Moore D 6
1898
Nov 25 Jim Scanlan Louisville, Ky SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
1899
Jan 6 "Young" Peter Jackson San Jose, Ca D 10
Aug 7 "Young" Peter Jackson Stockton, Ca LT 2
1901
Sep 25 Fred Williams Madera, Ca D
1902
Jun Frank Nasano Jamestown, Ca KO 4
Aug Frank Comen Quartz, Ca KO 15
Oct 30 Dave Barry Stockton, Ca LK 4
1904
Dec 19 Billy Frayne Stockton, Ca D 3
*** The Following Bouts Are Reported But Not Confirmed ***
Undated (1884-1896)
Frank Frayne KO 9
-Some sources report "KO 6"
Bill Price KO 2
Joe Martell KO 8
-Some sources report "W 8"
Pete Brown W 4
Jim Carr L
Jack Houthey SCH
-This bout was scheduled; The outcome is not known
Young Choynski D 8
-Some sources refer to this bout as if it was against
the real Joe Choynski
1888-1891
Martin "Buffalo" Costello W 4
-This was a private fight; Some sources report "D 4"
1892
Wiley Evans LK 4
Dec Jim Williams Ogden, Ut LF 1
*** Some Data Was Provided By Tom Welsh ***
*** Photo Provided By William Schutte ***
Review courtesy of
Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing
Research Organization
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